In yesterday's Aktuellt on SVT, people in the city were asked how they feel about inflation and how rising food prices affect them.
One of the interviewees in the segment called himself "Yonan Oglu" and complained that a zucchini now costs SEK 25.
"Please, a zucchini, it's not enough to be measured yourself.
If I have to make a whole family, 4-5 people, how much, SEK 200 for just zucchini? ”, He says in the segment.
In fact, it was the stand-up comedian Thanos Fotas who went into character and changed his name.
The clip has now received a lot of attention and been widely circulated on social media.
- I had felt naughty all day, my comedian brain just started spinning.
Everything I said is things I think, but I only said it in character, says Thanos Fotas.
Went on a hefty blow
Jeanette Larsson was the editor of yesterday's Aktuellt and laughed out loud when she found out during the broadcast who the interviewee really was.
- He was so so good.
He was committed and empathetic, and so he was fake.
At the end of the broadcast, SVT posted a correction where the presenters told that they had been cheated.
- There is a serious aspect and that is that it is very important to us that the information we convey is correct and true.
And in this case, we went for a blow, says Jeanette Larsson.
Hear more about the zucchini coup in the clip above.