Back in The 90ies a danish comedians PR stunt of an pretend campaing based on absurd promises led to him bring elected to parliament as an independent. See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_Conscientiously_Wor...

And that’s was an actual joke candidate who newer took the campaign seriously, an serious candidacy from a known celebrity have a high cance of success at a time when the establishment looks incompetent and corrupt.