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Eminem “Laughed for Three Hours” After Staged Bruno Stunt

6/4/09, 9:07 am EST

Photo: Kravitz/FilmMagic

In case there’s anybody left unconvinced that Eminem’s collision with Brüno’s crotch at the MTV Movie Awards wasn’t a spontaneous moment, Eminem has confirmed what the show’s head writer has already let slip: that Sacha Baron Cohen’s descent from the ceiling in wings and a thong onto Em’s lap was indeed a planned stunt.

Slim Shady tells Rap Radar, “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.” The moment ended up being the highlight of the Movie Awards and a viral sensation, as viewers debated whether Eminem stalked off in genuine or mock horror.

As for rumors that the joke went further than Em expected, the rapper said, “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.” Eminem was last seen on the broadcast storming out of the venue with his entourage immediately after the incident. So where did Em go? “I went back to my hotel and laughed uncontrollably for about three hours. Especially after I saw it on air,” the rapper said. Many blogs also reported yesterday that on top of the Brüno moment, Eminem’s hotel room was robbed of a laptop and an expensive necklace. However, Em tells Rap Radar only a Nike wristwatch is missing.

Eminem’s admission confirms what the show’s head writer Scott Aukerman admitted earlier this week on his Tumblr. “Yes, the Bruno/Eminem incident was staged. That’s all anyone wants to talk about, so let’s get it out of the way. They rehearsed it at dress and yes, it went as far as it did on the live show then,” Aukerman wrote in a post that was eventually deleted.

Having already had an awesome encounter with Brüno, Eminem will also be involved in another of this summer’s biggest comedies when he cameos in the upcoming Adam Sandler/Seth Rogen flick Funny People in an unspecified role.

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laugh it up | 6/4/2009, 9:34 am EST

good to see eminem having some good ole fashion fun and not being all doom and gloom. this prank will sell some records!

Milk it | 6/4/2009, 10:15 am EST

Cohen did you a favor.

mark dolan | 6/4/2009, 10:29 am EST

“What it means to be gay”

Matt | 6/4/2009, 10:35 am EST

Uh, I’m not so sure. If Eminmen was genuinely humiliated, what else could he say afterward to do damage control except that he was in on it? There were serious PR professionals working to spin this one a new direction before Eminem became branded as less than the alpha dog.

Matt | 6/4/2009, 10:36 am EST

I’ll believe it when I see video from the rehearsal.

h_e_n_r_y | 6/4/2009, 11:19 am EST

“This prank will sell some records!”

…Yes, because if there’s anything I look for before buying a record, it’s whether or not the artist has purposely motorboated another man’s ass.

[Or is it talent I look for? ...I forget]

Jeff | 6/4/2009, 11:30 am EST

Still don’t buy it.

More evidence required.

Relax. | 6/4/2009, 11:35 am EST

First of all it does not mean he is gay, or more important you are gay . The homophobia generated from this stunt is the joke on all this. It really is funny to see his fans try to make excuses for Em getting junk put in his face. Basically it’s shock value and a hilarious attention grabbing stunt. Glad to see he laughed for three hours. I enjoyed it too.

dont be silly | 6/4/2009, 11:41 am EST

use your brain people. Of course it was a stunt – he even came back at the end of it to play his song! He’s a professional actor (alas not a very good one) but I guess he managed to fool you all

Theyre coming | 6/4/2009, 12:03 pm EST

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“Sti ll don’t buy it.

More evidence required.”
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yo jeff | 6/4/2009, 12:12 pm EST

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Stil l don’t buy it.

More evidence required.
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Let’s see; the fact that the writers, MTV, SBC, Eminem all said it was a stunt, plus the fact they only say it after because so many dumb a’s like you were so convinced it was real they had to come out and say it – isn’t enough? What do you need, like a video of Eminem and SBC talking about the stunt before hand, maybe the dress rehersal video – dated? It was obviously staged. It’s looks more staged than it does real. On top of that everyone said it was staged, and I doubt that MTV and SBC’s writers care enough about Eminem to completely lie about it to protect his image – in the case that everyone thought Eminem was making a true reaction to the event. Grow up. Use your brain. But, you probably won’t.

wow | 6/4/2009, 12:25 pm EST

Look it was staged when you saw the stunt and eminem leaves you can hear him saying “man this motherf” perfectly clear. So what do you say to that and plus em has the sense of humour to pull that off and he’s a good actor aswell. my bum is on your lips my bum is on lips lol

Eikinkloster | 6/4/2009, 12:26 pm EST

I think that “laughing uncontrollably for about three hours” is beyond trying too hard to look cool.

