BURMA – Ann San Suu Kyi has revealed her ‘deep disappointment’ after becoming the first victim of new reality television show Politically Punk’d. The MTV production sees host Ashton Kutcher playing practical jokes on high profile political figures ‘for a laugh’. On Saturday, his team lead Ms Suu Kyi to believe she was taking her first steps outside her home as a free woman after being under house arrest for 15 of the past 21 years, until Mr Kutcher explained to her she was only on a reality television programme.
“We spent six months planning this,” explained a cheery Kutcher who said the stunt, taped live in Burma, went off flawlessly. “I wasn’t sure if she would suspect anything, but I guess she wanted to so badly she was willing to believe it. You should have seen the look on her face!”
Speaking in front of what she thought to be thousand of supporters 24 hours after her fabricated release, Ms Suu Kyi was interrupted during a speech on democracy and freedom by Mr Kutcher and a camera crew to a chorus of ‘psyche!’ from the assembled crowd of actors. She was then led back to her home to serve out the rest of her indefinite sentence for continuously speaking out again the country’s oppressive regime.
Executive producer Matt Gregory said: “Anny was a real sport about the whole thing. We’ll make sure to send a gift basket to her house.”
‘A great day for practical jokes’
International reaction had been overwhelmingly positive for what is fast being recognised as the best practical joke in the political history since George Bush was elected president of an entire country. Current US President Barack Obama hailed the prank as one of his favourites, admitting that ‘they even had me fooled for a minute.”
British Prime Minister David Cameron said the look on the pro-democracy leader’s face was priceless’, adding: “To have spent all this time and energy on a prank of this magnitude is just above and beyond the call of duty. Brilliant, absolutely brilliant.”
UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon admitted that even he was ‘totally fooled’ and urged the shows producers to continue their efforts with other high profile political figures. “If they could convince the Dalai Lama that Tibet is free, Ashton would surely go down as one of the greatest pranksters in history.”
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