SPOILERS for The Masked Singer.
I mean, there’s no way to avoid the spoilers? And do people even care about spoilers for The Masked Singer, truly? I genuinely hope people stopped watching that mess when Sarah Palin was revealed as one of the “singers” in 2020. In fact, Palin’s appearance probably inspired this one: Rudy Giuliani was “unmasked” during filming this week, and The Masked Singer’s judges walked off the stage in protest.
Rudy Giuliani was unmasked as an exiting costumed contestant in last week’s taping of the first Season 7 episode of Fox’s popular primetime series The Masked Singer. Deadline hears that as soon as they saw Giuliani, judges Ken Jeong and Robin Thicke quickly left the stage in protest.
The show is known for its jaw-dropping surprises when celebrity contestants shed their headpieces after they are eliminated. The reaction to Giuliani was perhaps the most polarizing the show has seen since 2020. The Masked Singer faced criticism then when another controversial Republican politician, Sarah Palin, was unveiled as The Bear.
We aren’t revealing which costume Rudy wore or what his swan song was — his exit episode won’t air until next month — so you can still revel in his reveal. The theme of the new season is “The Good, The Bad and The Cuddly”; your political affiliation determines which category Giuliani fits.
Deadline hears that while Jeong and Thicke exited (they eventually returned), fellow judges Jenny McCarthy and Nicole Scherzinger remained onstage. They bantered with Giuliani, a controversial figure for pressing what is widely derided as a baseless claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from his client Donald Trump.
Robin Thicke is disgusting trash and even HE saw Giuliani and thought “too much.” What’s worse, that Thicke has some kind of moral high ground on Rudy Giuliani, or that Jenny McCarthy and Nicole Scherzinger stayed on stage and bantered with Rudy? And you know Rudy’s costume was a complete mess. Rudy was sweating off his hair dye in the middle of November 2020, as he traveled around the country promoting the Big Lie. Imagine the toxic blend of cheap hair dye and Covid farts filling up Rudy’s Masked Singer costume.
This is the most coherent argument Giuliani has made for weeks pic.twitter.com/H7o0P2jRnp
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 3, 2020
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- Singer Robin Thicke arrives at the FOX Winter TCA 2020 All-Star Party held at The Langham Huntington Hotel on January 7, 2020 in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States.,Image: 562886285, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: WORLD RIGHTS – Fee Payable Upon Reproduction – For queries contact Avalon.red – sales@avalon.red London: +44 (0) 20 7421 6000 Los Angeles: +1 (310) 822 0419 Berlin: +49 (0) 30 76 212 251, Model Release: no, Credit line: Xavier Collin / Xavier Collin / Avalon
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- Rudy Giuliani, personal lawyer to United States President Donald J. Trump, speaks to members of the media following a television interview with One America News Network outside the White House in Washington D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, July 1, 2020. Credit: Stefani Reynolds / CNP | usage worldwide,Image: 563832094, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: UK and US ONLY – DIRECT SALES ONLY – Fee Payable Upon Reproduction – For queries contact Avalon.red – sales@avalon.red London: +44 (0) 20 7421 6000 Los Angeles: +1 (310) 822 0419 Berlin: +49 (0) 30 76 212 251, Model Release: no
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- Rudy Giuliani, personal lawyer to United States President Donald J. Trump, speaks to members of the media following a television interview with One America News Network outside the White House in Washington D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, July 1, 2020. Credit: Stefani Reynolds / CNP | usage worldwide,Image: 563832129, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: UK and US ONLY – DIRECT SALES ONLY – Fee Payable Upon Reproduction – For queries contact Avalon.red – sales@avalon.red London: +44 (0) 20 7421 6000 Los Angeles: +1 (310) 822 0419 Berlin: +49 (0) 30 76 212 251, Model Release: no
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- Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani (Republican of New York, New York) conducts a press conference at Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, DC on Thursday, November 19, 2020. He is accompanied by Trump Campaign Senior Legal Advisor Jenna Ellis and other attorneys.,Image: 570208198, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: usage worldwide, Model Release: no, Credit line: Rod Lamkey – CNP / DPA Picture Alliance / Avalon
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- Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani (Republican of New York, New York) conducts a press conference at Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, DC on Thursday, November 19, 2020. He is accompanied by Trump Campaign Senior Legal Advisor Jenna Ellis.,Image: 570208307, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: usage worldwide, Model Release: no, Credit line: Rod Lamkey – CNP / DPA Picture Alliance / Avalon
