The next chapter in Lily Allen’s turbulent time in the public eye got its premiere broadcast Monday night on BBC 3. Early reports from the talk show’s first filming were discouraging: over a third of the audience members allegedly walking out early after being forced to stand the entire taping, to laugh while shown videos of animals having sex, and perhaps most horrifically of all, to watch an interview with Cuba Gooding, Jr. (who apparently has an amazing UK publicist). The reports were later denied on Lily’s blog, of course. Along with Cuba, Lily invited Brit comedian David Mitchell, the band Rverend and the Makers, and of course internet sensation Tay Zonday onto the weird couch-type thing for some Q&A fun. Here’s some of how it went: Watch it from the start, or take it to 3:30 for the ear-plug worthy cover.
OK. Tough to say if Tay’s “Smile” (and smile) or Lily’s chemistry with the guests was more painful to watch. But we do have some tips for next time, because we love:
- Get the audience some chairs. It takes a lot more effort to walk out when you have to stand up first.
- Stop booking “internet sensations”; they only look good in YouTube embeds at 450 px width– and even then, just for 90 seconds at a time.
- About those animal sex videos … actually nothing, who doesn’t like watching a good pig-fuck now and again?
- Finally, this one’s more a tip for the UK: No more Cuba Gooding Jr., please. We liked Jerry Maguire, too! Like ten years ago.
Next time will be better, we can feel it.
UPDATE: Check the show’s promo…
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Tay Zonday has a policy that unless he has written the song himself, he refuses to perform the vocals in the same key as the music. You show em, Tay!
and somehow this is still relevant to some people…
Are those the most award five minutes in television history? Everything about it made me cringe. Especially when Tay hits the chorus and it pans to Cuba clapping.
I love how he took umbrage at the turning-his-song-into-a-commercial question. Right, how offensive Tay. Totally separate project! Uh huh!
Is it me, or does he look like John Mayer when he sings. Watch his facial expressions during the chorus. He kinda looks like him. HA.
15:01
i gotta say Lily looks gorgeous, this is her prettiest moment ever. but as a show host, she fell flat.
who the hell is tay zonday?
Nice to see that TV in the UK is a big of a train wreck as here in the USA. cancelplz