Video: Joaquin Phoenix Faces Letterman

Last night Joaquin Phoenix was face-to-face with David Letterman again after not appearing on the show since this happened last year:

It was all, as we now know, a crafted persona for the Casey Affleck-directed mockumentary on Phoenix's "career change" called I'm Still Here. Roger Ebert just called the film: "a sad and painful documentary that serves little useful purpose other than to pound another nail into the coffin."

So last night the actor was back on Letterman, clean-shaven and apologizing (sort of) for the last time he was a Late Show guest. They both claimed Letterman himself was not in on the hoax, and the actor told the host, "You've interviewed many, many people and I assumed that you would know the difference between a character and a real person, so—but I apologize. I hope I didn't offend you in any way." He also thanked Letterman, saying, "We'd hoped to come on a talk show, and I was looking for a beat down, and I got one... I want to thank you for that." Here's a clip:

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By Jen Carlson in Arts & Entertainment on September 23, 2010 10:27 AM

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chameleonz

The best part of this whole "charade" or whatever the F*+* these 2 a-holes were trying to pull is that now it's being reported that Casey Affleck is near bankruptcy because apparently he spent LOADS of his own money to film this bullshit.Ha Ha ha dumbasses

John L

We always knew "Sex Sells"

but it seems tupidity is giving sex a run for its money.

It seems stupidity also sells.

Pipes

I liked MC Phoenix much better

nycviabos

I don't get it. I thought the whole reason that the original Letterman-Crazy Joaquin interview was amusing in the first place was because Dave was not buying the Joaquin's silly I'm-a-bearded-rapper act. Am I wrong?

Who are the idiots who actually thought Joaquin was on a two-year-long bender (while being filmed by one of best Hollywood "friends")?

Cannibal

He's the pretentious douchebag chode leader of other pretentious douchebag chodes who think wearing sunglasses at inappropriate times (indoors, on the subway, at night, when its raining, during a blackout) makes you mysterious and cool, and that bushy Osama bin Laden pube beards are sexy to someone other than a closeted gay terrorist from west Hollywood.

Nice shitty Allen Ginsberg impression. Now you and the rest of the douchebags go back to LA with your man purses before I have to come over there and kick you in your useless balls.