The Canadian comedian says he was shocked when Infowars’ infamous host Alex Jones responded to his prank call.
FILES – Infowars founder Alex Jones appears in court to testify in the Sandy Hook defamation case at Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury, Connecticut on September 22, 2022. Free Speech Systems, Jones’ media company, pays conspiracy theorists $520,000 a year in its bankruptcy case, while paying creditors, including relatives of Sandy Hook school shooting victims, Tuesday, March 7, 2023 (Tyler Sizemore/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool, File)
A Canadian comedian who goes by the name Prank Stallone says he was shocked when Infowars’ disgraced host Alex Jones answered his prank calls.
Stallone says he used an AI program to mimic the voice of former Fox News host Tucker Carlson and used the program to spoof Carlson’s phone number.
“He wasn’t ready to actually believe it,” Stallone said. Finally, he hinted at the AI and hung up.I was pretty surprised.”
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After the call ended, Stallone contacted Jones to let him know it was just a prank. Stallone says Jones invited him to the show to talk about the dangers of AI.
But when Stallone refused, Jones says he became “angry” and “aggressive.”
“I talked to him during a break from his show. When I told him no, he started getting very angry with me.
Jones then went on the air, accusing Stallone of being a “stalker” who was harassing him. He also called for Stallone to be arrested.
“Let me just say a word to prankster Stallone. Tucker Carlson’s lawyers were involved and we believe what you did was a crime. Even if you think you’re safe in Canada, You will be arrested for what you did,” Jones said.
Jones continued talking to himself for about 15 minutes, lamenting the dangers of AI and accusing Stallone of making “sexual threats.”
Since then, Stallone says he faced death threats from Infowars viewers.
“It wasn’t that bad, to be honest,” Stallone said. “I posted one of them where someone said, ‘I want to eat your meat, I want to eat you. So there is no doubt that he was threatened.”
Jones is best known for his Infowars program promoting far-right conspiracy theories, including a debunked theory that the Sandy Hook School shooting was a hoax. In 2022, a US court ruled that Jones was liable for $49.3 million in damages for consistently promoting that misinformation on the show.
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Stallone denies being a stalker or harassing Jones, but says people like Jones should be made to feel uncomfortable.
“Anyone who denies Sandy Hook, who harasses his family, in my opinion, is the worst individual walking around with us every day. I’m sick of people like that. So , it is good to offend or offend such a person.”
As for the AI component, Stallone doesn’t think people should be allowed to use this technology, even though he uses it for mischief.
“I’m not the smartest person to argue about the dangers of AI, but I think AI can be used for really bad things. What I did was a fairly harmless prank call. But… just seeing what you can do worries me as a person.”
Stallone says he plans to release his video YouTube channel On Monday morning, he says he looks forward to putting all the trials behind him.
Stallone told CityNews on condition that he not be named because he has been threatened.
