A PRANKSTER who tricked Tiger King star Carole Baskin into a fake interview says he was “absolutely terrified” because “she’s probably not a good person to have angry with you”.
Archie Manners, a British comedian, with his friend Josh Pieters convinced Baskin that she was appearing via videolink on US talk show Jimmy Fallon. They played her clips of Fallon asking questions and she responded.
Manners told us he was nervous because they had worked on the project for such a long time. He added: “Like the rest of the world I watched Tiger King and it strikes me that whether she’s guilty or innocent or whatever she’s probably not a good person to have angry with you.” The Netflix documentary aired claims that Baskin was responsible for the disappearance of her second husband, which she denies.
Though his mother tells him his pranks might go “a little far” sometimes, Manners said: “Morals are very important to us. You can’t just go on pulling YouTube tricks on whoever you wish.” He added the celebrity targets “don’t come out of it looking bad”.
Baskin has since said she had a “welcome good laugh” on learning that she’d been duped. At ease, Archie.
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Actress Miriam Margolyes says she is a hit on TV chat shows because “I’m so dirty and people like that.” The 78-year-old continued: “I’m now recognised everywhere I go. I always try to sign autographs … But not when I’m on the way to the toilet. At my age, when I go to the loo, I really need to go to the loo.”
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THIS Is England director Shane Meadows sold counterfeit watches in America in his youth. He tells the Overrated Everything podcast: “People would come in like I was Zammo’s drug dealer in Grange Hill... saying ‘can I have a quick word with you in the toilets, man?’ and I’d be like ‘yeah or we can do it here, it’s only a watch’.”
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BRECON and Radnor Tory MP Fay Jones has a new office helper: a Shetland pony called Mini Me. "He belongs to my office manager Wendy," Jones told us. "He’s an 8 year Shetland pony who lives in Painscastle in Radnorshire. He’s been terribly helpful – galloping through our casework. Soon he will be jockeying for position with Wendy. Above all, he’s making sure we are a ‘strong and stable’ team. He is probably the only one in my team more interested in the trough than the peak…Although he is a little horse, we’re pleased he doesn’t have to self-isolate." He's certainly the mane source of interest at the moment.
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There’s another new arrival at Downing Street. Sky’s Kate McCann told us “all the cameras started snapping in my direction. I thought I’d got in the way of a really important shot, but it was a fox.” Fantastic.
Leomie lifts the lid on her lockdown locks
Leomie Anderson posed up as she explained: “The way I put this wig on and off you’d think it was a turban... It’s been in this bun for two days.” Actor Margot Robbie shared a video for a Child Mind Institute campaign, saying she uses lists to help get through isolation: “Gets it out of my mind and on paper.” And singer Nicole Scherzinger told the world: “Ya’ll ain’t ready for Hawaiian Olivia Newton John.” She’s right, we weren’t — but we are now.
