Several presenters of the program expressed their discomfort when Donald Trump’s lawyer emerged from one of the lawsuits.
Moment of unease in the US version of mask singer† Viewers of the episode that aired Wednesday night discovered that Rudy Giuliani, a controversial political figure close to Donald Trump, was hiding under the spring toy costume. ‘s actor Community Ken Jeong, who acts as a researcher on the program, left the set a few minutes later.
mask singer is a game show featuring masked celebrities. The public and the detectives have to guess their identities thanks to the weekly clues. At the end of each song, one of the participants takes off his mask. The appearance of Rudy Giuliani surprised all interviewers:
“It’s definitely something I could never have guessed,” singer Robin Thicke said with an embarrassed smile. “Is that Robert Duvall?” Nicole Sherzinger, former leader of the Pussycat Dolls, asked, as her sidekick Ken Jeong replied in amazement, “No…it’s not Robert Duvall.”
“It surprises us all”
“With all the controversy surrounding you, I think we’re all surprised that you’re here, in… mask singer”, the host Nick Cannon sent him. “Me too!” Rudy Giuliani replied, before adding:
“I think the main reason is that I just had a granddaughter, Grace. I want her to know that she should try everything, even things that don’t look like you and that seem unlikely.”
He then launched an interpretation of the American rock standard Bad through and through (“literally, “bad to the bone”) as the credits rolled across the screen. “I’ve had enough,” Ken Jeong sighed as he left the set.
controversial figure
Rudy Giuliani has been at the heart of several controversies in recent years. Former New York City Mayor was framed by actor Sacha Baron Cohen in borate 2, released in October 2020. In footage captured by a hidden camera, the politician was filmed with his hand tucked into his pants in the company of an allegedly underage woman (actually 24-year-old actress Maria Balakova). “I tucked my shirt back into my pants after removing the recording equipment,” he defended himself in a tweet.
The following month, days after Joe Biden’s victory over Donald Trump in the presidential election, Rudy Giuliani took the floor to denounce a “decrepit and corrupt democratic apparatus”, fueling the conspiracy theory that the vote had been rigged. This attitude earned him a subpoena to appear last February before the parliamentary committee investigating the attack on the Capitol.
