Josh Pieters
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| Born | September 17, 1993 Knysna, South Africa | |||||||||
| Occupation | YouTuber | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2015–present | |||||||||
| Genre(s) | Pranks, comedy | |||||||||
| Subscribers | 1.43 million[1] | |||||||||
| Total views | 141.69 million[1] | |||||||||
| Associated acts | Archie Manners | |||||||||
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Last updated: 19 June 2020 | ||||||||||
Joshua Pieters (born September 17, 1993[2]) is a South African YouTuber known for pranks on celebrities. Originally from Knysna, he is currently based in London.[3]
Career
In August 2019, Pieters pranked 40 social media influencers including Louise Thompson into believing they received a piece of Moon rock from the National Space Centre (NSC). Pieters later apologized to the NSC.[4] In September 2019, Pieters and his YouTube partner Archie Manners created a fake restaurant, The Italian Stallion, to sell microwave meals as authentic Italian cuisine via Deliveroo.[5]
On 27 January 2020, English far-right political commentator Katie Hopkins was pranked by Pieters into accepting a fake award, titled the "Campaign to Unify the Nation Trophy".[6] Pieters flew Hopkins to Prague where she accepted the award and gave a speech, while the initials of the fictitious award were prominently displayed in the background, forming the swear word "cunt". Pieters uploaded the prank to his YouTube channel on the same day that Hopkins was suspended from Twitter for breaking their anti-hate rules.[7]
As of January 2020[update], he had over 1 million subscribers on YouTube.[8] In May 2020, Pieters and Manners pranked Big Cat Rescue CEO, Carole Baskin, into believing she was giving an interview on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.[9]
References
- ^ a b "About Josh Pieters & Archie Manners". YouTube.
- ^ "JOSH PIETERS DRAWS HIS LIFE!". YouTube. 30 November 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "This is insane, says SA YouTuber as prank video hurtles past a million views". timeslive.co.za. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "Influencers duped by Moon rock gravel prank". BBC News. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ^ McCluskey, Megan (9 September 2019). "A YouTuber Successfully Sold Homemade Microwave Meals From the Fake Restaurant 'The Italian Stallion'". Time. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "YouTuber Josh Pieters tricks Katie Hopkins into accepting fake 'C**T' award". NME Music News. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ Stolworthy, Jacob (1 February 2020). "YouTube star who tricked Katie Hopkins into accepting fake award has 'no regrets'". The Independent. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "South African-born YouTuber Josh Pieters pulls off insane prank". East Coast Radio. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ France, Lisa Respers (4 May 2020). "Carole Baskin responds to YouTube pranksters tricking her". CNN. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
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