Bruno Visits 'Today,' Tries To Manhandle Matt Lauer

Thursday on 'Today' Bruno received some devastating news. Luckily Matt Lauer was there to console him.

Lauer informed the fashionista that the Austrian foreign minister to Great Britain has called for a boycott of 'Bruno,' which opens in theaters Friday.

Perched like a cat in his chair and wearing a silver lame jumpsuit, Bruno choked up.

"VAT? Austria's turning on me now? This is a very private moment, close up please," he told the camera through his tears. "That is just so Austrian: they build you, zhen they knock you down."

"Hug me, I feel so lonely," Bruno cried as he leapt from his chair towards Lauer's arms. Unfortunately, the segment faded to black before viewers could witness a man-on-man embrace.

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Comments

[BadDayInProgress]

01:30 PM on 07/13/2009

hilarious!!!

[mvonkroeker]

05:14 PM on 07/13/2009

Yea-- I know-- Bruno just proves that GAYS ARE FUNNY!!!!!

[Irksome]

10:05 AM on 07/13/2009

Whether you love the Bruno character or hate him, if you pay attention to him at all, you're playing right into his well-manicured hands and the joke's on you, too. Brilliant.

[lentinelia]

11:08 AM on 07/11/2009

Well...

He got Matt Lauer to kiss his hand...

and then he got him to kiss his a s s.

[ffardatta]

10:21 AM on 07/11/2009

How about Bruno do an Hasidic Jew, a watermelon eating Black man, a blowhard Christian? Maybe a retarded person, a deaf person, a quadraplegic, a blind man, a drunken native American? Oh, that's right. Those characters would be unacceptable in a grown up society. It's so much easier to get away with making fun of people who have no power or respect.

[113]

12:46 AM on 07/12/2009

you're kidding right.....did you see tropic thunder? Robert Downey Jr wearing black face and he got an OSCAR NOMINATION for it.....i actually found his character funny in that movie (i'm black) and i find Borat and Bruno also funny characters...the reason all these characters work and aren't terribly offensive is because the whole point is the actors are shining a light on how ridiculous stereotypes are while making us laugh..

[cloudmaker]

09:32 AM on 07/11/2009

Who's kidding who? Cohen's Bruno character is designed to appeal to homophobics and
promote the worst stereotypes about gay men. The Today Show is doing a great disservice
to the gay community by helping to promote this mean-spirited, misanthrope.

[wayfarin]

04:41 PM on 07/13/2009

omg but hes like SO FUNNY!

[benchy]

06:26 AM on 07/11/2009

I never wanted to watch Borat, Ali G was funny, Bruno I will give a try but will wait for it to be on itunes store for rent. That clip with the baby coming out of a box at the airport is just too funny. Parody on Madonna.

[cjk002]

02:22 PM on 07/11/2009

Borat is actually pretty funny. I was surprised at how much I laughed. He's actually making fun of stereotypes and showing evreyone how ridiculous bogotry is.

[Jason Abdon]

05:58 AM on 07/11/2009

Bruno!

[Ty Stager]

12:51 AM on 07/11/2009

almost the same thing lol Hamas hummus

[propaganda must die]

11:05 PM on 07/10/2009

He keeps letting Ali G slip through.

Unprofessional - Like Jimmy Falon on SNL.

[AgentMacGyver]

03:23 AM on 07/11/2009

Yeah I kept hearing that, in the accent and the jokes.

[Niasia]

07:25 PM on 07/10/2009

You know he is just the way people think. They have this exagerated view of gays. Sacha is just making fun of that. And the reaction will probably be as he predicts....I'm bruno...LOL!!

[aristippe]

07:22 PM on 07/10/2009

He needs more practice with that accent

[Clovie]

12:44 AM on 07/11/2009

Yeah, you could definitely hear the Brit come through!

[aristippe]

07:21 PM on 07/10/2009

zzzzzzzzzzzzz

[HekmabaJuzimax]

06:36 PM on 07/10/2009

Genius on the level of Ernie Kovacs. SBC -- Continue

[lentinelia]

11:12 AM on 07/11/2009

Not really.
Ernie was much more imaginative and original.
And when he assumed a character, the character himself was the bu tt of the jokes.
Ernie never used people as Cohen does.

[ealymc]

06:01 PM on 07/10/2009

"This is a very private moment, close up please." LOL

[ACMallet]

01:25 AM on 07/11/2009

I actually did laugh out loud at that.

[Ohioan730]

04:20 PM on 07/10/2009

Bruno & Borat rock!