‘QAnon Shaman’ Breaks Out Mocking British Accent When Grilled By BBC Host About Jan 6 Guilty Plea

BBC NewsNight’s interview with Jacob Chansley – known as the “QAnon Shaman” – derailed in the most bizarre way when the interviewee refused to say why he pled guilty to his role during the January 6 Capitol riot and instead dropped a baffling British accent to mock host Victoria Derbyshire.

Hours after his inauguration ceremony President Donald Trump issued sweeping pardons for more than 1,500 Capitol riot offenders, including Chansley. Chansley, from Arizona, rose to prominence for his distinct shamanic-style dress on that day when he and other Trump supporters entered the Capitol building following the then-incumbent president’s 2020 election defeat to Joe Biden.

The interview with the BBC kick started with a bang with Chansley mocking the host and slamming her employer repeatedly, as she continued to press him to answer her questions.

As Derbyshire asked whether Chansley had entered the building to overthrow the election, he replied: “I did not go into the building for that reason. And the fact that you still think that I did just shows how distorted the media lens actually is.”

Insisting that it wasn’t her intention to narrativize his story, she questioned Chansley about his guilty plea, pointing out that he pleaded guilty to obstructing an official proceeding, to which Chansley deflected by citing the Supreme Court.

Pivoting briefly, Derbyshire asked about his reaction to being pardoned by Trump.

Chansley explained: “I got the news from my lawyer when I was at the gym and I walked outside and I screamed freedom at the top of my lungs and then gave a good Native American war cry.”

The conversation took an even stranger turn when Derbyshire pushed him on whether he regretted his actions that day.

Chansley responded: “Oh, yeah? I want you to think about something. The mockingbirds in the media and the government demonized me. They made me a social pariah. They attached things like QAnon, conspiracy theorist, white supremacist, insurrectionist, racist, homophobe, terrorist.”

He continued: “They attached all those labels to me, my image, and then they imprisoned me for 27 months, 10 and a half behind in solitary confinement. And then they released me to the public as a social pariah without the ability to own a firearm.”

“So I can never really actually bring in a gun to a gunfight. I always have to bring a knife to a gunfight. And you do realize how wrong that is, right?” he added.

“Jay, you pleaded guilty,” the host replied.

“I pleaded guilty,” he said.

“So, why did you plead guilty then?” Derbyshire pressed.

“Have you ever been in solitary confinement before?” Chansley pivoted.

“Tell me why you pleaded guilty,” the host repeated.

“I’m asking you the question, dear. Have you ever been in solitary confinement? The answer is no,” Chansley shot back.

He continued: “Have you ever had the media and the government simultaneously mischaracterizing your involvement in some sort of a politicized travesty that is being used to actually circumvent the law and certify an election that in every way, shape, and form has all the hallmarks of a regime change and corruption? I mean, you’ve never been in my shoes. You don’t want to be in my shoes. You’re too afraid to be in my shoes. That’s why you’re behind the camera that you’re behind, and I’m behind the one that I’m on.”

As she asked again whether he could give “insight” into why he pled guilty, Chansley adopted a mocking British accent: “I just gave it to you. But like I said, you can’t see the forest for the trees, my dear.”

“No. I am in no way, shape, or form obligated to explain anything to you. Especially now,” he said in his own accent before drawing on his Monty Python-style accent once again: “So, is this how we do things in England, I see? Yes, yes, you can’t see, you know, the forest for the trees, my dear? Hmm?”

Later in the interview he began attacking the BBC, accusing the organization of refusing to report on “rape gangs” and covering up for pedophile Jimmy Saville: “I’ve been vindicated more than [the BBC]… the BBC now has its reputation in the gutter. You guys covered up Jimmy Savile for years. You covered up the rape gangs for years.”

He continued: “You guys got the Dorian Gray image right in front of you. You got your own painting right in front of you. I mean, it’s no offense. It’s what you guys deserve as an institution. I don’t know if you’re one of the people that covered this stuff up. But I mean, you guys, you all know what you did over the last several decades. You know who you’ve been protecting.”

“I’ve spent years covering abuse of young women and young men as it happens.” Derbyshire defended herself.

“Glad to hear that. I’m glad to hear that,” Chansley replied. “Did you cover the rape gangs or did you help cover that up? Did you cover Jimmy Savile while he was doing all that stuff to those children with special needs? Or did you cover the fact that Prince Andrew went to Epstein Island?”

Closing out the interview, Chansley said he regrets nothing.

“Pulling onto regret or hatred or anger or depression is bad spiritual hygiene,” he said.

When asked if he’d do it all over again, Chansley insisted he would—with a twist.

“If I had the knowledge I have now and I could go back, I would try to stop the whole thing from happening,” he said, adding that he would have focused people on “God and God alone.”

Watch above via BBC.