David Blaine Exclusive: 'My first phone was an LG Shine'

I’m delighted to bring you this exclusive in advance of the LG Shine launch this afternoon. (You will need a bit of salt — perhaps just a pinch, for this post.)

Bending space, time and several currently unproven molecular continuum theories, David Blaine revealed today that his first mobile phone was an LG Shine. Whilst the rest of us had to wait up to 20 years from the advent of the modern mobile phone industry to even consider owning LG’s latest good-looker, Blaine, answered SMS Text News chief blogger Ewan MacLeod’s question, without even being asked it.

MacLeod described receiving the answer earlier this evening.

“I was just sat on the train coming back from Hartlepool when I developed a sudden urge to find out what David Blaine’s first mobile phone was,” explained a semi perplexed MacLeod, “I normally ask most people this question, because it’s rather interesting and it usually prompts further open-ended discussion.”

“I was busy reading the buffet menu when,” he pauses, uncharacteristically staring strangely into the air, “… When I, well I… I just ‘felt’ the answer. It was almost as though David was sending me the answer unconsicously.”

MacLeod, who has never met David Blaine face-to-face, and who didn’t ever throw eggs or Big Mac meals to starving Blaine whilst he was performing his stunt suspended above Tower Bridge a few years ago in London, was at a loss to explain how he found out the answer, “Especially,” he continued, “because I hadn’t even asked him the question. Spooky.”

The answer? Well, in MacLeod’s vision, David was shown holding LG’s newest handset, the LG Shine, and explaining to the gathered press that he had actually owned the handset since 1995. Some members of the press were shown in the vision looking rather skeptical, given the handset is only officially launched in the UK tomorrow, and, well, although it’s been out in the Far East for a while, was certainly a glint in the milkman’s eye in 1995. Blaine silenced all further comment with a stare and an ‘evil eye’ whilst muttering the words, ‘Time travel, you fools.’

All is explained with the video below…

And for some more magic, it’s time to turn to stage hypnotist, Kenny Craig…

More on the LG Shine and Blaine later!