In the ultimate “ass in your face” moment of MTV this week, where Sasha Baron Cohen landed and put his ass and everything else in Eminem’s face, it appears that Em was not in on the joke, but MTV was.
According to an anonymous source with MTV, the studio planned the stunt (which is why the cameras were on lock when it went down), but Eminem was not told that the man’s ass and balls would be in his face. That explains why MTV appeared fully prepared for the incident, but Eminem was not.