Michigan fan Verne Troyer gets hypnotized into being an Ohio State fan

Austin Powers actor and Michigan native Verne Troyer is (naturally) a longtime fan of Michigan football. He’s also a skeptic of hypnotism, but as you can see in the YouTube video above, he was open to try it out when he invited hypnotist Richard Barker. Troyer’s experience started off fairly innocuous: Barker got him to forget the number two. Troyer then started thinking he was smelling farts whenever Barker touched his nose.

But the part that freaked Troyer out was when Barker turned him into an Ohio State fan. Troyer’s actively tweeted about Michigan since 2009, but within a few minutes that fandom was replaced with the Buckeyes, even calling the Wolverines “the team up north.” Towards the end, Barker showed Troyer footage of himself praising the Buckeyes and trash talking Michigan.

Troyer may have become a believer in hypnotism after making this video. But first, he has some apology letters to send to Michigan fans.

(h/t Detroit Free Press)