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<\/p>\nA RICH Kids Go Skint star convinced millions he was a Love Island contestant.<\/p>\n
Callum Ryan, 19, set up the stunt with a series of videos and photos on TikTok.<\/p>\n
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The carefully created prank made it seem like he was about to enter the hallowed villa.<\/p>\n
He posted videos pretending he was sharing a sneak-peak at "behind the scenes", and poorly edited headshots.<\/p>\n
But despite the thrown together appearance of the clips and images, thousands of people were fooled.<\/p>\n
And by the time the actual contestants went on the ITV fan favourite, Callum had gained more followers than them.<\/p>\n
He claims it was to show how risky social media can be, and posted a video about cyberbullying.<\/p>\n
The teen vlogger started his account aged 14, and saw the online abuse he received increase after appearing on Channel 5's Rich Kids Go Skint in 2018.<\/p>\n
He told the Mirror: "The level of abuse got out of hand. I have kind of experienced it before, after I was on TV, and I knew it was coming – so I knew what to expect.<\/p>\n
"But the hate that I got only went to show that the point I was proving was right.<\/p>\n
"People who posted the hate are only going to come back and realise what they did wrong."<\/p>\n
"A friend pretended to go on holiday to Europe a while ago, and I thought that I could use that idea – of creating something fake – in a positive way.<\/p>\n
"It was in the planning for a couple of weeks. When it came out that there was someone else called Callum going into the villa, that was it.<\/p>\n
"With a bit more planning, I had an idea to make it seem like I would be the second 'bombshell' Callum to enter the villa after the series had started."<\/p>\n
He said the feedback has been positive, with most of his followers appreciating the point behind the prank.<\/p>\n