Anybody familiar with Eminem's music videos will know this is a man who loves to parody celebrities. Whether it's Michael Jackson's nose falling off or Sarah Palin in a pornographic pose, no famous person is safe. But the problem the Detroit rapper now faces is that he's no longer just an outsider poking fun at bloated egos, he's one of them, and that puts him in the firing line too. This weekend, comedian Sacha Baron Cohen appeared at the MTV Movie awards in Los Angeles as his gay, fashionista character Brüno.
Brüno's entrance was captivating: wearing little more than a pair of angel wings and "flying" above the audience, his wire contraption conveniently failed and he was lowered from the ceiling, landing straight in the lap of Eminem, upside down with his crotch in the rapper's face. Eminem can be seen saying to his flunkies, "Get this motherfucker off me!" before they leap into action and clumsily attempt to push the comedian's naked behind away from Eminem's face. It's so perfectly done you wonder whether Eminem wasn't in on the stunt. Could he have been? Something about the way he storms out of the awards with a face like thunder suggests otherwise.
