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

[CardboardBox]

Staged, you say? Well, um, DUH. I still don't see why Eminem would agree to having a half-naked guy fall on his face, but that's just me.

[SonofSolomon]

Yeah, I'm sure Eminem agreed to have man jewels, taint, and butt crack all in his face.

[o4tuna]

Lame is a word I would use. But, that's pretty much what MTV has been for several years now.

[groot]

remember when video killed the radio star? those were great days...

[eastjame]

yeah of course the 'accident' was staged wherre bruno gets stuck and then lowered down, but that doesnt mean eminem was in on it. the writer said it was staged, but that doesnt mean the whole thing was staged. i still dont think eminem knew it was coming

[Erin7373]

he knew. it was rehearsed earlier that day with both of em.

[mesoholy]

The power of denial! You're obviously a miracle believer. Do you know how much production is actually involved in an "accident" of landing on someone's face? Try it.

[MANK]

Isn't this humor sonething a 5 year old enjoys? Then hope they become a little more sophisticated and cerebral

[ebroadcast]

uhh not my 5 year old. Lighten up. OK? Just a joke - don't take it personal

[skippy20008]

Wow...who knew? I mean, aside from everyone.

Still, this shows Eminem has a sense of humor and that he's matured a lot. Many guys in their 20s say homophobic things -- not that's it's right, but it happens. When you continue to say those things into your 30s and older, it's a problem. Looks like that's not the case with Eminem.

[Usama]

So having a grown man stick his bare butt in your face in public for millions to see is 'maturity'? BS. What you are saying is 'being humiliated' is mature. Or 'denigrating oneself in public' is mature.
I say: your wrong, its devaluing and emasculating. In this day and time, attacking and emasculating straight men is the only accepted politically INcorrect act, that and bashing Muslims.

[voltage356]

Wow. it was stage for some guy to stick his a** in his face to sell wolf tickets. Eminem should have s ucked his willy at the same time.

[mesoholy]

How do you know he hasn't? Sometimes the most outwardly macho guys are the ones with lots of toys and dresses in their closets.

[JuergenHartl]

Shows the importance of MTV awards these days! People don't talk about the winners or losers, they talk about a Cohen stunt.
Totally irrelevant

[bugsbonzai]

The winners of MTV Movie Awards are relevant?

[IntrepidReader]

So far I calculate that he's gotten about 50 billion dollars worth of free publicity for this corny gay model movie of his, so good for him.

[FrogWhisperer]

Copied from Howard Stern's Fartman 1992

[Seaglass]

But so much funnier.

[jesuslovesObama]

Of course it was staged.

Eminem is a good actor. His body guards were hilarious too, spinning Bruno.

[joselopez]

Anyone who believed this was not staged from the getgo, should not be making any financial decisions without someone there to help them!! GET IT!!

[davidhilton1]

it was never a debate in my mind...of course it was scripted and staged...come on lets get real...

[SNS]

LOL. All the Eminem haters thought it was real. Enjoy the crow pie.

[bugsbonzai]

So if it was staged, then...Eminem agreed to have a man's nether regions stuffed in his face? Yeah, that makes it all better!

[Charity]

sigh - there goes sacha showing his a * * again. next.

[Yves Papa]

If I would have been Eminem, I would have set my cell on "loud" and "vibrate", shoved it in what was in my face, and asked my entourage to keep calling me. I would have liked to see what that "bruno" would have done while hoisted back chiming.