Look, I’ve been at this political reporting thing for a good, long while now, even well before Donald Trump took over the whole scene by storm, and I kind of almost pride myself a little on the fact that I very rarely find myself surprised anymore. Appalled? Yea, sure. Disgusted? Oh, absolutely. But genuinely taken aback? It just doesn’t happen all that often anymore. Frankly, I’ve seen (and reported on) so much nonsense and just downright ridiculousness over the years that it just really takes a lot for me to be truly flabbergasted.
However, on the rare occasion or two, it does happen. And this one… Well, this one got me. Pretty good.
According to a head-turning recent report from Deadline, two judges for the popular Fox competition show, The Masked Singer, exited the stage in protest during the taping of an upcoming episode, when one of the contestants unmasked themselves only to turn out to be none other than Donald Trump’s own former personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani.
“Deadline hears that as soon as they saw Giuliani, judges Ken Jeong and Robin Thicke quickly left the stage in protest,” the publication reported, going on to write that “while Jeong and Thicke exited (they eventually returned), fellow judges Jenny McCarthy and Nicole Scherzinger remained onstage. They bantered with Giuliani, a controversial figure for pressing what is widely derided as a baseless claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from his client Donald Trump.”
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The report revealed that the awkward incident took place during a recent taping of the first episode of Season 7. The episode in question isn’t set to air until next month and Deadline declined to reveal “which costume Rudy wore or what his swan song was.”
“The show is known for its jaw-dropping surprises when celebrity contestants shed their headpieces after they are eliminated,” the report reads. “The reaction to Giuliani was perhaps the most polarizing the show has seen since 2020. The Masked Singer faced criticism then when another controversial Republican politician, Sarah Palin, was unveiled as The Bear.”
Like I said, this one got me.
You can read the full report here.
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