Jimmy Kimmel gets SXSW music nerds to lie about loving fake bands

Kimmel&#039;s &quot;Lie Witness News&quot; comes to SXSW — (Image credit: Jimmy Kimmel Live)

Cheese Wiz Khalifa? Ashley and the Kale Chips? DJ Gluten? ("A lot of people say he's hard to tolerate.") Once again, the real question in Jimmy Kimmel's special South by Southwest edition of "Lie Witness News" is: Are these people really this gullible, or are they playing along for Kimmel's cameras? It sure looks like the former — is any random pedestrian that good an actor? Watch people make fools of themselves below — though seriously, if Vlad and the Putins isn't a real band at SXSW this year, it probably will be by SXSW 2016. —Peter Weber

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.