I first want to apologize for posting about Justin Bieber twice in a day. I promise I will never ever do that again. It normally takes minimal effort to not post about him at all, but he’s just all up in the world today.
Secondly, I want to apologize for the news I’m about to tell you.
From Deadline:
MTV is finalizing a deal to bring back its signature series Punk’d with teen superstar Justin Bieber as the new host. The show’s creators/ executive producers, original host Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg, are back to executive produce the new installment through their company Katalyst. There has been a lot of chatter about a Punk’d revival since the celebrity hidden-camera show went off the air in 2007 after 4 years and 69 episodes. I hear Bieber was identified as a new host in the summer with talks going on ever since. No premiere date has been set but the new Punk’d has been quietly gearing up for production and will probably launch next year.
I think there’s a pretty obvious problem here. To illustrate this problem I will tell you a quick personal story:
About a year and a half ago I was writing for a TV talk show that has since been canceled so hard. (It’s fine.) During my stint on that show, one of the guests was Justin Bieber. On the day he was a guest, I was standing in the control room waiting for the show to start. As I leaned against the wall, staring at the array of TV screens, Justin Bieber suddenly walked in. He and I made eye contact. He was so little. And I immediately thought to myself, “Is this… am I being Punk’d?”
The problem is that any time you actually see Justin Bieber in person, YOU ALREADY FEEL LIKE YOU’RE BEING PUNK’D! This is never going to work.
