The BBC sought after to invite Logan Paul critical questions on his cryptocurrency dealings. Logan Paul despatched a lookalike to the interview.
That’s the twist within the BBC documentary, Logan Paul: Dangerous Affect?, premiering on BBC3 and iPlayer on Wednesday. It’s introduced by way of journalist Matt Shea.
Shea spent months chasing Paul for an interview after his investigation raised issues that the YouTube famous person could have profited from deceptive lovers about crypto. Paul denies wrongdoing.
Paul ultimately — and swiftly — agreed to a sit down down with the BBC on the boxing gymnasium in Puerto Rico he owns along with his brother Jake Paul. The difficulty is, he despatched a lookalike as an alternative.
Logan Paul’s lookalike
BBC cameras captured the come across with the doppelganger, who claims to be Paul. “Is Logan coming?” Shea asks. “I’m proper right here bud,” the lookalike replies.
Their alternate, printed by way of BBC Information, is then interrupted by way of a gaggle of other people with megaphones shouting: “BBC is vile. They rent pedophiles.”
This a connection with an assault line towards the BBC that has taken root on-line following the Jimmy Savile and Huw Edwards scandals.
Jamie Tahsin, the manufacturer/director of Logan Paul: Dangerous Affect?, concluded: “We had flown all that approach simply to be trolled.”
Shea has were given shape in relation to confronting social media influencers. He interviewed Andrew Tate closing yr, however the former combined martial artist walked out of the alternate over “main” questions.
