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After all the back-and-forth on Friday between Gawker and O’Reilly Factor “ambush” producer Jesse Watters, it appeared to continue over the weekend as Watters responded on Twitter.

And as Watters kept tweeting, Gawker kept responding. But there was one major problem: Watters doesn’t have a Twitter account, and the one bearing his name was a fake.

One of the main factors giving credibility to the account was an exchange with Factor regular, Amanda Carpenter. It was Carpenter, however, who revealed Saturday it was a fake account: “I talked with the real Jesse Watters. He’d like to shut down the fake @JesseWatters. Help him by getting this message out.”

The fake account got in a final shot: “Oh well, 500 followers is a good end point. Good job ‘reporting’, @AmandaCarpenter . @Gawker Nice fact-checking.”

So what about the “real” Watters? Gawker’s John Cook writes, “We’re sorry for calling you a liar based on the musings of your fake Twitter self, Jesse. We’re not sorry for calling you all that other stuff. See you soon.”

Gawker’s John Cook is on a mission.

He’s trying to get an interview with Fox News Channel producer Jesse Watters who is known for his ambush interviews for Bill O’Reilly’s show.

Cook phoned Watters yesterday attempting to get an interview and was immediately transferred to FNC media relations who later, via email, denied the request.

We found it odd that Watters would refuse to talk to a reporter, given the lengths to which he goes to compel others speak to him.

So, Cook went all Jesse Watters and this morning began staking out his house to get the interview – and he’s asking Gawker readers for an assist:

If we find him, we’ll post the video as soon as we can. If we don’t, we’ll keep trying, and for that we’ll need your help. What do you know about Jesse Watters? Did you go to college with him? Do you ride the train with him? Do you work at the Starbucks where he buys his coffee?

In an update at 10:36amET, Cook writes, “we left for a potty break, giving him a chance to flee. We don’t know if he did, but we’ll hang out for a while.”

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