Alex Jones wants Canadian comedian arrested for Tucker Carlson prank

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Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones revealed he was targeted by a prankster who called him using an A.I. Tucker Carlson voice.

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Now, it’s not so much who said it, but what was said.

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Jones recounted the call on an episode of his show, saying that since he and Carlson have been known to speak “here and there on the phone,” he answered when the ousted Fox News host’s number showed up.

“I go, ‘Hey, what’s going on Tucker?’ And it’s Tucker Carlson’s voice, and it starts saying these horrible, lurid sexual things to me,” he recalled of the bizarre incident, according to Newsweek.

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“I instantly figure out this is A.I., someone’s spoofing his number and I confront the individuals on this,” Jones continued. “They say a few more things, then the phone hangs up.”

The man behind A.I. Tucker was Vancouver-based comedian Chris James, who goes by Prank Stallone on Twitter, where he confirmed the conversation did take place.

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“OK, so let’s say someone has Tucker Carlson’s cell number and also Alex Jones’ cell phone number, and also an AI Tucker Carlson voice,” James tweeted. “They could IN THEORY call Alex Jones and pretend to be Tucker, and have a full conversation with him. Anyways I just did that.”

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Jones went on during his show to invite James onto his program, saying he needs to “explain your intent” behind the prank call and prove “he’s not part of a government group or an agency, because what he did, spoofing someone’s number, in many jurisdictions is a crime.”

James told Rolling Stone that he thought the prank call would be funny, but had doubts that it would even work.

“I’ve called Alex Jones before and he tends to answer his phone,” James said. “I put Tucker Carlson’s number in, but in my head, I thought it was just going to show up as a bunch of numbers. I was so ill-prepared for it because I assumed he would just hang up.”

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“But Jones engaged with it in the beginning as if it was a real conversation, even though it was very weird stuff the Tucker A.I. was saying.”

James passed on making an appearance on Infowars, which didn’t sit well with Jones. He called for the comedian to be arrested, insisting he would file a criminal complaint.

“Tucker Carlson’s lawyers are involved, and what you did, we believe is a crime, so even though you think you are safe up in Canada, you are going to get arrested for what you did,” Jones said.

“So keep laughing, you little arrogant person.”