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GOING LIVE: Jonathan Pie—aka British actor Tom Walker—has become so popular that he’s moved straight from YouTube rants (inset) to a 22-date stage tour.
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THE BREXIT vote. President Trump. The upending of political norms. “Seismic events; for some it must’ve been really exciting,” Tom Walker says. “I’ve just had to try to find a way [through].” Walker—38, light-haired, baggy-eyed and British—is an actor. He is also Jonathan Pie: embittered, embattled TV news reporter and internet phenomenon, who is about to embark on his first live event—a 22-date, sold-out tour of the U.K. It’s all happened very fast.