The comic Joe Lycett has disclosed the pretend tales that he efficiently planted within the British media over the previous month included a person with a bruise within the form of Prince Harry and a statue of H from Steps being erected in his dwelling city of Cowbridge in Wales.
Within the first episode of his new Channel 4 present, Lycett mentioned 4 tales that had been lined by newspapers and tv information had been fabricated.
Talking on Late Night time Lycett on Friday night, he mentioned the pretend tales had been: a five-a-side footballer from Birmingham having a bruise on his thigh that resembled Prince Harry’s face, analysis displaying males from Birmingham have the longest penises within the UK, a mural of Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz in Birmingham that was declared to be a Banksy, and a statue of H from Steps being erected in Cowbridge.
Ian H Watkins recorded a video for the programme confirming it was “pretend information”.
Final week Lycett, 35, claimed he was behind quite a few pretend information tales which were reported throughout the mainstream media over the previous month.
He confirmed a number of tales have been shared within the nationwide information together with the Mail, the Solar, BBC Information, ITV Information, Sky Information and the Impartial.
Lycett, from Birmingham, is thought for his stunts and pranks. In 2020, he modified his identify to Hugo Boss in protest on the German trend model sending cease-and-desist letters to some small companies and charities who used “boss” of their names.
He additionally shredded £10,000 right into a wood-chipper, which turned out to be pretend, over David Beckham being a pundit for the Qatar males’s soccer World Cup in 2022.