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- 3RD Avenue, New York, USA, June 21, 2021 – Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa, is joined by former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, and businessman John Catsimatidis at a campaign event today in New York City.,Image: 617725109, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: picture alliance / Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire, Model Release: no, Credit line: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire / DPA Picture Alliance / Avalon
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- Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani (Republican of New York, New York) conducts a press conference at Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, DC on Thursday, November 19, 2020. He is accompanied by Trump Campaign Senior Legal Advisor Jenna Ellis. Giuliani wiped at his brow as the sweat poured down from his forehead. Pictured: Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani BACKGRID USA 19 NOVEMBER 2020 BYLINE MUST READ: MediaPunch / BACKGRID USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani (Republican of New York, New York) conducts a press conference at Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, DC on Thursday, November 19, 2020. He is accompanied by Trump Campaign Senior Legal Advisor Jenna Ellis. Giuliani wiped at his brow as the sweat poured down from his forehead. Pictured: Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani BACKGRID USA 19 NOVEMBER 2020 BYLINE MUST READ: MediaPunch / BACKGRID USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
I can’t believe I’m agreeing with Robin Thicke.
Hahahaha yes! How broken must a moral compass be if Robin Thicke can’t even take it. What a gross effort to rehab the worst among us
Right?? What is this feeling? A twinge of… respect for Robin Thicke? That doesn’t sound right!
Respect away but he probably did it to look good. Actions in the way you live your life speak louder.
I died for a solid 10 min on covid farms.
Rudolph the ink stain doichebag looks like the kind of guy that if you take an elevator with, you’ll be stuck with his stench on you for weeks. I hope he never ubers.
Ignorance is bliss in the land of no cable.. did not even know there was a masked singer show, are the guests any good or just a karaoke nightmare? Sounds like who ever chooses the guests has serious issues.
The show is on broadcast tv, not a cable network.
Well that may be fine if you live in a city where you can get antenna reception but unfortunately I do not. So unless I care to install a ridiculously expensive antenna tower “free” broadcast tv isn’t an option, but thank you for the correction.
I watch it on HULU the next day – commercial free. I’ve been surprised at the talent. They’ve had TonibBraxton, Jewel, LeAnn Rhimes, Kermit the frog, Larry the Cable guy (who has an awesome singing voice), the guy from Duck Dynasty (another amazing voice), several basketball players (also good voices). Then they have some who really can’t sing – Caitlyn Jenner, Honey Boo Boo and her mom. Not a bad show but the judges drive me nuts at times (Ken Jeong acting dumb) and get past Nick Cannon who hosts the show.
Me too. This show can’t be good if the masked singers are not talented at singing no matter how famous they may be.
Ken Jeong is one of my favs! I loved him in community and still watch it daily to this day.
I love Dr. Ken, also. He pops up in so many movies and always makes me smile.
This is so random, WHY on earth would Rudy G go on such a show. I dont imagine he is strapped for money or attention? They are still idiots who love him so why would he add this to his legacy!?
Mounting legal bills and Trump refusing to pay him for his “work” is what I’ve heard
How Embarassing!!!
He’s absolutely strapped for cash. He didn’t get a dime from Trump, he’s gone through 3 divorces & I get the sense that he’s accustomed to a high standard of living, regardless of what his income might be. He’s now had his law license suspended in every jurisdiction to which he’s admitted, so he can’t land a gig as an attorney anymore. And he’s being sued for more than $1 billion by Dominion. That’s not to mention possible criminal charges & legal fees associated with that unpleasant treason business.
Republicans seem to be able to rehab their images through participation in reality TV show competitions – it’s pretty disgusting that they’re afforded the ability to do so
I’m glad Jeong (& Thicke) took a stand about this but, for the life of me, I can’t help be be disappointed for happily working alongside long-time dispenser of medical misinformation & Anti-Vaxxer Jenny McCarthy
I cannot stand Rudy Giuliani and all the fallacies and conspiracy theories he has promoted in the past couple of years. He is nothing but a Donald Trump’s ass-kissing lunatic sycophant Republican piece of stinking sh*it. Robin Thicke may not be a role model of morality out there but even him has standards and I laude his walking off stage at the sight of Rudy Giuliani.
