Thursday, September 24, 2015

Vladimir Putin Called Elton John For Real This Time, You Guys

The actual president of Russia actually called the guy who sang “Crocodile Rock.”

Okay, let's try this again: a little over a week after a set of pranksters tricked British rock star Sir Elton John into believing he was getting a call from Russia's president, Vladimir Putin has now actually given Sir Elton a ring.

Okay, let's try this again: a little over a week after a set of pranksters tricked British rock star Sir Elton John into believing he was getting a call from Russia's president, Vladimir Putin has now actually given Sir Elton a ring.

Eloy Alonso / Reuters

Background: Sir Elton had called out Putin on the BBC two weeks ago for Russia's horrible record on LGBT rights and said he wished he could talk it out with Putin. After a bit of fun, two Russian pranksters admit they'd faked a call to Sir Elton.

Background: Sir Elton had called out Putin on the BBC two weeks ago for Russia's horrible record on LGBT rights and said he wished he could talk it out with Putin. After a bit of fun, two Russian pranksters admit they'd faked a call to Sir Elton.

Ricardo Moraes / Reuters

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