Baron Cohen crash landed on top of the rapper Eminem in a sketch guided by seemingly divine intervention. The comedian, appearing in character as gay fashionista Bruno, was suspended by a harness above the audience, dressed as an angel. As he was pulled closer to the stage, his flight was interrupted by a set of speakers. Captain Sully he is not. Baron Cohen slowly nose-dived on the rapper, with his groin positioned right on Eminem’s face and his bare butt in the air. As Bruno straddled the appalled rapper in a position commonly practiced by lovers in the bedroom, he said simply: “Eminem, nice to meet you.” He screamed for Bruno to get off him – shouting “Are you serious?” – as he pushed his head back to avoid contact with Cohen’s naked bottom. Bruno said: “Hey, don’t touch me guys! I already have a boyfriend. Hey guys, let’s continue this in my hotel room.” Once freed, Eminem and his entourage stood up in fury and stormed out of the arena. But as the rapper shot to his feet, it was Bruno who had the final word, quipping: “Is the real Slim Shady about to stand up?” It was particularly ironic since Eminem, fairly or not, is considered by many to be homophobic. And at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards, he proved his sometimes lacking sense of humor during an interview with a puppet: Triumph the Insult Comic Dog.