VMAs host opens with safe space jokes, and bombs hard

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  • August 27, 2019

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The 2018 VMAs didn’t have a host, and ten minutes into the 2019 VMAs, fans were wishing this year’s show didn’t either.

Comedian Sebastian Maniscalco — already the host who launched a thousand SEO-optimized “Who is…?” posts — opened the show with a series of jokes punching directly down at the crowd in front of him, and not in a particularly clever way.

From a punchline-free bit about people recording things on their phones (fresh!) to an extended rant about how there was a “safe space” backstage for anyone who was “triggered”, Maniscalco didn’t endear himself to the audience in the room or at home. Read more…

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