The BBC needed to ask 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: Unhealthy Affect?, premiering on BBC3 and iPlayer on Wednesday. It’s introduced by journalist Matt Shea.
Shea spent months chasing Paul for an interview after his investigation raised considerations that the YouTube star might have profited from deceptive followers about crypto. Paul denies wrongdoing.
Paul ultimately — and unexpectedly — agreed to a sit 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 a substitute.
Logan Paul’s lookalike
BBC cameras captured the encounter with the doppelganger, who claims to be Paul. “Is Logan coming?” Shea asks. “I’m proper right here bud,” the lookalike replies.
Their alternate, published by BBC News, is then interrupted by a bunch of individuals with megaphones shouting: “BBC is vile. They rent pedophiles.”
This a reference to an assault line towards the BBC that has taken root on-line following the Jimmy Savile and Huw Edwards scandals.
Jamie Tahsin, the producer/director of Logan Paul: Unhealthy Affect?, concluded: “We had flown all that method simply to be trolled.”
Shea has obtained type in terms of confronting social media influencers. He interviewed Andrew Tate final yr, however the former blended martial artist walked out of the alternate over “main” questions.
