Internet sensation Logan Paul trolled the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in August during what was supposed to be an interview about an alleged crypto scheme by sending out a doppelganger in his stead.
BBC interviewer Matt Shea and his colleagues noted a “strange atmosphere” at Paul’s gym in Puerto Rico, where Paul insisted the interview take place, when his look-alike stepped out for the interview.
“How are you enjoying Puerto Rico?” Rodney Peterson, a gaunt-looking notorious Paul impersonator, asks Shea as he sits down for the interview, a video posted to X (formerly Twitter) shows.
Petersen was “clearly nervous,” Shea remarked.
Shea asks him a question meant for Paul before remarking “I have to say the real Logan Paul looks very different.”
“Did you come all the way over here to ask about how I look?” Peterson asks.
“Is Logan coming?” Shea retorts.
“I’m right here, bro. You came all the way to Puerto Rico from England. This is your interview, what do you got?” Peterson asks. (RELATED: Trump’s Media Strategy Is A Game Changer For Future Of Politics)
“Let’s just get out of here. I’m not doing this” Shea eventually says before a mob of mock-protestors file into the gym where the interview is taking place chanting “BBC is vile, they hire pedophiles!” and “stop touching child wieners!”
Logan Paul trolls BBC by sending a look-alike to be interviewed about crypto scam allegations 😭 pic.twitter.com/70kZlweyP5
— FearBuck (@FearedBuck) November 20, 2024
BBC flew to Puerto Rico upon Paul’s insistence after trying, unsuccessfully, to interview him about an alleged crypto scam for months, the outlet reported.
Paul’s PR team insisted that the BBC fly into Puerto Rico during Tropical Storm Ernesto, the outlet claimed.
“We had flown all that way just to be trolled,” Jamie Tashin, the producer and director of the BBC’s documentary “Logan Paul: Bad Influence?” wrote.
The outlet was investigating Paul for his role in multiple alleged cryptocurrency schemes, claiming they saw evidence proving the YouTuber “promoted investments without revealing he had a financial interest in them.”
BBC alleged an “anonymous crypto wallet” which “appears to have close connections to Paul” made a $120,000 profit after he tweeted about the crypto coin. They alleged a similar pattern with a separate coin called Dink Doink.
Paul is also facing a lawsuit regarding a cryptocurrency-related mobile game he’s partnered with called “CryptoZoo,” the outlet reported.
The outlet alleged Paul’s lawyers threatened them with legal action.
“Minutes after abandoning the interview, we received a lawyer’s letter on behalf of Paul, warning us of the possible consequences if we published our findings,” Tashin wrote.
Paul has denied the allegations, saying the idea that his CryptoZoo venture is a scam is “not true.”
This article was originally published at dailycaller.com
