Jun 9, 2004 • 1 min read

Eminem's arse to be censored by MTV

MTV will censor Eminem's performance at the MTV Movie Awards, where he paraded on stage in a red wig parodying Axl Rose before flashing his backside.

Well the moral is, if you want to bare your arse on TV you've got to pick a live show. And given the censorship delays that still exist on all live shows in the US post-Nipplegate, you probably need to pick a live show on European telly.

That is to say, MTV have confirmed they will be censoring Eminem's performance when they screen the MTV Movie Awards this weekend. At the pre-recorded awards event Eminem, performing with D12, paraded on stage dressed in a long red wig and jeans in a parody of Guns N' Roses singer Axl Rose. Word is he "repeatedly groped and flashed a studded codpiece in front of the cameras and the thousands of people in the live audience" before pulling down his trousers and flashing his backside. It's not yet clear if MTV will cut parts of his performance when they air the show, or just add some tasteful blur effects.

Eminem told a German TV show audience recently how much he loved their country because he was able to bare his arse twice completely uncensored during an appearance on a music TV show there.

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