Vanessa Hudgens got some more (possibly desired) attention at the Teen Choice Awards on Sunday night. Dane Cook, feeling it absolutely essential to live up to his reputation as the worst “comedian” of all time, made the world’s lamest, most elementary doi-inducing joke. It was pathetic and meant to poke fun at Hudgens’ second and most recent rash of nekkid photos. Fox cut it out of the broadcast, and now everyone is all atwitter about it.
Those who watched the Teen Choice Awards Monday night still missed one of the show’s most talked about moments.
Dane Cook’s on-stage joke about Vanessa Hudgens’s nude photos was cut from the televised broadcast.
On Sunday, when stars gathered to tape the pre-recorded awards ceremony that aired one day later, the comedian called out the former High School Musical star’s name.
“Girl, you gots to keep your clothes! Phones are for phone calls, girl,” he said, referencing her most recent topless pictures to be leaked online. (Photos of her posing nude in lingerie also surfaced in late 2007, forcing Hudgens to apologize and say she was “embarrassed over the situation.”)
The camera — which panned on her smiling face when he first mentioned the 20-year-old star — zoomed in on her less-than-pleased reaction.
Fox, the network that aired the Teen Choice Awards, cut the clip from Monday’s show.
After the show on Sunday, Cook told Access Hollywood that the joke was a late addition to his bit.
“That’s the best part about being a comic when you go, ‘Maybe I can say the thing that everybody is kind of feeling and nobody [is saying].’ The elephant in the room moment. So, I’ll take it, I’ll take the hit. It’s okay.”
[From Us Magazine]
Wait where was the joke? I read US’s article twice and I can’t find it. Ooooh. There. There it is. That is some gentle comedy. While it was (theoretically) embarrassing to Hudgens, I swear to God the real reason Fox took it out was that it was way more embarrassing to Cook, and highlighted his loser status. I’m pretty sure he’s a self-anointed comedian. I don’t know anyone who’s ever called him that without using “air quotes.” I once heard someone laugh at him, but then she explained it’s because he said it in that “this is funny” tone, and it was her knee-jerk reaction. She was obviously mortified and apologized profusely for the offense.
It seems likely Vanessa released those photos herself, seeing as how her star got so much brighter after the first round of boobie-baring shots, and she’s got a movie being released next week. But that doesn’t mean she actually wants to be embarrassed in front of a couple million people. Really though, I think the thing to be most ashamed of here is being associated with Dane Cook in anyway. Boobies can be fun. Dane Cook cannot.
Here’s Vanessa at the Teen Choice Awards. Images thanks to WENN.com .
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