Pranksters create fake campaign website for Pete Evans after the celebrity chef turned conspiracy theorist announced he was running for office – and direct the link to a Covid vaccine website
- Controversial TV chef and anti-vaxxer Pete Evans recently entered politics
- He has joined the Great Australia Party and will run for the Federal senate
- URL peteevansforsenate.com re-directed to government immunisation page
- A group working with Australia’s best-known satirists are behind the prank
Anti-vaxxer TV chef Pete Evans has been pranked with a website named after his senate campaign which diverts to a government website about the importance of immunisation.
Fans of Evans looking for his political campaign’s website have been instead re-directed to the official web page for the federal government’s immunisation programs – insisting they are ‘simple, safe and effective’.
Users are also given more information about how to get vaccinated against diseases like Covid-19 when they visit www.peteevansforsenate.com.
Evans has been a vocal sceptic of the coronavirus vaccine and even called the global Covid-19 crisis a ‘scamdemic’.
Anti-vaxxer, TV chef and fringe political candidate Pete Evans has been pranked with a URL named after his senate run diverting to a federal government health topic web page about the value of immunisation
Australian satirist outlet The Chaser claimed responsibility for the prank on Friday afternoon
Satirist outlet The Chaser claimed responsibility for the prank, saying: ‘Thought we’d help Pete out by setting up a campaign site on his behalf.’
Evans was unexpectedly announced at 1am on February 12 as a senate candidate for the Great Australia Party (GAP) in the next federal election.
At the time, GAP leader Rod Culleton said: ‘Pete Evans has maintained his principles and inspired others in the face of uncommon adversity.’
Evans was removed from Instagram, his final mainstream social media platform soon after the announcement, with platform owner Facebook also releasing a statement.
Pete Evans pictured with his wife Nicola Robinson. He unexpectedly announced at 1am on February 12 as a senate candidate for the Great Australia Party (GAP) in the next federal election.
‘We removed Pete Evans’s account for repeatedly sharing debunked claims about the coronavirus or vaccines,’ it said.
‘We don’t allow anyone to share misinformation about COVID-19 that could lead to imminent physical harm or about COVID-19 vaccines that have been debunked by public health experts.’
Evans’ was kicked off Facebook itself in December, and his podcast was also removed from Spotify. He had one million Facebook followers.
He was also dropped by 15 sponsors and companies in two days after posting a neo-Nazi meme to social media.
Pete Evans attends an anti-vaccination rally in Sydney’s Hyde Park in February 2021
Pete Evans addresses fellow vaccine protesters last week in Sydney. He was kicked off Facebook in December when he had one million followers
His publisher Pan McMillan terminated its agreement with him and he was sacked from I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here! by Channel Ten.
Evans began to garner negative attention in 2015 and has been criticised since for spreading misinformation and for promoting baseless conspiracy theories on a range of subjects including diet, vaccinations, coronavirus and even supported a wild QAnon-type claim that Australia is run by paedophiles.
He is also an outspoken fan of disgraced former United States President Donald Trump and has been pictured proudly wearing a Make America Great Again cap.
He has continued to blame media for his spectacular career implosion and has turned his attention to promoting his views via the Great Australia Party’s platforms.
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