Bruno nudity stunt on Eminem's face was staged!

In an instance of live-television being too good to be true, it turns out the Bruno-Eminem feud hatched Sunday night at the MTV Movie Awards was staged, according to Scott Aukerman, Andy Samberg's head writer for the show.

"Yes, the Bruno/Eminem incident was staged. That’s all anyone wants to talk about, so let’s get it out of the way. They rehearsed it at dress and yes, it went as far as it did on the live show then," wrote Auckerman on his blog.

Eminem, who lost his mind when Bruno, Sacha Baron Cohen dressed as his flamboyant Austrian alter-ego and resplendent in thigh-high white boots and crotchless underwear, came down on a harness to land -- rear first -- on the angry Relapse rapper's cheek and lips.

To see the clip, please click here.

Lest we forget -- and believe me, like many, I did -- Eminem is also an actor, who worked with the great Curtis Hanson on the film 8 Mile. Casting-wise, Eminem was the perfect choice for Baron Cohen. After all, Eminem has a history of entirely disproportionate responses to silly, awards show stunts. (He's already feuded with N'Sync, Moby, Christina Aguilera and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog).

Alas, even if the stunt, like much of Sacha Baron Cohen's brilliant work on Borat, was staged (and that film was expertly scripted), it was just another example of how good his work is. He made a boring telecast seem lively, and brought Eminem back into the public eye. Bruno, no doubt, will be this summer's sexiest film. We just have to be a little more skeptical if we see him back into the angry mouth of a white Eminem.