Melbourne conservative radio host Tom Elliott interviewed popular Australian rapper "360" on Monday afternoon. Except for one problem: it wasn't actually Australian rapper "360".
A young man pretending to be "360" came onto the Melbourne 3AW talkback show and spouted ridiculous ideas about the Illuminati, took sledges at Elliot's wealth and even claimed to be a unicorn.
The show reported the interview online and then subsequently deleted the tweets after realising they were being trolled by an imitator.
Spoke to someone who said on-air and off-air that he was rapper 360. Turns out he wasn't. We shut the interview down immediately
BuzzFeed is yet to confirm whether "360" (real name Matthew Colwell) set up the imitator to embarass Elliott who was tricked into interviewing an imitator ISIS commander back in August.
But all signs point to Colwell pulling the strings behind the epic trolling.
Colwell caused a stir two weeks ago after telling ABC's Q&A he thought the Australian flag was linked with racism. He received threats and praise over the incident.
Elliott used his Herald Sun column to take a big swipe at the rapper, saying Australia had a better record on dealing with issues of racism than most other countries.
So today, to get back at Elliott, Colwell filmed himself listening to the entire faked interview. He then uploaded all the cringeworthy goodness to Facebook.
The video ends with Colwell gleefully taunting Elliott about his two-for-two fake interviews.
People flocked to social media to unload on Elliott's fact-checking of guests.
GOLD MEDAL JERNALISM! MT @3ree6ixty I just got told that I was about to be interviewed live on @TomElliott3AW... Hey Tom, it wasn't me.
brb, just calling 3AW to give an important interview - the first since I, Tupac Shakur, returned from the grave
Watching @3ree6ixty being 'interviewed live' by Tom Elliot on 3AW = best fcking thing I've seen all day. Congrats Matt, Illuminati Unicorn!
Tom Elliot. Who ever thought his nemesis would be a Aussie rapper. What a shambles.
Sorry Mr Elliott but a rapper just made you commit your second crime against journalism this year.
Good research dickhead
