'The Masked Singer' Rudy Giuliani Reveal Reportedly Sparks Outrage From Judges

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Source: Variety

By J. Kim Murphy

Fox is staying radio silent on a report that former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani — more recently remembered for his part in encouraging a coup against the elected United States president on Jan. 6, 2021 — was revealed as a contestant during a recent taping of its reality competition series “The Masked Singer.” The unmasking apparently sparked outrage from some members of the show’s regular panel of judges, who perhaps weren’t fans of Giuliani trying to rehab his image on the show.

On Wednesday afternoon, Deadline reported that Giuliani was unmasked during the show’s production last week, prompting judges Ken Jeong and Robin Thicke to leave the stage in protest. According to the report, the pair eventually returned to rejoin judges Jenny McCarthy and Nicole Scherzinger to continue the taping and stage a brief discussion with Giuliani.

When asked for comment, Fox informed Variety that the production refuses to acknowledge leaks, maintaining the series’ policy against confirming “spoilers.” Giuliani’s reveal will reportedly be broadcast on an episode in March.

Nonetheless, the report has been met by an outpouring of criticism on social media. The former New York mayor had become a close affiliate of former President Donald J. Trump in recent years, working as Trump’s personal lawyer and promoting claims of election fraud.

Read more: https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/the-masked-singer-rudy-giuliani-1235170841/#:~:text=Film,Outrage%20From%20Judges

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WTF??? Whose goddamn idea was this???

[dchill]

1. NOT the Onion? Are we sure?

[ificandream]

6. It's Variety ...

... I can't believe it either.

[dchill]

8. I know. It's just hard to credit.

[captain queeg]

2. I imagine his singing is on par with Sean Spicer's dancing.

[Slammer]

23. Spicey

Hey, Spicey's dancing was pretty good, for a spokesperson.

[turbinetree]

3. Has he audition for the Jan 6th committee yet.....

[thenelm1]

4. Maybe the same fool who thought giving TFG a "reality" TV show was a good idea? n/t

[KeepItReal]

14. Nah, that fool just resigned in disgrace from CNN

Jeff Zucker ran NBC when Donald had his show. Moved to CNN in 2013...just in time point all cameras at empty podiums come 2016.

[True Blue American]

31. And now Jeff is gone from CNN

[orwell]

5. One guess...

"Fox informed Variety that the production refuses to acknowledge leaks..."

[ificandream]

7. They tape way ahead ...

... so no one was supposed to leak it. But they did. And yeah, Fox entertainment is in bed with Fake Fox noise.

[Tetrachloride]

9. This was probably approved from on high.

Blame may initially fall on the show producers.

Advertisers should be investigated too

[Blue Owl]

17. It's all part of the show, folks

[Deuxcents]

10. He can dance n sign on tv

But Whoppi gets suspended for two weeks on her show. I hope she tells em to stick it.

[SergeStorms]

11. I don't watch anything on Fox....

but The Simpsons. If he's not testifying before Congress, I couldn't care less what Ghouliani is doing.

[ificandream]

13. The only thing I watch on Fox is baseball ...

... and I hate their main announcer (Joe Buck) and watching their promos.

[SergeStorms]

20. Can't stand Buck either.

Fox uses him for every sport they cover!

Golf, baseball, football, dominoes....you name it, there's Joe Buck ruining it.

If there happens to be some sporting event on Fox that I'd like to watch (and I really, really have to want to see it) I watch without the sound on. I know what's going on better than Buck in most cases.

[LudwigPastorius]

12. This is like allowing Hans Frank to compete in Eurovision 1945.

[tanyev]

15. I saw a thread title about this earlier and I didn't click on it, assuming it was satire.

Wow.

[happybird]

19. Same

[ColinC]

16. Probably grosser than when Sarah Palin was on...

good grief

[Baitball Blogger]

18. Horrible strategy to attempt to normalize themselves.

There will be idiots out there that will fall for it.

[Marcuse]

21. Trump won't pay up. Rudy needs the money.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

22. WTF?! Who could have possibly thought this was a good idea?

Link to tweet

[GoneOffShore]

24. Sounds like this should be in the Lounge.

[rpannier]

25. They walked off because it was Ghouliani... I can see that

But they sit on a show where one of the panelists is that famed graduate of Google and anti-vaxxer Jenny McCarthy?

[twodogsbarking]

26. It would spell the end of the show.

Adios.

[AngryOldDem]

27. Who thought this would be cute?

I’ve tried to keep Fox Entertainment separate from Fox News, but I wonder,

Normalizing this treasonous, seditionist bastard and giving him free publicity is the last thing we need. The next time I want to see him on my TV is when he’s doing a perp walk into federal court.

Kudos to Thicke and Jeong for not putting up with it.

If Fox was going for a cheap laugh…fail.

[Vinca]

28. Why on earth would they put this character on a television show? Even Fox should have more

sense than that. Forget everything about Rudy and Trump, he was caught on camera with his hands in his pants on a bed with a young woman in the room.

[Lonestarblue]

29. Rudy has become a complete laughingstock. His family needs to get him out of public life.

Maybe he’ll be locked away if anything ever happens with his Jan.6 insurrection activities. We can only hope.

[FreepFryer]

30. Rudy was just grateful Sasha Baron Cohen wasn't among the judges (Nt)

[Trueblue Texan]

32. I took a whole other meaning from the word "singing"...

Maybe the mask is down now? But who can believe anything any of them say?

[Omaha Steve]

33. After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING

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