Not very funny | 6/4/2009, 12:28 pm EST

SBC’s schtick has grown tired. Great PR for Em, but too bad that the gag just wasn’t very funny. BTW, who f’in cares if it was planned.

wow | 6/4/2009, 12:29 pm EST

media exgerrate everything they said his 60k chain with the cross on it that he wears and his laptop were stolen, what bull.

dont be silly | 6/4/2009, 12:38 pm EST

haha ok then here’s the proof. You’ll feel stupid though after i tell you. But then I guess you get that feeling all the time. First of all, the camera flicked to Eminem before it even happened. But most importantly, and conclusively, he was ALREADY MIKED UP. That’s why you could hear him genius.

Chego | 6/4/2009, 1:13 pm EST

There is still an MTV Movie Awards?

Curtis | 6/4/2009, 1:25 pm EST

There’s still MTV?

iLly | 6/4/2009, 2:11 pm EST

Hey, you fucking morons! It was all staged. See? Now fuck off.

MrNiceGuy | 6/4/2009, 2:42 pm EST

Stupid is as stupid does.

Anonymous | 6/4/2009, 2:58 pm EST

What’s MTV?

thomas | 6/4/2009, 3:28 pm EST

MTV?
something..TeleVision.
Wh at does the “M” stand for?
Reality TV starts with a “R”…….

Haha | 6/4/2009, 4:44 pm EST

What more reason is there to think is was not staged?

Lance | 6/4/2009, 5:53 pm EST

so gay stunts are ok with eminem,
a window to his inner soul was for all to see. He feels better for opening up. He just needs to come out.

MtV RESPONse | 6/4/2009, 6:23 pm EST

in response to

thomas | 6/4/2009, 3:28 pm EST

MTV?
something..TeleVisio n.
Wh at does the “M” stand for?
Reality TV starts with a “R”…….

THe M stands for music dumbass jk but really lets think before we speak next time

AB | 6/4/2009, 7:05 pm EST

What’s funny is all the idiots who were “outraged” and “furious” about the stunt.

Good for Em – he usually comes off as such an ass, it’s nice to see he has a sense of humor.

rap | 6/4/2009, 7:06 pm EST

to think this guy thinks he can regain his street cred by allowing some guy to stick his bare butt and balls in his face shows what a true moron eminem is.

Diana | 6/4/2009, 8:01 pm EST

i dont really get it. coz the newz portrayed as if em was offended.

Diana | 6/4/2009, 8:01 pm EST

i dont really get it. coz the newz portrayed as if em was offended.

Anonymous | 6/4/2009, 8:11 pm EST

“MtV RESPONse | 6/4/2009, 6:23 pm EST

in response to

thomas | 6/4/2009, 3:28 pm EST

MTV?
something..TeleVisio n.
Wh at does the “M” stand for?
Reality TV starts with a “R”…….

THe M stands for music dumbass jk but really lets think before we speak next time”

You are, to put it eloquently, fucking retarded. And I actually agree with Thomas. What music?

stupid Eminem | 6/4/2009, 8:27 pm EST

,,,,,I farted for 3 hours after listening to his new album. Barf.

Sue Ryan | 6/4/2009, 8:45 pm EST

Well we all thought it was for real at first, then we laughed because it was funny, then we heard it was staged, now confirmed.

Good for them for keeping us guessing, I loved it. More power to them!

Bruno's balls | 6/4/2009, 8:55 pm EST

Eminem is a joke anyhows

Peter Fitsinia | 6/4/2009, 9:55 pm EST

I can’t believe people are still talking about this. Have you all nothing better to do 4 days later?

MTV Response Response | 6/4/2009, 10:28 pm EST

Your the idiot dumbass..he was making a comment about how mtv doesnt play music anymore so its ridiculous how they call themselves mtv still…. think before you talk next time

the model | 6/4/2009, 10:33 pm EST

so hot! biggest fan of eminem!!!! ya and what an actor, gosh i could talk forever about him! 805)276 1998
ashley love, aka ‘the model’

The Intl | 6/5/2009, 2:30 am EST

for “three hours”? whadda asshole.

