Radio host Ryan ‘Fitzy’ Fitzgerald is brutally trolled by Donald Trump supporters over a prank involving the president’s Twitter account
Nova FM radio host Ryan ‘Fitzy’ Fitzgerald pranked listeners on Monday with a fake ‘retweet’ from President Donald Trump.
And the 43-year-old funnyman has since revealed he’s copped a ‘ridiculous’ amount of abuse from Trump supporters in the U.S.
Speaking on Fitzy & Wippa on Tuesday, he encouraged his trolls to do their worst.
Divisive: Radio host Ryan ‘Fitzy’ Fitzgerald (left, with Michael ‘Wippa’ Wipfli) has been brutally trolled by Donald Trump supporters over a prank involving the president’s Twitter account
‘For all you haters from America who thought I stitched up Trump yesterday with my tweet, come at me. Go at me again,’ Fitzy said.
He added that the response to his prank had been mixed, with some saying it was funny while others were angry because they’d fallen for it.
‘It’s ridiculous, the amount of people from the States,’ he said.
Having a laugh: Fitzy pranked listeners on Monday with a fake ‘retweet’ from President Trump
‘But it’s on both levels… people are praising me going, “Well done, you stitched up Trump, he replied to you.”
‘We doctored it up… People have been sucked in and then there’s others that are getting really angry with me.’
Fitzy then joked he’d given up on his hopes of a political career after the backlash, saying: ‘I’m out mate!’
Backlash: Speaking on Fitzy & Wippa on Tuesday, he encouraged his trolls to do their worst
Doctored: On Monday, Fitzy pranked listeners when he shared ‘proof’ he’d been retweeted by Donald Trump on Twitter. ‘Hey Trumpy, working hard or hardly working?’ he supposedly tweeted, to which the president replied: ‘Thank you, Ryan. Working hard!’
On Monday, Fitzy pranked listeners when he shared ‘proof’ he’d been retweeted by Donald Trump on Twitter.
‘Hey Trumpy, working hard or hardly working?’ he supposedly tweeted, to which the president replied: ‘Thank you, Ryan. Working hard!’
Both tweets were fabricated using photo editing software, and Trump had actually responded to a supporter named Ryan Fournier.
The prank even fooled Nova FM’s newsreader Matt De Groot, who thought the retweet was genuine.
‘Thank you Ryan, working hard’: Both tweets were fabricated using photo editing software, and Trump had actually responded to a supporter named Ryan Fournier (pictured)