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The masked man

Image: Novak: the Fonejacker

Fonejacker star Kayvan Novak has Soccer AM in stitches as he discusses his new show.

Comedian has Soccer AM studio in stitches

Fonejacker star Kayvan Novak had the Soccer AM studio in stitches this weekend with his various impressions, accents and antidotes from his time making his show - Facejacker. Novak brings his characters to life in his new show - taking them out of the phone booth and onto the street to baffle, confuse and shock the general public! "It has taken the same amount of stamina to do this because when we film the show we're out all day trying to cause as much mayhem as possible," Novak said when comparing his new show with the demands of Fonejacker. The comedian has even hired a make-up specialist to recreate some of his most outrageous characters from the show in life-like masks, which have had 'interesting' effects on the public... "It works really well on TV because you are watching the footage but a few people thought I was a burns victim and someone thought I'd been a car accident," he said of the masks.

Trouble

Filming has certainly not always gone smoothly for the Londoner, with one stunt in a Morrisons supermarket taking a turn for the worse. "The most violent incident that happened was when I went to a local supermarket chain dressed as the African dude. "I was wearing a Morrisons uniform and went and sat at one of the empty tills and said 'next customer, please!' "The scanner was obviously not working so I was going 'beep, beep' every time I swiped the product and I basically tried to get one bloke's credit card details. "But about six Morrisons workers were like 'excuse me, you don't work here!' "They chased me out and I thought, right we're going to get a shot of me comically running away. So I'm doing the comedy running then I hear this voice behind me and it's the manager and he's like: 'I'm faster than you man, I'm faster than you'. "He grabbed me in a headlock and slammed me to the floor. He called the police and we end up in the back of a police car in the car park, still with my mask on, and the policeman is going 'he's a 45 year old African man.' "It worked out OK in the end. I told him I was from Fonejacker and he said - 'I love that show!'" For more fantastic clips of Novak, check out the video.