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Eminem's the butt of Bruno joke at MTV awards
Alistair Foster, London LiteUpdated 15:29pm on 1 Jun 2009
Eminem walked out of the MTV Movie Awards last night after a stunt by Sacha Baron Cohen left him feeling a little bummed out. Baron Cohen, in character as camp Austrian fashion journalist Bruno, flew above the audience in a harness dressed in little more than a pair of feathery white angel wings and a gold jockstrap.
Swinger: Sacha Baron Cohen, as Austrian gay TV presenter Bruno, caused a sensation
He then plummeted towards the crowd, "accidentally" landing face down on the rapper with his bare bottom in his face.
Bruno nose: Eminem looks like he's about to pass out as he gets to the bottom of the shenanigans, and then walks in disgust as Bruno hangs helplessly in the background
The outrageous comic joked: "Is the real Slim Shady about to stand up?" But Eminem did not look amused and screamed expletives as his burly bodyguards wrestled Baron Cohen off him - while still attached to the high wires.
Falling angel: Bruno's now-infamous descent into the crowd
Eminem shouted " Are you f***ing serious?" before storming out with his entourage.
Baron Cohen's descent to the audience was included in rehearsals, but Eminem (who had earlier performed two tracks) didn't take part in that piece of the run-through.
What the...? Eminem's concern grows as Bruno gets even closer
It is still unclear whether the rapper - who has regularly landed in hot water with lyrics critical of homosexuality - was aware that the stunt would end up that way.
Baron Cohen's publicist Matthew Labov refused to comment, and a spokeswoman for MTV would not confirm whether Eminem was caught by surprise.
At any rate, it went down a treat with the crowd. Cameras panned across the audience, variously catching Cameron Diaz, Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens in stitches. It even elicited an emotion out of Zachary Quinto, who plays Spock in the new Star Trek film.
Teen vampire flick Twilight was the big winner, taking five of the major awards. The big loser was Slumdog Millionaire, nominated for six and walking away empty handed. The late Heath Ledger was named best villain in The Dark Knight, while Zac Efron and Ashley Tisdale won best male performance and best female breakthrough performance for High School Musical.
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lmao
- Pedro, Nth London, 16/06/2009 16:05
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Not Eminem anymore, more like Emincrap!
- Franco, Flowerpot, Australia, 12/06/2009 23:37
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HA! HA!
Who IS Eminem anyway.............
He'll get over it and if not.................... WHO CARES!!!?
- Radz, Expat!, Copenhagen , Denmark., 02/06/2009 23:17
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i like ali gee, borhat , bruno, all these characters he plays, and i enjoy his jokes but i think this time he over did it. if i was in eminem's plays i think i would have done the same.
- Tina, einfield, 02/06/2009 12:43
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Bit of a bum rap for eminem 
But I laughed my head off! 
- Anon, London, 02/06/2009 11:02
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Geez...people get a sense of humour!
- Ali Sichilongo, London, 02/06/2009 09:55
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Bloody brilliant. Eminem should have laughed it off. Though lucky he didn't put his head forward.
- S-M Hearmon, London, UK, 02/06/2009 09:26
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Very funny
- David, London, 02/06/2009 09:13
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something is not to be joked about, i wished he've gotten beat up
- Vanessa, Cupertino Ca., 02/06/2009 05:45
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I thought that was really really nasty and rude to eminem!! it was really immature
- Taurie, Sacramento, Ca, USA, 02/06/2009 03:47
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The joke was old and he needs to come up with new material
- Allan, miami,fl USA, 02/06/2009 00:45
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Funny stuff!
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- Jill, USA, 01/06/2009 22:06
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If I was his minder he wouldn't have got away with that. Vile, vile man. And not funny AT ALL!!
- Karenf, london, 01/06/2009 19:23
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"Will the real slim shady please stand up!"... pure genius...
Sure Sasha Baron-Cohen's humor is juvenile... But it's also artful in that it's done with the purpose to push people's buttons and kinda reflect a mirror or our societies hypocrisy...
Bravo Bruno...
- Ben Shank, los angeles, 01/06/2009 18:36
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That was hilarious!
- Alan Statham, Surrey,England, 01/06/2009 17:57
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the joke was not funny. lame, gross, and appalling.
- Kiki, wherever, wherever, 01/06/2009 16:53
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