时间:2025-04-26 13:09:50 来源:网络整理编辑:知識
The 2018 VMAs didn't have a host, and ten minutes into the 2019 VMAs, fans were wishing this year's
The 2018 VMAs didn't have a host, and ten minutes into the 2019 VMAs, fans were wishing this year's show didn't either.
Comedian Sebastian Maniscalco -- already the host who launched a thousand SEO-optimized "Who is...?" posts -- opened the show with a series of jokes punching directly down at the crowd in front of him, and not in a particularly clever way.
From a punchline-free bit about people recording things on their phones (fresh!) to an extended rant about how there was a "safe space" backstage for anyone who was "triggered", Maniscalco didn't endear himself to the audience in the room or at home.
"If you feel triggered or offended they’re providing a safe space backstage where you’ll get some stress balls and a blankie," he joked, adding that Lil Nas X had brought his horse backstage as an "emotional support animal." (The fact that he missed a "horses in the back" opportunity there is nearly as bad.)
Tweet may have been deleted
Tweet may have been deleted
Tweet may have been deleted
Tweet may have been deleted
Tweet may have been deleted
Tweet may have been deleted
Tweet may have been deleted
Tweet may have been deleted
Tweet may have been deleted
Tweet may have been deleted
Tweet may have been deleted
Props to the producer who cut to Queen Latifah, whose "ooft" face is an instant classic reaction GIF.
Tweet may have been deleted
It's not that the kids are ageist -- 58-year-old Billy Ray Cyrus got a huge welcome introducing his buddy Lil Nas X's performance of "Panini."
But Maniscalco was already a strange choice for the gig, and his tired, tone-deaf decision to wheel out shitposter punchlines from 2014 got the audience offside before the first commercial break.
"Not caring is not cute," declared Jonathan Van Ness before presenting the Video For Good award -- a category that's existed in various forms since 2011 specifically because this generation genuinely gives a shit about social justice and about each other.
"We want to let the music do the talking a little bit more. We love having a host, if it's somebody that is pin-point and dead-on for what we're looking for," said EP Bruce Gillmer last year at the pre-show junket, explaining the hostless show.
If Maniscalco is what MTV thinks is "dead-on", the immediate backlash will be a nasty surprise for both.
Tweet may have been deleted
TopicsMusicVMAs
Is Samsung's Galaxy Note7 really the best phone?2025-04-26 13:00
音樂精靈逐夢成都 新生代歌手將在這裏產生2025-04-26 12:30
眾多大腕齊聚第二屆星耀盛典,這波紅毯秀6到飛起2025-04-26 12:26
陳偉棟寫真曝光 風衣牛仔經典搭配隨性有型2025-04-26 11:59
Balloon fanatic Tim Kaine is also, of course, very good at harmonica2025-04-26 11:16
音樂精靈逐夢成都 新生代歌手將在這裏產生2025-04-26 10:33
2018環球旅遊小姐國際大賽·上海賽區初賽圓滿結束2025-04-26 10:28
2018亞洲音樂盛典和平之夜——杭州唱響2025-04-26 10:28
Samsung Galaxy Note7 teardown reveals the magic behind the phone's iris scanner2025-04-26 10:25
2018世界亞裔小姐選美大賽中國總決賽在京完美落幕2025-04-26 10:24
Uber's $100M settlement over drivers as contractors may not be enough2025-04-26 13:00
趙立新亮相北京青年影展閉幕式 坦言被青年電影人感動2025-04-26 12:39
心係天下三星W2019新品無錫發布 十年匠心堅守2025-04-26 12:38
聚焦台州 群星閃耀 : 付愛寶杯2018“金牌主播”表彰活動文藝晚會圓滿舉辦2025-04-26 12:29
Mom discovers security cameras hacked, kids' bedroom livestreamed2025-04-26 12:22
首屆公益影像青年創意大賽 ,以創意助力公益2025-04-26 12:07
微博之夜盛典開啟在即 三大懸念待解2025-04-26 11:58
2018全民星歌聲城市賽圓滿收官 南北爭霸賽即將打響2025-04-26 11:14
The U.S. will no longer have the final say on internet domain names2025-04-26 11:06
為“愛”發“聲”贏豪禮, Shure舒爾&愛豆千萬粉絲跨年季活動即將開幕!2025-04-26 10:35