Russian Comedians Fess Up to Pranking Elton John by Pretending to Be Vladimir Putin, It seemed too acceptable be accurate and in the end it was: Vladimir Putin did not alarm Elton John.
Two Russian comedians accept appear that they fabricated a antic alarm to the acclaimed musician, during which they airish as admiral Putin campanology to altercate gay rights and to accede to a affair with the musician.
The brace aired a recording of their chat with Sir Elton on the Russian agnate of the Tonight Show on accompaniment TV here, afore publishing it on YouTube.
Sir Elton had said on Tuesday that he’d accustomed a abruptness alarm from admiral Putin, anon afterwards he had bidding a admiration to accommodated with him during a BBC annual beforehand in the week. The brilliant thanked Putin on his Instagram annual and said he looked advanced to affair him “face-to-face in Russia”.
But a few hours later, Putin’s columnist secretary denied that any chat had taken place, abrogation John and the Russian absolutist baton in a appropriate “he said, he said” stand-off as the adept musician’s aggregation connected to assert Putin had called.But this abnormal altercation has been austere up now that the two comedians, Vladimir Krasnov and Alexei Stolyarov, accepted by their show-names “Vovan and Lexus”, accept appear their tape.
In it, a acutely delighted, and conceivably hardly star-struck, John says how captivated he is Putin has alleged and bound starts aggravating actuate him to accommodated in person.
“That’s incredible! I am a artist and a altruistic being and a humanitarian,” Sir Elton says. “I am not a baby-kisser and I would adulation to sit down with the admiral and altercate things face to face because I anticipate we can break abounding issues together.”
Elton John is an alive apostle for LGBT rights and has ahead criticized Putin for comments he has fabricated appearing to analyze homosexuals to pedophiles. In the recording, the apocryphal Putin-- who is speaking Russian, translated by his pretend columnist secretary-- asks Elton John what problems he thinks gay humans accept in Russia and what can be done to change it. Sir Elton says he would adopt to altercate it face to face.
“I don’t absolutely wish to allocution about it over the buzz to be honest with you,” Sir Elton says. “If both our offices can acquisition a acceptable date area we can accept a absolutely admirable discussion, that would be a miracle. It would be a dream appear true,” he says.The two provisionally accede to accommodated in mid-November. ‘Putin’ again suggests that conceivably a gay pride array should be abiding to accompany with Elton John’s visit. Afterwards a cursory hesitation, Sir Elton agrees:
“Tell him, if he wants me to appear to gay pride in Moscow, again yes I will go to gay pride in Moscow.”
Elton John and his aggregation accept yet to animadversion on the absolution of the tape.
The two pranksters, who specialize in artifice celebrities and officials, told ABC they absitively to alarm afterwards seeing the annual area Elton John said he capital to altercate LGBT rights with Putin, who has been authoritative over what critics accept a alleged a homophobic aldermanic attack in Russia.
“We just couldn’t canyon up this befalling to see what Elton John would say if he anticipation he was absolutely speaking to Putin,” Krasnov, who played Putin, said in a blast interview.
The articulation of Putin in recording does not abundant resemble the absolute Putin; Krasnov said he had not approved to imitate Putin abundant because he knew Elton John would apparently not be able to acquaint the aberration back he was speaking Russian.
“I don’t accept abundant acquaintance in this, so I wasn’t able to antic with my position,” Krasnov said.
The pranksters said the best affair to appear out of the alarm was that it appeared a absolute affair may now in fact appear amid Putin and Elton John; Putin’s absolute columnist secretary, Dmitry Peskov, on Monday appear that admitting no alarm had taken place, Putin was in assumption actual accessible to seeing the musician.
Two Russian comedians accept appear that they fabricated a antic alarm to the acclaimed musician, during which they airish as admiral Putin campanology to altercate gay rights and to accede to a affair with the musician.
The brace aired a recording of their chat with Sir Elton on the Russian agnate of the Tonight Show on accompaniment TV here, afore publishing it on YouTube.
Sir Elton had said on Tuesday that he’d accustomed a abruptness alarm from admiral Putin, anon afterwards he had bidding a admiration to accommodated with him during a BBC annual beforehand in the week. The brilliant thanked Putin on his Instagram annual and said he looked advanced to affair him “face-to-face in Russia”.
But a few hours later, Putin’s columnist secretary denied that any chat had taken place, abrogation John and the Russian absolutist baton in a appropriate “he said, he said” stand-off as the adept musician’s aggregation connected to assert Putin had called.But this abnormal altercation has been austere up now that the two comedians, Vladimir Krasnov and Alexei Stolyarov, accepted by their show-names “Vovan and Lexus”, accept appear their tape.
In it, a acutely delighted, and conceivably hardly star-struck, John says how captivated he is Putin has alleged and bound starts aggravating actuate him to accommodated in person.
“That’s incredible! I am a artist and a altruistic being and a humanitarian,” Sir Elton says. “I am not a baby-kisser and I would adulation to sit down with the admiral and altercate things face to face because I anticipate we can break abounding issues together.”
Elton John is an alive apostle for LGBT rights and has ahead criticized Putin for comments he has fabricated appearing to analyze homosexuals to pedophiles. In the recording, the apocryphal Putin-- who is speaking Russian, translated by his pretend columnist secretary-- asks Elton John what problems he thinks gay humans accept in Russia and what can be done to change it. Sir Elton says he would adopt to altercate it face to face.
“I don’t absolutely wish to allocution about it over the buzz to be honest with you,” Sir Elton says. “If both our offices can acquisition a acceptable date area we can accept a absolutely admirable discussion, that would be a miracle. It would be a dream appear true,” he says.The two provisionally accede to accommodated in mid-November. ‘Putin’ again suggests that conceivably a gay pride array should be abiding to accompany with Elton John’s visit. Afterwards a cursory hesitation, Sir Elton agrees:
“Tell him, if he wants me to appear to gay pride in Moscow, again yes I will go to gay pride in Moscow.”
Elton John and his aggregation accept yet to animadversion on the absolution of the tape.
The two pranksters, who specialize in artifice celebrities and officials, told ABC they absitively to alarm afterwards seeing the annual area Elton John said he capital to altercate LGBT rights with Putin, who has been authoritative over what critics accept a alleged a homophobic aldermanic attack in Russia.
“We just couldn’t canyon up this befalling to see what Elton John would say if he anticipation he was absolutely speaking to Putin,” Krasnov, who played Putin, said in a blast interview.
The articulation of Putin in recording does not abundant resemble the absolute Putin; Krasnov said he had not approved to imitate Putin abundant because he knew Elton John would apparently not be able to acquaint the aberration back he was speaking Russian.
“I don’t accept abundant acquaintance in this, so I wasn’t able to antic with my position,” Krasnov said.
The pranksters said the best affair to appear out of the alarm was that it appeared a absolute affair may now in fact appear amid Putin and Elton John; Putin’s absolute columnist secretary, Dmitry Peskov, on Monday appear that admitting no alarm had taken place, Putin was in assumption actual accessible to seeing the musician.
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