Uri Geller, famed for his ability to bend spoons, recently spoke to BBC presenter Maryam Moshiri following her own spoon-bending antics on live television. Moshiri had reacted to footage of a guest on BBC Radio Oxford who was able to bend a frying pan with his bare hands. In a show of strength, Moshiri bent a spoon from the canteen at the BBC offices.
The video of Moshiri’s spoon-bending went viral, leading Uri Geller himself to reach out and speak with the presenter. In a playful competition, Moshiri and Geller both attempted to bend spoons using their own techniques. In the video, Geller is seen offering tips and tricks to Moshiri on how to perfect her spoon-bending abilities.
Geller shot to fame in the 1970s with his supposed supernatural abilities, famously able to bend spoons with his mind alone. Though he faced criticism and skepticism from skeptics and magicians, Geller still maintains his abilities are genuine. Despite the backlash, Geller has maintained a high-profile public persona, with celebrity friends and admirers.
The ability to bend spoons has become something of a pop culture phenomenon in recent decades, with references in movies such as The Matrix and TV shows like Stranger Things. Though the phenomena is often dismissed by skeptics, the allure and fascination of spoon-bending continues to capture the public’s imagination, with Moshiri’s video proving to be a viral sensation
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