Eminem/Bruno: YES It Was Staged

NEW YORK — The head writer for the MTV Movie Awards has settled the debate: the stunt involving Sacha Baron Cohen and Eminem at the MTV Movie Awards was completely planned.

Comedy writing veteran Scott Aukerman wrote in a posting on his blog that the incident was staged and rehearsed in advance.

At Sunday's award show, Baron Cohen appeared in character as his gay fashionista Bruno. He fell on top of Eminem after being suspended above the crowd. The rapper appeared to find little humor in the stunt and stormed out.

Speculation was rampant over what was and wasn't real. Baron Cohen, Eminem and MTV have yet to comment on it.

Aukerman's posting has since been removed. His manager didn't immediately return a call Tuesday.

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Comments

[vinny]

staged teabaggin

[flamenco]

Good deal! Though Eminem seems a bit grim, it's good to see that he actually has a sense of humor. Too bad the video was pulled.

[senorlou]

Check out the net. I can't remember what site I saw it on, but it's out there.

[Shammie2000]

As Gubber Pile would say !! Shame, Shame, Shame.

[useyourbrain]

It's "Gomer" (Pyle), you goober.

[needlefingers]

Do you think the Republicans fillerbusting will be staged?

And if so, can we borrow Bruno?

[Budokan]

Wow. Imagine that. In other news it has been learned molecular oxygen is breathable by human beings. Developing­....

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[jsgaetano]

I heard a rumor that wrestling is staged too.

[useyourbrain]

and also the 2000 & 2004 Presidential elections. word.

[sleek]

STOP PRESS:

Earth is Not Flat.

[firelord5000]

Why do you lie!?!? Earth is flat, and Sun continues to circle around us!

[Entheo]

it might have been funny if cohen's arse landed on joachim phoenix's face.

[k6007]

I wonder if he would've noticed...

[senorlou]

LOL.

[bluestatelib]

Riiight. I'm absolutely positive that Eminem willingly agreed to have Bruno's bare backside and hairy kugelsack planted firmly in front of his "allegedly" homophobic face. I'm sure his fans (and potential fans) will think so much more highly of Eminem becasue of his willingness to utterly humiliate himself in front of millions of viewers on television and the Internet. Sounds right to me.

[brocko]

Yep, it WAS staged, but Mr. Slim Shady didn't know Bruno was going to be wearing thongs!

[We-Are-The-Ones]

If not staged, Eminem would have socked him in his kibble and bits and then got up and kicked his beeehind all over the stage.

Had to be staged.

Eminem has an album to sell. People who forgot him will now take a look. Good PR and free.

[AmandaBC]

Staged? Really? Wow, who could have seen that coming... ;)
SBC: tacky and unfunny as usual. But hey, stupid people laugh when they see a bare arse. Watch Idiocracy again...

[AGarcia]

You don't know what you're talkin' aBOOT.

[AmandaBC]

Really, really hilarious. Above all, fresh and original..­.
Why am I not surprised you like SBC?

[goodog]

This is just Eminem trying to save.... ahem... face.

There's obviously the smell of a lawsuit in the air if the producers don't make this right by Eminem.

[k6007]

Yeah, because he never moved while a$$ was coming his way. Was he asleep?

[AGarcia]

HuffPo can print "it was STAGED" or "it was PLANNED" but no one can say "Eminem was in on it". Obviously, a prank is "staged" or "planned". The whole show is "staged". If Em knew about it, how many times did they rehearse it? A dozen? It's so funny that his fans think Marshall actually WANTED Sascha Baron Cohen to put his bare necessities so close to his lips. Hilarious!

[thaggas]

It was staged, and yet Eminem continued to act like a prick. He could have used this as an opportunity to should how good natured he can be, but he decided to take the "I have no sense of humor route."

[Christschool]

Yes, Eminem was pissed, thus reinforcing his bonafides in the Hip Hop community.­......or it wasn't staged.

[amirtalai]

I dont think "he" decided. It was written that way. And it was sort of a callback to a few years ago, when he did actually have a negative reaction to Triumph The Insult Comic Dog ripping on him in the MTV audience.

[thaggas]

So while the world has changed drastically in the past five years, it's the same old Eminem?!? Good luck with that,

[Christschool]

Look at all the lemmings willing to believe a planted story that this was a stunt. Corporations rule America. We are such tools.

[patrickmcdougal]

what?????

[Defunct]

glad gays can be of service and exploited by Cohen to entertain the straight people.

[factotem]

This is rerograde stuff for people who missed lisping gay stereotpes in the 70s. tired.

[AGarcia]

"Will & Grace"?... "That 70's Show"?...

[NeverRepublican]

Really? You mean Eminem just sat there while some guy dropped from the roof so he could smell his butt once he loanded in his lap?...It was just a joke?

As soon as I saw it I knew it was a joke...and a poor one at that.

If someone was coming down above me..I would have moved.