Tiger King star Carole Baskin has been tricked into sending a video message to Rolf Harris to wish the star happy birthday.
In a sick hoax, the video sees Carole reach out to Rolf – who was jailed in 2014 for five years and nine months for sexually assaulting four underage girls. She’s also heard giving a shout out to Jimmy Savile in the same clip.
In 2012, a year after Savile’s death in 2011, he was accused of sexually abusing hundreds of individuals from 1955 to 2009.
Sharing the video to Instagram, Tom revealed he had pranked Carole to send in the clip, sharing a message to Rolf.
He says: ‘Surely I couldn’t get another American celebrity to shout out Australia’s most notorious sexual predator – bonus points if they mention the UK’s most notorious sexual predator.’
The camera then flips to Carole – who is reportedly being lined up to star on the next series of I’m A Celebrity – and she says: ‘Hey all you cool cats and kittens, it’s Carole Baskin at Big Cat Rescue.
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‘Hi Rolf Harris, all your kids wanted to get together and tell you that you have touched them and that they love all that you have done for them.
‘I hear there’s a lot of great stories about you and your best friend, Jimmy Saville, can’t wait to hear those. Happy birthday Rolf.’
Comedian Tom captioned the video: ‘If this doesn’t break the internet I give up ? #carolebaskin #tigerking #comedy #cameo.’
Carole has since issued a statement to Metro.co.uk and insisted she had no idea who both Harris and Savile were and had she known, she would never have agreed to making the video.
‘I am amazed at the lengths (and expense) people will go to in order to trash my reputation. Of course, I have never heard of Rolf Harris, or Jimmy Seville and would not have done the Cameo had I known,’ it read.
‘The signature line in my email reads, “I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt, and I think that tells you all you need to know about the kind of people who abuse me in their efforts to make others hate me.’
The video of Carole has gone viral and it comes after Armstrong tricked US actress Beverly Mitchell into sending Australia’s notorious serial killer Ivan Milat for ‘helping out the backpacker gang’.
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Milat was convicted in 1996 for murdering seven backpackers in New South Wales between 1989 and 1993.
Metro.co.uk has reached out to Tom Armstrong and reps for Carole Baskin for comment.
It’s not the first time Carole has fallen victim to a video hoax, as British YouTube star Josh Pieters tricked the big cat lover into giving a fake interview.
She thought she was being interviewed for The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon over in the US via Zoom, only to realise the interview questions were recordings and the interview was a set up.
Speaking to CNN about the prank, Carole said: ‘I was suspicious as we were doing it because the questions appeared taped. But had no idea it would turn out to be such a fun prank.
‘It gave us a very welcome good laugh. I appreciate their cleverness and that they created their video in a way that I don’t feel was in any way mean spirited.’
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