Kurt Tay might be a familiar name to those who frequent Facebook.
He is also quite combative with his “haters”, which has led to a weird cyclical relationship where people prank him, he reacts, and then challenges people to try and prank him again.
Of course, if you’ve read the headline, you know none of this was ever going to happen.
But the prankster made quite the effort to ensure some signs of credibility. Firstly, he made the casting call a month beforehand, which seems like a decent amount of leeway.
Secondly, the name of the journalist the prankster was actually the name of a reporterwho had interviewed Tay before.
However, a cursory Google search disproves what she mentioned in the text as the “head of producer”.
Lastly, another number the prankster will give later in the story is actually a former number given out by Tay’s fellow Singapore Idol alumni, Steven Lim.
Who had to deal with his fair share of pranks back in the day.
A long wait
On December 4, 2019 at around 8.40am Tay apparently reached Mediacorp.
What followed was around two hours of faux bureaucratic cockups.
https://mothership.sg/2019/12/kurt-tay-mediacorp-prank/
He is also quite combative with his “haters”, which has led to a weird cyclical relationship where people prank him, he reacts, and then challenges people to try and prank him again.
Of course, if you’ve read the headline, you know none of this was ever going to happen.
But the prankster made quite the effort to ensure some signs of credibility. Firstly, he made the casting call a month beforehand, which seems like a decent amount of leeway.
Secondly, the name of the journalist the prankster was actually the name of a reporterwho had interviewed Tay before.
However, a cursory Google search disproves what she mentioned in the text as the “head of producer”.
Lastly, another number the prankster will give later in the story is actually a former number given out by Tay’s fellow Singapore Idol alumni, Steven Lim.
Who had to deal with his fair share of pranks back in the day.
A long wait
On December 4, 2019 at around 8.40am Tay apparently reached Mediacorp.
What followed was around two hours of faux bureaucratic cockups.
https://mothership.sg/2019/12/kurt-tay-mediacorp-prank/
