The big deal at Sunday’s MTV Movie Awards was Eminem walking out after Bruno’s be-thonged ass ended up in his face.  Since then, everyone’s been like, “Was it staged?  I think it was staged!”  “No way!  Eminem is a humorless dick!”  Et cetera.  The head writer for the show admitted on his blog that it was staged, but then he removed the post, and basically this story has gone on for way longer than it merits.  Which brings us to this interview from Rap Radar:

RR: Can you clear up the Bruno stunt at the MTV Awards? Was it staged or planned?
Eminem: 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.

If it wasn’t planned the way you agreed to, do you hold MTV or Sacha responsible and will you take any kind of action?
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.

After you left the ceremony, where did you go?
After the ceremony I went back to my hotel and laughed uncontrollably for about 3 hours. Especially after I saw it on air.

So there we go.  Mystery solved… or is it? MAYBE Eminem is just saying he was in on the joke to save face!!!  Will we ever get to the bottom of this?????????  We should ask Sacha Baron Cohen.  Perhaps we’ll get a straight answer from the British comedian pretending to be a gay Austrian model.

What’s that you say? You already saw Sacha Baron Cohen’s ass lowered into Eminem’s face on FilmDrunk? And I already did an MTV Movie Awards post? So I should have put this video in with the one I did earlier?

Yup, you’re right. But this at least lets you know that I’m back online and working. Not trying, per se, but at least going through the motions. Kind of like you at your job. Or your wife in bed.

Here is everything that happened at the MTV Movie Awards last night: Eminem walked out after Sacha Baron Cohen put his ass in Eminem’s face, and Twilight won everything.  And when Twilight wasn’t winning something, the audience was screaming for someone in Twilight.  Watching the entire show was an excellent way to get dumber.

While I’d prefer to not say anything positive about the show, there were a few bright moments thanks to host Andy Samberg.  The video above is a solid digital short featuring Will Ferrell that pokes fun at the way movie characters walk away from explosions without looking back, and I’ve got a couple more not-bad clips after the jump.  Watch everything here, and you’ll be able to have an informed opinion without having wasted two hours of your life.  You win!

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I would hate to ever give the impression that I’m shilling for something that will air on MTV, but Andy Samberg will host the MTV Movie Awards on May 31st, and in this promo for the show he introduces his submission for the Best Fight Scene Award: a scene from the not-an-actual-movie Knuckle Up in which he and Rashida Jones engage in an excruciating battle.

And that’s really the whole point of this: Rashida Jones.  Man, do I get nerd pangs for her.  She’s so pretty and cool and funny that I get all nervous and achy for her, like how I acted around girls in junior high.  Not like now, when I cry after sex and beg them to stay the rest of the hour.

[MTV Movies Blog]