Carole Baskin tricked into giving her first interview since Tiger King

Josh Pieters and Archie Manners’ prank was born when they wondered whether interview guests using Zoom could always see who was interviewing them, as Pieters explained to Insider. “From there came the idea of just playing the talent recordings of their interviewers and seeing if they would notice,” he explained.

Next step? The pranksters created a fake production company, Invisible Objects, and reached out to Carole Baskin via email with an interview request. Believing Manners and Pieters were working on behalf of Fallon, Carole agreed to the chat on the condition that they’d only talk about Big Cat Rescue’s activism. The YouTubers explained to Carole that she wouldn’t be able to see Fallon during the call, which she accepted.

The YouTubers then collected sound clips of all the times Fallon has spoken about cats to simulate a conversation with Carole. And when there wasn’t a good clip to use, the guys got creative. “I have Archie on standby who can come in and act as the producer and say, ‘Oh, we’ve got a quick change there, Jimmy’s just doing this,’ or, ‘Jimmy’s just doing his makeup,’ and then it sort of explains why something sort of went wrong,” Pieters explained.

Pieters and Manners’ ruse worked, and Carole talked about a variety of topics with “Fallon,” including how she’s been taking care of her animals amid the coronavirus pandemic. She also asked viewers to “support the Big Cat Public Safety Act,” The Hollywood Reporter noted.

Written by: Nicki