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Ben Palmer (comedian)Benjamin Phil Palmer,[1] also known by his online alias Palmertrolls, (born 1986 or 1987) is an American comedian and internet celebrity from Atlanta, Georgia. Early and personal lifePalmer was born in 1986 or 1987. He is a United States Air Force veteran. He also worked as a driver for Uber and Lyft.[2] CareerHe began his career on Myspace in 2006, aged 19. He shifted to Facebook in 2007.[3] He started the project Hope That Helps, in which he would create fake Facebook customer service profiles of corporations (such as IHOP, CVS Pharmacy and Olive Garden, among others), then troll users in comment sections.[4][5][6] He also sent fake emails to companies.[7] Palmer also sued his friends multiple times in order to appear on Court TV, where he would perform comedy.[8] Notable Facebook profilesIn 2016, he created a fake Facebook profile for Home Depot, which he used to ridicule a Fox News article.[9] In 2018, he created a fake Facebook profile for the City of Atlanta, and used it to post a Facebook event to implode Stone Mountain. Facebook later banned the account.[10][11][12] In 2021, he made a fake Facebook profile for Walmart, and used it to announce that Walmart was closed on Black Friday.[13] Congressman prankIn 2020, Palmer collaborated with a follower who had created a parody website mimicking Parler, called "parlor.social". Palmer engaged in a series of prank interactions with politician Ted Yoho, who mistakenly believed he was in contact with representatives from Parler, discussing potential podcast collaborations. Over several months, Palmer, alongside other comedians, created a fake website for Yoho's podcast and recorded episodes with him, during which Yoho unknowingly confessed to controversial statements about Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The prank culminated in Palmer and his team attending a summit at Liberty University, where they continued to interact with Yoho and other notable figures such as Former President John Mahama of Ghana and Former Congresswomen and Presidential Candidate Michele Bachmann of Minnesota before eventually revealing the ruse.[14][15] References
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