MTV Writer Admits 'Bruno' Stunt Was Staged

[Omar Khalid]

On Sunday night, when Sacha Baron Cohen's alter-ego Bruno descended from the rafters and landed fanny-first on Eminem's head, most folks figured that the rapper's rage was the real deal. Suckers! Not only was Eminem in on the joke, he and Baron Cohen rehearsed it to make sure it would all go according to plan.

Suspicions over the legitimacy of "butt-gate" had been brewing for days, but it wasn't until a writer for the MTV Movie Awards confessed that we all knew for sure. On his blog, head writer Scott Aukerman wrote that the incident was staged. "They rehearsed it at dress (rehearsal) and yes, it went as far as it did on the live show." Wow. Let it never be said that Eminem isn't a team player.
According to the New York Daily News, Eminem wasn't Baron Cohen's first choice for the joke. That honor, which was tragically declined, went to Paris Hilton. Just imagine the buzz had that happened. Still, Eminem did a great job of selling the stunt considering he "may not have been briefed on just how naked Baron Cohen's flying 'Bruno' would be when he agreed." What a pro.
Even before the writer's admission that the crash landing was planned, the searches had a suspicious slant. Throughout Monday, lookups on " was the eminem bruno stunt staged" and "eminem bruno joke" posted strong gains. Blogs, like this one from the Chicago Tribune, raised the possibility that the audience had just been played.
Now that the joke has been confirmed, queries are surging on "bruno eminem fake stunt." We'd say we feel used, but we're too busy laughing.

The source:
http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/buzz-log-bruno-stunt-staged.html

[Fa-Q]

If I see one more of these fuckin Bruno stunt was staged IMA FUCKIN LOSE IT

[theJFKshow]

I heard Eminem originally wanted to lick his asshole

[cmoogs96]

I agree with eaglesforever....As big of an Em fan as I am, and as much as I hated seeing him get humiliated like that on national tv, I still cant buy that that was staged. Em was obviously genuinely pissed off and humiliated. I also can see no benefit that Em would get out of that skit whatsoever. All it did was humiliate Eminem and made him the butt of the jokes for all media outlets. Personally, I think Eminem probably threatened to sue MTV big time for it unless they went on to say that it was staged. I just can't believe that Eminem would agree to do that skit.

[ShadyVsEminem]

I find it hard to believe it was staged aswell.He might of got more than he agreed on but it definitely wasnt supposed to go down that way.

But that stunt has everyone knowing Bruno has a movie on the way so its genius by Sacha when you think about it.

[RealSickLindley]

It's not what you can see happening or what you "buy".. it's what fucking happened that counts lol..

[BILI]

I think it was staged just that eminem didn`t knew how naked bruno will be.Cause you see when Em saw him coming he could`ve just moved and bruno would miss him.