If it were me I would drag those idiots on for as long as I can. Then come out and tell them it was all a lie to see how much nonsense people would believe.
I feel like it's the same for the flat earth guy. A blatant internet troll dumb people took seriously. Now it's too big to back out. Same with Q, but it'd be so difficult to not tell them it's all a made up pile of BS.