Brummie comedian Joe Lycett pulled another classic joke this week with a fake report from the government civil servant Sue Gray.
The mock document, which he shared on Twitter, included a summary of the main findings and allegedly sparked panic in Parliament due to the fact it looked so real.
And today Joe has shared an open letter responding to the drama which has seen him hit the headlines, as he criticised the Conservative government for being "about power and little else".
In it he explained that he uses comedy sometimes as a way to express anger and that this week he's unhappy about the government's alleged parties at Number 10, while the whole of the UK was in various stages of lockdown.
He writes that a close friend died of cancer in the early days of the first lockdown and he couldn't be there or take his late friend's children to his wake, because he was following the rules.
He wrote: "I'm angry right now probably for the the same reason as many other people are angry. In the early stages of lockdown in 2020 my best friend died of cancer.
"He had been ill for a number of years and towards the end I had helped as a part-time carer. I watched him slip away, gradually, over months and all that comes with it.
"It's a long story for another time. But he died and I wasn't there because I was following the rules. We had a tiny, insufficient funeral because we were following the rules, and I drove his kids away from that funeral back to Birmingham without any sort of wake, because we were following the rules and it felt unnatural and cruel and almost silly, but we did it because we followed the rules. So I suppose like thousands of others with their own stories, I'm angry about that."
Read Joe's full message here:
After Joe published his fake report he said he was contacted by someone who works in Parliament, who wrote: "I work in Parliament for the Conservatives and I think u need to kno
"Your tweet this morning was read as an actual serious leak from Sue Gray's report.
"U had MP staff literally running around panicking from what it said.
"Panic dialling MPs like we need to discuss this right now."
The one-page document he shared had seven points - point one reading: "A culture of Covid-19 regulation rule breaking at Number 10 Downing Street."
But the document quickly revealed its true nature as a prank as point two said games played at the parties included 'Pass the A*******'.
The document says WhatsApp groups named 'Definitely A Meeting' and 'Down It Street' were created to discuss parties while all cabinet ministers had to dance on a table to Pure and Simple by HearSay.
The comedian said at the end of the open letter that his joke will probably change nothing about the current government's behaviour but that he felt 'f*****g fantastic' to have thrown those in Parliament who contacted him into 'absolute chaos.'
