User:Zomaventures/Christopher Walken for President

Presidential candidacy hoax
Actor Christopher Walken became the subject of a hoax controversy in October 2006 when a fake website started in August of that year by members of internet forum General Mayhem announced that he was running for President of the United States. When asked about the hoax in a September 2006 interview with Conan O'Brien, Walken was amused by the hoax; and when asked to come up with a campaign slogan, he replied, "What the Heck?" and "No More Zoos!" The site, Walken2008.com, remains online.

Some believed it was authentic, until Walken's publicist dismissed the claims. "The person who put this together was just trying it as a hoax, I presume," said Mara Buxbaum, Walken's publicist. "My take on it is it sounds like the person who put this on the Web took his role."