Joaquin Phoenix stopped by The Late Show with David Letterman last night and pretty much did his best Andy Kaufman impression. He sat there silently and would mumble an occasional answer to Dave who tried to keep the conversation going. Things turned pissy when he shot down Joaquin’s offer to perform his hip-hop music on the show who then started swearing at Paul Shaffer for laughing. I don’t want to say this is the most insane thing I’ve ever seen, but Dave would’ve been better off interviewing a homeless guy who thinks the government in his shoe. Mostly because I like my crazy non-scripted.
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azalea | February 12, 2009 at 12:23 pm
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ValerieV | February 12, 2009 at 12:23 pm
he LOOKS like a crazy homeless guy………
RichPort's Ghost | February 12, 2009 at 12:23 pm
Matisyahu is gonna sue him.
JofaMang | February 12, 2009 at 12:24 pm
Just publicity
Weak, but successful
timmy the dying boy | February 12, 2009 at 12:25 pm
That appearance is sure to win him whole armies of new fans.
ValerieV | February 12, 2009 at 12:26 pm
He gives vegans a bad name.
Sid | February 12, 2009 at 12:29 pm
Done before, and done way better. He needs somebody to tell him that this project isn’t working and he should drop it instead of digging a deeper hole for himself.
DON COLONIC | February 12, 2009 at 12:33 pm
Dear Mr. Funny Man 2009,
You’re not fucking funny, and your little dumbass act that isn’t funny at all is retarded. Prepared to get fucked by the long dick of the Press when you fail and everyone drops your ass from movies.
-Best,
DON COLONIC.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IrvkOlRqYA
Eric | February 12, 2009 at 12:35 pm
I don’t buy his “rap gangsta” act, but it’s certainly an excellent impression of Kim Kardashian’s pussy before she waxes.
Beth | February 12, 2009 at 12:38 pm
He eats his felines.
Minty | February 12, 2009 at 12:39 pm
This is sad…i feel really bad for him…
Dar | February 12, 2009 at 12:41 pm
Didn’t this moron learn anything from watching his brother die?
Joaquin, you ignorant jackass, get a f***ing clue!
sofake!! | February 12, 2009 at 12:42 pm
He deserves an Academy Award nomination for that act.
phil | February 12, 2009 at 12:42 pm
It’s all a big hoax — one of his buddies is filming everything so they can act all smug when he admits it.
p0nk | February 12, 2009 at 12:45 pm
gangsta rap: so easy a caveman can do it
Pojojuniper | February 12, 2009 at 12:45 pm
We have a semi-homeless guy in our town who is called Shaky Dave. He looks JUST like this. Except he has a nicer suit.
Jesus Wept | February 12, 2009 at 12:46 pm
David Letterman’s awesome. He doesn’t even flinch, he’s a pro. Joaquin got p4wned repeatedly
FRIST!!! | February 12, 2009 at 12:46 pm
#13 no, he sucks at pretending to be crazy. So obvious. What he deserves is a kick in the eye and a good point and laugh..
Fucking tool
SB | February 12, 2009 at 12:47 pm
is this publicity?obviously for Joaquin it is….. i wonder tho, is letterman in on it?
Jrz | February 12, 2009 at 12:48 pm
I’m sorry you couldn’t be here tonight.
AHHAHAHAAHAHA!!
LOVE David Letterman!
Andy | February 12, 2009 at 12:49 pm
If he wanted to do something different, instead of this he could have pretended to convert to a globe-trotting do-gooder like George Clooney or Angelina Jolie, making Borat-style statements – earnest, but completely inappropriate – along the way. And film THAT, complete with the struggle the media would have to cover it. I think he’d be totally believable as a sincere dolt.
April | February 12, 2009 at 12:51 pm
That’s the funniest thing I have seen all day. What a loser!
techman | February 12, 2009 at 12:53 pm
It reminds me of the Crispin Glover interview from a few years ago. Two total loonies.
Talent Free A-Holism | February 12, 2009 at 12:54 pm
Sorry fucking jackhole. I would have kicked him off the show right then and there. But then, Letterman made him look like a bitch!
Damn I wish there was an alternative to Hollywood. Something for real Americans, European derived.
My_Cock_Your_Mouth | February 12, 2009 at 12:54 pm
Retards,
This is an act, what he thinks of as performance art. Dave is in on it.
WaKeen thinks he is pulling one over on us but he just looks like a fool.
Ed | February 12, 2009 at 12:55 pm
He’s pretty much re-living Johnny Cash’s early life.
QUICK GET REESE WITHERSPOON.
steve | February 12, 2009 at 12:56 pm
Give it up, Joaqoff.
David Letterman | February 12, 2009 at 12:59 pm
“So when you come up with these rap songs, do you write it all down as sheet music, with clefts and everything? Oh, hey, sorry about that…”
Mr. Sensitivity | February 12, 2009 at 1:02 pm
Somebody needs to put a Rihanna mask on him and then invite Chris Brown over.