Jcox | 6/5/2009, 5:02 am EST

I didn’t notice any movie awards show on Sunday night, I thought it was a special about Twilight, and Andy Samberg.

Jcox | 6/5/2009, 5:02 am EST

I didn’t notice any movie awards show on Sunday night, I thought it was a special about Twilight, and Andy Samberg.

wallie would fuck him!!!!!!!!! | 6/5/2009, 9:08 am EST

lol hes so hot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! really really FINE!!!!!!!!!!!

TP | 6/5/2009, 9:50 am EST

It wasn’t that funny

jake | 6/5/2009, 9:57 am EST

Eminem is looking desperate. That prank was lame but him lip syncing through that weak performance was even more wack – smh

Sam | 6/5/2009, 10:05 am EST

There are still movies?

IN UR FACE HATERS!!! | 6/5/2009, 12:00 pm EST

OMG!!! I cant stop laughin. You all tried your best to bring this guy down, non-stop for FOUR LONG DAYS. We fans just watched the whole show while you nutless morons were going crazy. How does it feel? he wasted 4 f**kin days of your life loser. Nothing happened to his street crd. Its still stable. He is ruling the charts everywhere. And thanks to ya all. hahahahahah!!! EMINEM IS STILL THE KING!!! fuck ya all!!! over n out :P

Steve | 6/5/2009, 1:47 pm EST

3 hours? Really? Anyway this doesn’t erase the ‘Trimph the Insult Comic Dog’ episode now does it Em’s? You can try all you want to appear hip but there’s just no denying that you once tried to fight a puppet. Seriously, a puppet.

lika | 6/5/2009, 2:02 pm EST

There is still an MTV Movie Awards?…

stupids haters | 6/5/2009, 11:56 pm EST

i thing there is a lot of fuc… out there that always hate eminem, but they can’t do shit cuz eminem is still number one. no matter what

wigger pride | 6/6/2009, 4:18 am EST

wigger rules! lol

Eminems dad | 6/6/2009, 9:20 am EST

Yo yo yo fuk yall motherfuckers dat don’t be down wiv da slangin dopenes of da mo-fuggin hilarity dat I got yall wid. Peace.

PS Eminem is a cheesy cock end. Hater indeed. Hip hop died as soon as Eminem dropped his 1st release way back when. Oh, and those of you that actually buy his music need to grow up. Go and invest in some real hip hop not this putrid bastardisation of the art form. The best thing that came out of Eminems career was the record his mom released about him. That’s the shizzle yall.

Eminems aunt | 6/6/2009, 9:47 am EST

I’m wounded that is was a set up. I’ll give Eminem his due that he knows how to court controversy. Sacha Baron Cohen knows how to aswell and this little stunt has people talking so it did what it set out to from the off. Eminem gets lip service and free promotion for his new CD and Sacha gets a massive hype for his new movie Bruno. Not exactly the most innovative plan but it was massively effective. Props.Eminem is still a sub par rhymer though. We rejoiced when he “retired”, now we are in mourning at his return.

p special | 6/6/2009, 11:20 am EST

ummm.cheese cake, chocolate covered bird. dodo pie. wet wendys picuter frame basketball,, ummm paper cups..2 jars one man sheet and bed spread, wall or picture chair….yess pestilent and blue berry

Pier | 6/6/2009, 1:34 pm EST

The point is.. EM&EM agreed to have manass in his face. for all to see. hahah The major gaybasher in “Hip Pop” just gone an done be gay on National TV. … great job! street cred.. what street cred. remember when Diddy falacioed big pun at the BET awards. That was hUlarious. Best joke ever. And look at him now. Steet Cred through the roof!

