It's the moment from last night's Tony Awards that everyone is still talking about this morning: After opening the ceremony with a performance by his band Poison and the cast of Rock of Ages, Bret Michaels sauntered directly into the path of an enormous piece of scenery descending from the ceiling. Ouch. Live theater is no joke!
A Tonys spokesperson, who told the Associated Press that the star of VH1's Rock of Love "missed his mark" on stage (well, duh), did not know the extent of any injuries that Michaels suffered from the accident. I'm guessing that means it couldn't have been anything too serious; a rep for VH1 hasn't yet responded to an EW request for more info. Let's hope Michaels isn't hurting too badly. In the meantime, if you missed it the first time or you just want to see Bret Michaels getting knocked to the ground again, check out the clip below.
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I’m sure he’s fine. He has that awful wig to pad his head. . .
Mavis, ..not to mention, extra padding everywhere. At least he was not out of breath, due to lip syncing and all…
It just looked like his got conked in the head. I doubt that it was anything serious.
Burn! Bret Michaels is a piece of trash. What a moron! Never make it in Hollywad, honey. Pesado!
unintentionally hilarious as opposed to intentional hilarity of NPH’s closing number. read/see more here:
http://movies-tv-entertainment.blogspot.com/
This is why it’s a bad idea to show up at dress rehearsal stoned out of your mind.
reminicent of TaP = “I think that the problem *may* have been, that there was a Stonehenge monument on the stage that was in danger of being *crushed* by a *dwarf*.”
Nothing like getting clotheslined by a backdrop being flown in…
Ironically enough, I was watching WWE during the Tonys. But I didn’t see a clothesline like Michaels took LOL
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I’m still chuckling about the “Spinal Tap” reference below, it was right on. Bret Michaels is either a clueless dipwad or a brilliant self-promoter. Geez, maybe both. I had no interest and didn’t watch the Tony’s, but this “mishap” seems to have front page action on all the news and entertainment interweb pages, even above the actual awards. Everyone is talking about you, Bret. Stoner of not, that’s one sly guy…
high aggro! PWNED by ?? elite backdrop! Any phat lewtz on Michaels? LOL
The other best part of the Tonys: NPH’s closing number…
http://www.gotchamediablog.com/2009/06/neil-patrick-harris-closing-number-at.html
Why would a talentless, boring bunch of elderly has beens be chosen to play at all? C’mon, in all of the United States there weren’t any more relevant or at least listenable performers to be found than THAT?! The Tony Awards are trying their best to bore us all to death, I guess.
Brett Michaels gave VD to so many boxes that the boxes are fighting back.
Additionally, his sad cowboy hat remained on the stage for the next two songs…
I couldn’t help but chuckle at what happened. He was off his mark in his whole performance…he couldn’t lip sync at all. It was terrible. Why people keep giving this dude a gig to sing at is beyond me.
This was funny!!! I really had a good laugh after seen the clip. This guy is jerk.
This was funny!!! I really had a good laugh. This princes went down.
WOW, it’s sad to see the state of humanity when people laugh and take pleasure out of someone getting hurt.
WOW, it’s sad to see the state of humanity when people laugh and take pleasure out of someone getting hurt. You people are sad!
I think that what’s going on is that Broadway is now acknowledging the ’80s now in recent plays like Rock of Ages and this was one of the first times to expose it at the Tony Awards. Yes, we’ve covered the 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s but why not the 80s? I think that Bret Michasels mishap shows that the stage people need to do a better job with how they cue and lift up and down the curtains and big walls. And on a LIVE SHOW? The Tonys needs to do a much better job at that!
i want adam lambert-hes cute and a good singer.
Jen, as a rule you are right about people being hurt not being funny. Although to be honest I laugh at them myself, albeit guiltily. As for it being a sad state of humanity? I’d direct your attention to “America’s Funniest Home Videos”. Or as Homer Simpson so summed described it, “People being hit in the crotch with is football is funny”. Especially when they’re totally oblivious or may or may not deserve it…
Its his own fault he got hurt.At the end of his number he shouldve left the stage,instead he’s waving and saying thank you like its one of his concerts.That’s why he was too late to get backsatge b4 the curtain fell. It was too funny,though…priceless. lol
And yet still his hat and bandana stay firmly in place…
OMG….that was funny
I wondered what happened when I saw his hat get semi-crushed via live broadcast, but the lip syncing was so very bad — maybe a bit of karma?
HAHAHA. The best video I’ve seen in years! Now this no talent SOB will have an excuse to get more plastic surgery. Death to big hair band reunions. BM Suks!
Hilarious! I hope it didn’t knock his wig off.
HAHAHA! This is the best and funniest thing I’ve seen!!!! Now he has an excuse to get even more plastic surgery. BM SUKS and so do poison. Ban all big hair band reunions. HAHAHA. This is funny.