Alex Jones is losing his mind. pic.twitter.com/UorRXjzUSD
— jordan ?? (@JordanUhl) August 18, 2017
Aside from Last Week Tonight‘s concise “snake oil salesman” critique and a perplexing social media friendship with Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag, Alex Jones thankfully hasn’t been in the news a whole lot lately. Or at least that was until the conspiracy theorist decided to take his latest livestream to downtown Seattle Friday morning. That’s where Jones and his crew filmed a combative livestream which many locals immediately called out for being fake — even the Seattle Police Department.
A little over two minutes into Jones’ Periscope video, a random passerby flipped him the bird. “Come on over here. No, you flipped me off. Come on, coward,” Jones accosted the man. “You’re not an intellectual. You’re a fake and a fraud.” When the unidentified man flipped Jones off again, he after the guy and got in his face. “I’m right here!” Not long after, another person called Jones “trash” and, when confronted, poured his cup of coffee onto the conspiracy theorist.
This RULES.
Someone called Alex Jones trash.
Jones chases him.
The guy pours coffee on him. pic.twitter.com/OBXSkNb6kf
— jordan ?? (@JordanUhl) August 18, 2017
Unsurprisingly, Twitter had a good laugh about the charade, but Super Deluxe video maestro Vic Berger and others were quick to point out the coffee episode’s true nature. Mainly because, as Twitter quickly determined, the man who apparently accosted Jones with his morning coffee was local actor Jake Stratton.
https://twitter.com/VicBergerIV/status/898711466324316160
https://twitter.com/GunnarOhberg/status/898678588022685696
Alex Jones "attacked" by hot coffee, Baked Alaska "blinded" by "bear mace", and that Nazi fuck "crying" on video, I wonder what the goal is.
— Cody Johnston (@drmistercody) August 18, 2017
Despite the supposed identification, others were quick to note that Stratton’s participation didn’t necessarily mean his portion of Jones’ video was fake.
Not staged–that was Jake Stratton, longtime Seattle heavy-metal singer, pencil-fighting league champ and all-around wonderful weirdo
— jonathan zwickel (@zwickelicious) August 18, 2017
Either way, the internet couldn’t resist the latest opportunity to troll Jones — especially when the Seattle Police Department’s Twitter account got involved.
We haven't received any official reports. As far as we know that could be an actor playing Alex Jones.
— Seattle Police Department (@SeattlePD) August 18, 2017
It all went down (or up?) hill from there.
https://twitter.com/joeltyler_/status/898573996945539075
ALEX JONES: hi
ME: hey [pours entire cup of coffee into mouth]
ALEX JONES: I am 43 years old
ME: [spits coffee on Alex Jones for 57 seconds]— Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) August 19, 2017
Alex Jones: "Are you not worried about chemicals in our water?"
Man with tiny child: "I'm worried about Nazis" pic.twitter.com/7BhcqkXAXR— Paige Cornwell (@pgcornwell) August 18, 2017
Look, I'm a pacifist, but I'm just a man. If somebody calls Alex Jones trash and then pours coffee on him, i'm probably gonna laugh.
— A.R. Moxon (juliusgoat.bsky.social) (@JuliusGoat) August 19, 2017
https://twitter.com/bcuban/status/898703085152813056
The greatest tragedy is that Chris Farley passed too soon to play Alex Jones on SNL
— Dan Carson (Big Shogun Guy Now) (@thedoctorcarson) August 18, 2017