Pier | 6/6/2009, 1:41 pm EST

“The homophobia generated from this stunt is the joke on all this.”

another good joke. Why need to push the gay limits? should all men be sucking cock to prove they are not homophobic. its one thing to show your comfortable with your sexuality. Another to get man ass in your face. Its a great way to get pink eye and little else. Definatly not breaking down gay barriers.. fools.

delia | 6/6/2009, 5:51 pm EST

HI MY NAM AN DELIA

delia | 6/6/2009, 5:51 pm EST

HI MY NAM AN DELIA

delia | 6/6/2009, 5:51 pm EST

HI MY NAM AN DELIA

delia | 6/6/2009, 5:51 pm EST

HI MY NAM AN DELIA

delia | 6/6/2009, 5:51 pm EST

HI MY NAM AN DELIA

Jason | 6/7/2009, 2:34 am EST

“Uh, I’m not so sure. If Eminmen was genuinely humiliated, what else could he say afterward to do damage control except that he was in on it? There were serious PR professionals working to spin this one a new direction before Eminem became branded as less than the alpha dog. ”

My thoughts exactly. It was definetly staged alright, everyone I believe was in on it except for M&M, that explains why the camera was there. As for him being having a mic, well that was probably for his performance. So, play it off like you were in on it. Avoid the utter humiliation and save face. But however u want to spin it, whether he was in on it or not, accepting to take a face full of ass doesn’t really make him the hard ass he wants to be portrayed as. WORD

Lewie Louie | 6/7/2009, 10:54 am EST

Yooooooo . . . . Bruno should have swooped down on that little freakin punk, and take a good shit in his face! that’s what you freakin morons, I cannot stand this little talentless gangsta
that’s right, go ake your last 10 bucks & go out & buy his crappy CD, tou dammed losers, yeah I’m talkin to you loser, you gots your moms paying your cable bill for the cheap computer your on right now loser, get a job, and get the fuck outta my face, now!!!!

hahaha | 6/7/2009, 11:19 am EST

the real joke….em’s career

idelia | 6/9/2009, 1:58 pm EST

I like Eminem, but I didnt think this stunt was particularly funny…still, each to their own.

tj | 6/10/2009, 11:15 pm EST

Of course it was staged – doing something like this on purpose is a lawsuit waiting to happen if it wasn’t

YOU ARE ALL RETARDED | 6/11/2009, 3:36 am EST

1. eminem was not lip syncing retard, the chorus is always played out
2. if anything eminem saved rap because he is the only one not auto tuning lame ass ryhmes and beats
3. how could anyone think this was not staged? you have to be soo fucking dumb to think that was real

Judge_D | 6/17/2009, 4:18 am EST

I can’t believe people are being suckered by this ‘admission’ that it was staged. What a crock! Ask yourself; In what way did Eminem benefit from being made to look like a petulant, humorless, brat? How exactly did the episode add to his stock? It didn’t. The reality is that Eminem no doubt reached straight for his Lawyer’s phone number. The admission stinks of damage limitation PR by MTV. I’m amazed that so many supposedly smart people in the media are falling for it. Yes, Eminem’s fans will fall for it, but they ain’t the smartest cookies in the tin.

SexyTime | 6/20/2009, 9:04 pm EST

He was stupid to admit it was staged, that was the bit that surprised me. His whole shtick depends on a carefully cultivated image (there’s people on this page that still believe his run in with a puppet wasn’t ALSO staged). Why anyone cares what m&m thinks or does anyways. He can’t actually SING or PLAY AN INSTRUMENT so I would not call him talented at doing anything else but getting people to call him ‘genius’. I guess if you’re dumb enough to think m&m is brilliant, it’s all relative, and compared to you he really IS brilliant.

Em | 6/21/2009, 4:24 pm EST

lol, eminem was one of, if not THE best things to happen to rap. like it or not. nuff said

stainlesssteal | 6/29/2009, 2:47 pm EST

Eminem is the shit, it was rehearsed, he did such a good acting job, it looked like it was a prank. as for em, he will always be a great mc and will always be richer than all you punks.

Anonymous | 7/2/2009, 2:13 am EST

Eminem likes male crotchs tea bagging him to plan such an event. Way to go EM!! Good Job

MMM...... | 7/2/2009, 2:16 am EST

Pretty good plan I guess if you want to get next to a pair of salty balls without your homies wiggen out.

MMM...... | 7/2/2009, 2:16 am EST

Pretty good plan I guess if you want to get next to a pair of salty balls without your homies wiggen out.

balls | 7/14/2009, 10:08 pm EST

Not staged… He would of came back after.

Stingray | 11/18/2009, 4:44 pm EST

hahahahahahahaah my name borat i like sex is NIIICCEE!!! lol

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