Logan Paul pulled a switcheroo on a news outlet looking to do a deep dive into his cryptocurrency practices -- sending a look-alike to take part in an interview in his place.
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00:00You, in particular, have been singing the praises of the Paul brothers less than a week
00:05after Jake Paul's victory over Mike Tyson.
00:09These guys are going to be billionaires.
00:10They are two of the best business people in entertainment.
00:14Well it's interesting you would say that, and a lot of people have said that, and clearly
00:18you cannot argue with their success.
00:21But Logan Paul, in particular, there was one aspect of his portfolio that the BBC wanted
00:27to talk to him about.
00:28They had requested an interview with him to talk about crypto, and his encouraging
00:35fans and others to invest in a particular crypto coin.
00:40Well Logan must have smelled a rat, or just didn't like the idea of this interview.
00:48So the BBC was saying, we want to interview, we want to interview you, and he was thinking
00:53this is not as advertised.
00:55But he told them, I'll be there, and so this is what happened when they sat down to start
01:03the interview with Logan.
01:05What's up dude?
01:06How's it going?
01:07Thanks.
01:08Matt.
01:09Matt.
01:10Sorry, I'm tired.
01:11Last night was hard.
01:12How are you enjoying, how are you enjoying Puerto Rico?
01:17Yeah, pretty good man.
01:19I have to say, the real Logan Paul looks very different.
01:23Did you come all the way over here to ask about how I look?
01:26Is Logan coming?
01:27I'm right here, bud.
01:29You came all the way to Puerto Rico from England.
01:31This is your interview.
01:32What do you got?
01:33Look, these are some very serious questions.
01:37You know, there are people who really want to know the answer to these questions.
01:38I'm a serious person.
01:42Let's just get out of here.
01:43I'm not doing this.
01:44Oh my god, that's unbelievable.
01:48That is not a quick trip from England to Puerto Rico.
01:52Oh my god.
01:53And obviously, the real Logan did not show up, according to the BBC, did not show up.
02:00The word is punked.
02:01And really, there was nothing for Logan to gain here, so he decided, look, I'm going
02:06to have some fun with this, because ultimately the thing was titled, Logan Paul, bad influence,
02:12question mark.
02:13And Logan, throughout this entire time, he's been called out several times, you know, crypto
02:16zoo and all that.
02:18He has adamantly denied that he has ever tried to mislead his fans.
02:21He loves his fans.
02:22And if anything went wrong, well, it probably didn't turn out exactly how people want to
02:27paint it to be.
02:28But Logan has said over the years, look, I am never going to try and steal money from
02:32my fans or mislead them in any way.
02:34Yeah.
02:35So, I mean, look, you could have just said, I know we think it was very funny.
02:40It was.
02:42Is it a little childish?
02:43I mean, why not just say, no, why don't you say, no, I'm not interested.
02:46I'm not doing your interview.
02:47This is how they get, they got famous to begin with.
02:50This is everything that they do to a tee.
02:53So BBC should have known this going into it, that Logan was going to have some fun.
02:57And this is the end result.
02:59Well, the other thing is they're using the video to promote the documentary.
03:03So you're saying they got punked, but they're now using it.
03:08That's the clip they're using.
03:09They're kind of using, taking a page out of the Paul brothers book because now everyone's
03:12talking about it.
03:13I had no idea this project was happening until they released this clip.
03:16A hundred percent.
03:17Hey, it's Becca Berger from Warwick, Rhode Island.
03:21Am I the only one who feels like that guy doesn't even really look that much like Logan
03:25Paul?
03:26I don't even think he would win one of these trendy lookalike contests.
03:31He's Logan-ish, Logan-adjacent, that guy.
03:34Yeah.