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Kyle & Jackie O pranked live on air as heard by the listeners of 94.7FM, South Africa. Story By Wade O'Leary, ninemsn A South African disc jockey has pulled off one of the all-time great practical jokes this morning after tricking a top-rating breakfast radio duo into taking a fake call from Tom Cruise. 2Day FM spent $150000 promoting an exclusive Cruise interview over the Australia Day long weekend and encouraged listeners to text questions to be asked of the superstar. An elaborate audio segment preceded the much-hyped call but, instead of Cruise's trademark growl, Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O were met with a South African-accented voice that told them they had been pranked. Darren "Whackhead" Simpson enacted the elaborate hoax after hearing that Kyle had mocked him during a broadcast in November. "I got a whole bunch of emails from South Africans who live in Sydney these days and they said that Kyle played one of my pranks on the radio and then made fun of me," Simpson told ninemsn from Johannesburg. "I don't know what was actually said but I knew that he didn't say very nice things, so I decided to slowly plot a plan to get back at him." Simpson began a two-month program of research and planning by checking who the 2Day FM duo had and hadn't interviewed over the years, eventually determining that Cruise was the most attractive celebrity not yet in their resume. He then used Cruise's new film Valkyrie as an excuse to offer a promotional interview. "I've got a few <b>...</b>

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