Preach!
Good for them.
We really need to stop normalizing these people, or acting like there’s something amusing about them. They should be treated as traitors and pariahs.
Absolutely, Becks1!
I hated, hated, hated it when the Orange menace’s Minister of Misinformation, Sean Spicer, went on Dancing with the Stars.
Just gross.
It is also a reminder that the show airs on Fox. Most people with sense wouldn’t have booked a high level participant in an attempted coup. The Masked Singer was supposed to be a show about reality stars, actors and athletes but bringing in Giuliani after already having brought in Palin really ruins the show.
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I HATE that it was the women who stayed and tried to perform civility, sexism is so ingrained in society it’s sad.
Beyond that, this man may have literally committed treason/sedition a few months ago, and definitely tried to push the US into a apartheid dictatorship more socially corrupt than the Taliban or the Kim regime, but sure, let’s bring him on this fun, family show and let him sing his heart out like everything is perfect. Who are the execs that greenlit this insanity, and are they still working?
Jenny McCarthy is an anti-vaxxer who helped fuel lies about vaccines for years. She is an idiot so I expect nothing less from her.
Yeah, I’m not giving her any cover for being a woman. NS maybe felt that way. And isn’t she British? She may not follow our politics. There are enough uninformed people who are actually us citizens.
I think it reveals how engrained it is for women to tolerate bad behaviour and to keep things comfortable in any circumstance. We definitely need more disrupters so that women have some different tools to draw on to handle toxic situations. That of course assumes that either of those women see Rudy as a problematic loser. I just see this as a common response – men can react and resist, women are less likely to, for fear of the consequences.
NS is American
Anyone remember Sarah Palin’s unmasking?!?! Everyone’s memory is far too short.
I remember. She was so godd*mn awful, too. I was shocked they allowed her on the show. Giuliani is more shocking to me.
When I saw this headline elsewhere, I had to double check and make sure it wasn’t The Onion. We are living in the stupidest timeline.
While I don’t know much about Nicole, I know that Jenny is a fellow peddler of dangerous lies. So she and Giuliani seem like a good fit.
Didn’t Caitlyn Jenner appear on one of the seasons too?
Anyway, good for both of them for leaving. I’m not surprised McCarthy stayed and I wish Nicole S. would have walked off too, but I understand if she didn’t want to risk her job or was just too startled.
I’ve never liked Giuliani, he’s been grifting since 911. I’ve enjoyed watching his downfall.
Do we honestly believe they don’t know who is behind the costume? I have my doubts. This is all for publicity.
Tune in next month to find out what song the spineless traitor sang before half of the judges walked off in protest! Controversy! Drama! Please watch!
Is Robin Thicke a much bigger name than Ken Jeong, or is it just the irony if it being Robin Thicke that his name is in the headline and not Ken Jeong? To me, Ken is the bigger star, but maybe that’s just my circle.
Ken is certainly more successful, but Robin is definitely the bigger gossip name.
fair
Ken should’ve been included in the headline imo. If Thicke is the bigger gossip name it still could’ve been ‘robin thicke and ken jeong walk off’.
Ken Jeong is approaching National Treasure status as far as I’m concerned. He should have been mentioned in the title above as well. He’s a mensch and fabulous.
Honestly, I wish they hadn’t come back. And yeah, already knew Jenny McCarthy was trash. I don’t know much about Nicole Scherzinger, but she should have walked off too.
I don’t get this show. The people actually sing? Rudy can sing? Palin can sing? Who knew. I would think you would know who they are the minute they opened their mouth. I’ve never watched it though.
The Masked Singer is so trashy. Ken Jeong gets a pass because he’s so campy and funny, but it’s not enough to make me watch it. Everyone else is YUCK, and I don’t even find the concept entertaining. I was kind of willing to just let it exist, but Rudy Giuliani? As if he needs more airtime? Now I actively hate it.