CNN get punked by fake caller posing as student that was arrested in Cairo..

[HipChick]

I wondered if anyone else had seen the interview on CNN?


http://www.mediaite.com/tv/cnn-prank-caller-poses-as-student-arrested-in-cairo-thanks-baba-booeys-monkey-nuts-for-freedom/

CNN anchor Fredricka Whitfield got a bit of an unwelcome surprise this evening as an interview with who she thought was Gregory Porter, an American student recently arrested and released in Cairo, went awry. Porter described the fear of being arrested in a crowd in Tahrir Square, the happiness of hearing his mother’s voice after his first phone call… and then thanked “the North Shore Animal League and Baba Booey’s monkey nuts.”

Porter, who was allegedly arrested and released with several friends studying abroad and now back in the United States, told Whitfield being home was “like an early Christmas present” and explained that, while some of the crowd was violent, “we were just down there looking– next thing we knew, we were grabbed by police.” He then thanked his mother, his attorney, the American embassy, the North Shore Animal League, and “Baba Booey’s monkey nuts.” Whitfield approached this by simply continuing the interview stoically, though clearly a bit thrown off. By then, “Porter” had hung up

[Kingofalldems]

1. That was probably Captain Janks

He has pranked CNN many times.

[Renew Deal]

2. Definitely was.

:rofl:

[HipChick]

3. Why is CNN producers dumb enough to keep getting tricked by him..

[piratefish08]

4. Baba Booey’s monkey nuts

perfect. just perfect!

[no_hypocrisy]

5. I only wish it had happened on Megyn Kelly's show on FOX.