Jessica Simpson fan | February 12, 2009 at 1:03 pm
It’s just a bad outfit for him.
Tim | February 12, 2009 at 1:03 pm
So first off, this whole thing is definitely an act. Joaquin Phoenix is not actually crazy. Whether or not he is going to come out and admit that afterwards (that it was all a hoax) I’m not sure, but he is most assuredly making a 100% conscious decision to act like a weirdo. Granted he probably has more than a few deep seeded emotional problems (stemming from such events as witnessing at the age of 19 his older brother die of a drug overdose outside of a club in LA), but I still don’t buy that he has just all of the sudden lost his mind.
And one other thing. News sites and blogs keep reporting that Joaquin got mad at Dave because Dave shot down his request to perform his musical act on the Late Show. This is not what Dave says at all. If you watch it again, when Dave says “I think that is highly unlikely” he is responding to Joaquin saying that he was “working on” his music. I think it is a reference to how lazy, detached, and unresponsive Joaquin was acting. This, I think, is what Dave was referring to, and I think Joaquin knew that too.
jmac | February 12, 2009 at 1:05 pm
anyone who doesn’t find this funny has zero sense of humor. this crap was as funny as mallrats, clerks, grandmas boy etc.
Also, if you think he was acting.. he wasn’t. Did you see the clip of his film? His acting was horrific. The guy is constantly drugged out of his mind.
Elmo | February 12, 2009 at 1:06 pm
Oh my God he looks like a wayward Blues Brother
Andrea | February 12, 2009 at 1:06 pm
#31 – you put more energy into that than Joaquin has put into his entire life.
aquarian | February 12, 2009 at 1:06 pm
He looks extremely shy and uncomfortable. This interview just made me feel bad for him, I certainly didn’t feel like laughing at his expense. I thought this interview was mean and insensitive.
| February 12, 2009 at 1:10 pm
Ok, this is starting to read like a Kim Kardashian story or a Tom Cruise/scientology story. Joaquin’s (or Casey Affleck’s) staff are writing the gullible comments. Sad.
incorrect | February 12, 2009 at 1:15 pm
If you haven’t seen the crispin glover interview on letterman from like 20 years ago, you have to check it out. Dude goes fuckin’ crazy and is even more drugged out than Joaquin appears to be here (I know, he’s not crazy, it’s just an act, yadda yadda…who the fuck cares). Still, this is pretty good stuff.
k-man | February 12, 2009 at 1:31 pm
i thought it was funny.
RIPPED | February 12, 2009 at 1:33 pm
That guy is RIPPED off his ASS! “Did you feed them nitras before the show?” Hahaha, he shouldn’t get so stoned before a show if he can’t cover himself.
routhless | February 12, 2009 at 1:33 pm
The Letterman interview was hilarious…You’ll notice a few Phoenix snickers when Letterman trips him up with a line. Great stunt especially when acting crazy is so “in” (brit, cruise, winehouse etc.) and you stupid asses who are spending so much time reading, watching and buying these crazy fool’s crap.
Kate | February 12, 2009 at 1:38 pm
he looks like ‘teen wolf’
also i would love to know what he said to dave at the very end when he took off his sunglasses and leaned in…
Banquo | February 12, 2009 at 1:39 pm
Wow,..what a crappy actor, you can TELL that he’s acting “Dark and broody” and his yelling tantrum is complete with hollywood body acting (doing things that normal people DONT but that sell good on the camera..”
The worst part of this is, it’s hollywood and he’s got affleck working with him so no matter how it goes down at the end the news will be reporting on “How they fooled america, the press and the fans” when in fact they fooled no one.
Courtyardpigeon | February 12, 2009 at 1:40 pm
I think this is all joke. Must be trying to pull off a role.
Mandi | February 12, 2009 at 1:48 pm
I totally believe the mockumentary ploy. When he was interviewed about playing Johnny Cash he said that before then music and singing was something completly foriegn to him. Now he wants to be a rapper? Plus, he is an incredible actor, so I believe he is able to pull off this going crazy bit. And he’s actually really funny, too. I think this shit is hilarious, I can’t wait to see more!
Spo | February 12, 2009 at 1:52 pm
He’s playing the role of David-Darlene’s boyfriend on Roseanne.
Lisa | February 12, 2009 at 1:58 pm
He is one nasty looking man. The hair and beard have got to go.
Jeremy | February 12, 2009 at 2:03 pm
It was like watching an unfunny Zack Galifianakis. I’m all for hoaxes, but at least give it some kind of substance.
Holyfuck | February 12, 2009 at 2:19 pm
#31,
Dude, WAY too much free time on your hands.
Fai | February 12, 2009 at 2:45 pm
#41,
I wondered the same thing at the end.
joe shmoe | February 12, 2009 at 3:08 pm
this guy is drugged outta his mind