Parents Unhappy as F-Bombs Fly at MTV Movie Awards

By Jo Piazza Posted Jun 7th 2010 05:00PM

If you thought you were watching HBO or premium cable during the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday night, it was an honest mistake. So many f-bombs haven't been dropped on television since 'The Sopranos' went off the air.

The bleeped-out naughty words were a near constant during the two-hour awards show aimed at teenagers. But the bleeping was inconsistent and on several occasions the f-word came through loud and clear.

On the East Coast live feed, Jonah Hill, Diddy and Mark Wahlberg all managed to slip f- and s-bombs through the bleeps. Host Aziz Ansari repeatedly said f-this and f-that, but because his monologues were, for the most part, scripted, the censors knew when to hit the bleep.

But the most potty-mouthed star of all was 'Twilight' patriarch Peter Facinelli, who accepted the Best Film award for 'New Moon' and used his moment on stage to use so much foul language the censors could hardly keep up.

Facinelli, a father of three daughters, prefaced his speech by saying, "I've never heard the word f*** used so many times in one evening," and then managed to use it a dozen more times.

The Parents Television Council, a non-profit advocacy group, is obviously up in arms over the program.

"We are very angry at what we think was not just an entertainment show gone blue but a verbal assault on families," says PTC President Tim Winter. "I think this is exactly what MTV wants and I think it is outrageous that in order to get channels like the Disney Channel, ESPN and CNN you are forced to pay a monthly fee."

MTV warned that the show should only be viewed by television watchers 14 and up, a fact that Winters says completely disrespects the television ratings system.

"It is an outrage to the content rating system. If it had been a motion picture, it would have been rated R. The fact that it was rated 14 shows what little respect MTV and Viacom have for the content ratings," Winter said (not once dropping any f-bombs, despite his ire).

MTV has always tried to push the envelope with their awards shows, but this year, as their ratings have dwindled, it seems that they crossed new boundaries of offensiveness.

"I do think it was a bit excessive this year. Some of it came from the script, like having an WTF moment category, whose presentation delivered a large portion of the night's f-words. But it also felt like it was one of those things that emerge as a recurring theme at an awards show and everyone feels compelled to keep it going," says Deadline Hollywood television writer Nellie Andreeva, who wrote about the excessive foul language this morning.

Today cannot be a rewarding day for middle school teachers across the country, many of whom have no doubt been exposed to many a "I'm so f***ing happy 'Twilight' f***ing won!" throughout the day today.

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Tags: aziz ansari, jonah hill, Mark Wahlberg, MTV Movie Awards, Peter Facinelli, twilight

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Monday 07 June

By ex fan

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Honestly, this is insane. Yeah, it might be inappropriate but don't be surprised.If you don't want to hear your kid cursing, don't send them to high school.

By emileeyxo

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seriously. people need to calm down about cussing. oh big deal an ADULT said the fword.dont like it then dont watch tv/movies cuz swearing is going to be everywhere. write emails all you want, people arent going to stop saying "bad" words.

By Julie

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The cursing was so over done, so they hear it in school all the time, REALLY thats entertaining.

By Steve

No everyone does not curse. Only low lifes and scuzbags who haven't learned any better language in the trailer park. I feel bad for you.

Tuesday 08 June

By TogaTown2010

Personally I disliked the whole thing. I thought the cursing made the show disinteresting, not to mention Christina Aguilera's performance. Nothing about it was fresh, and it just reminded me of what tv has gone to these days. I'm 22 myself and was disgusted with it. You couldn't watch for ten minutes without hearing mis-bleeped F and S bombs. I'm glad I don't have cable (was watching at a friend's house, expecting it to be somehwat entertaining).

By Ferris

I told my teenager that when she starts paying taxes, she can cuss. I hope she's discreet in her cursing but still ... if you're paying taxes ... you should be able to say whatever you want. Just my 2cents.

By Cloe

I was a little annoyed at first because there was so much of it, but kids shouldn't be watching this anyway..it's an adult program.

Even though there was a lot of swearing - I was DYING over Peter Facinelli's speech because he is usually not like that. He's such a huge supporter of all these childrens' charities and his wife (Jennie garth) supports all of these different family organizations, so it was just so out of character for his public personality to say those things that it was HILARIOUS. Peter FTW.

By JP

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I truly F***ing LOVE a good F-Bomb, here and there, when it is warranted. Even love to use it myself from time to time. But it really did get annoying on the show. Maybe part of it was due to all the constant "beeping". It almost got to the point though that everyone was saying it to say it because the person before them did. It got old and lost it's intended "punch" and just became annoying. Sometimes, less is more. The intended demographic of this pathetic awards show is 14 year old boys anyway so I guess it makes sense that it ended up like this.

By The Franchise

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F**K the PTC and F**K their mission this muthaf**ker Tim "mas puto" Winters needs a life. its the parents job not his to judge what we let our children see. If my son was watching the show I would just record it and watch it later when he is not around...

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By ashya

When will parents realize that nothing on MTV is really for children. Just stop allowing your kids to watch this crap. All awards shows for that matter is a bunch of crap the same entertainment prostitutes and homosexual win year after year. Stop allowing your children to idolize these strangers with absolutely no morals if you really want them to be upstanding productive citizens.

By skye

OK, this is ridiculous. You're watching a cable network that censors by choice. Unless it's a family network, you should expect some of those"7 words you can't say on TV". Change the station if it's offensive to you. But your kids will watch it when you're not looking!

By Kat2988

They just do it for attention and to get people talking afterwards.

By lildevilchild34

seriously its MTV not PBS. remember MTV had a show called "undressed" and Jersey Shore isnt for families to sit and watch. if you dont want your kids hearing the f-word you shouldnt have MTV. just watch PBS all day ha

By RL

My only problem was there were so many beeps going off i never could follow what they were trying to say!

By M Iverson

All I have to say is...read a book, expand your vocabulary :)

By themeeker

What's the big f'n deal? They're only words. If you let these words bother you, you have much bigger problems than a simple potty mouth phobia.

By Enough Already

Sorry, it is a big deal. There is no reason to swear like this on an awards show where they are clearly targeting the preteens and teens. Parents need to just say enough and turn of the TV set. The images and language our children are exposed to on a daily basis is frightening. Enough already!

By ED

I Changed channels...I sure didnt wanna hear all that.

By ninja koala

I get the whole "cussing is everywhere" thing, but this is marketed to tweens and teens. I mean the occasional F word when appropriate is okay with me, but using it over and over again... It just stops being funny and starts being the equivalent of some dumb 6th grader drawing a picture of boobs on a wall in middle school. You can be funny and memorable without it. It just takes half a brain :)

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