In an interview with RapRadar.com on Wednesday, hip-hop impressario Eminem confirmed what many fans have suspected since Sunday night’s 2009 MTV Movie Awards — he was totally in on the scene-stealing stunt that left a bareback Sacha Baron Cohen half-naked in his lap.
RR: Can you clear up the Bruno stunt at the MTV Awards? Was it staged or planned?
Eminem: Sacha called me when we were in Europe and he had an idea to do something outrageous at the Movie Awards. I’m a big fan of his work so I agreed to get involved with the gag.
Was it executed the way you agreed to, and if not, do you hold MTV or Sacha responsible and will you take any kind of action?
I’m thrilled that we pulled this off better than we rehearsed it. It had so many people going “nuts” so to speak. Everyone was blowing me up about it.
After you left the ceremony, where did you go?
After the ceremony I went back to my hotel and laughed uncontrollably for about 3 hours. Especially after I saw it on air.
Sacha Baron Cohen and Eminem scripted and rehearsed the butt-baring prank heard around the world at Sunday’s MTV Movie Awards that nearly left the rapper’s face buried in the Bruno star’s crotch.
Audience members and TV viewers alike were left stunned when Baron Cohen, in character as the gay fashionista dressed as a giant dove, fell from the roof of the Gibson Ampitheater, forming a “69″ in
Eminem’s lap.
The “We Made You” star promptly stormed out of the ceremony.
After a lively debate across the web that lasted much of the day, MTV’s head writer came forward late Monday to confess that both stars were in on the gag all along.
Writing on his blog, Scott Aukerman confessed: “Yes, the Eminem-Bruno incident was staged. They rehearsed it at dress (rehearsal) and yes, it went as far as it did on the live show….”
Paris Hilton insists Eminem knew nothing about the humiliation that was headed his way at the hands of Sacha Baron Cohen during Sunday night’s MTV Movie Awards – because friends behind the scenes told her to expect a big surprise at the ceremony.
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Eminem stormed out of the MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday night after Bruno star Sacha Baron Cohen’s ass landed in his lap — literally! Read the rest of this entry »
Sacha Baron Cohen is going to be very upset if Bruno doesn’t enjoy a big box office opening weekend when it hits theaters this July, because the comic actor suffered serious burns after trying to bleach his body hair to play the gay Austrian fashion reporter in the new comedy. Read the rest of this entry »
Paula Abdul has admitted that she was fooled by Sacha Baron Cohen’s comic alter ego Bruno and will likely be featured when the film — Bruno — arrives in theaters this July. Read the rest of this entry »
More public humiliation is on the horizon for American Idol judge Paula Abdul. The “Forever Your Girl” star was reportedly completely duped by Sacha Baron Cohen’s gay alter ego, Bruno.
A source tells The NY Post: Sacha Baron Cohen, playing a wildly gay Austrian TV reporter in Bruno, conducted a wacky interview with the “American Idol” judge. “Paula was totally fooled. She bought into his character and to this day isn’t aware she was fooled…”
Bruno opens in theaters everywhere this July.
With two snaps and a twist, Sacha Baron Cohen is gay hairdressing extraordinaire Bruno.
From the producers of the 2006 hit Borat, Bruno hits theaters July 10. The trailer for this summer’s surefire blockbuster comedy debuted on Myspace Thursday afternoon–and it was the second time in less than a week that the film hit the news.
Bruno found itself at the center of controversy this week when it was revealed that the Motion Picture Association of America gave the film the undesirable NC-17 rating after deeming several of the scenes too raunchy for anyone under 17.
What do you think of the Bruno trailer?
Sacha Baron Cohen’s new comedy Bruno, set to debut on the big screen in July, has been given an NC-17 rating on its first submission to the Motion Picture Association of America, according to TheWrap.com.
Reporter Sharon Waxman claims the theatrical debut of Cohen’s flamboyant hairstylist failed to land an R-rating due to the presence of numerous over-the-top sexual scenerios that the ratings board takes objection with–including one in which the star appears to be engaging in anal sex with another man.
A Universal spokesman confirmed that the film did not get the R rating, but says that it is still “early” in the process.
Borat comic Sacha Baron Cohen was booed at the 2009 Golden Globe Awards on Sunday after mocking Madonna’s recent divorce from British film director Guy Ritchie. Read the rest of this entry »
