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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Tuesday 08 June

By Cindy

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Cursing shows a lack of good vocabulary. Really-do these "stars" have to curse to get ratings? Sad.

By jaye

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too many people ...trying to freaking hard...to be cool.

By rick

Yes, kids do hear that at school. That is because they are inudated with obscenities everywhere they turn, doesn't make it right. I would like to think that being progressive elevates society. That used to be the case, not anymore. We are dumbing ourselves down instead of lifting up as a society. Curse words are the language of the uneducated, can't think of anything else to say. I use curse words regularly, didn't used to. I am as guilty as the next person. I think some rules should be observed. That is what makes a progressive society work, learn words that are not vulgar.

By jaelynne

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I think that if parents want to protect their children from the reality of the world as it is today so they grow up to be anal retentive, namby/pamby people, then they should use the vchip in their televisions or lock out the station on their cable box and keep your kids from ever experiencing anything remotely real. I am not a child, I am sick and tired of everyone else being forced to restrict themselves because parents want to protect their precious offspring from the real world. I guarantee that if you prohibit your kids from being kids and allowing them to experience what every other kid on the planet is experiencing, they are going to go behind your backs and get into the stuff you are protecting them from in the first place without your knowledge or your permission. It is what kids do. Or have you forgotten what you were like when you were at those ages? Personally, I would rather have my kid at home watching the MTV Movie Awards with its bombardment of the F-Bombs than have them go behind my back and lie to my face to watch it at someone else's house because you won't let them watch it at home. The problem with these parental groups is that they forget the things they did when they were kids growing up in the world and now they are trying to take those same experiences away from their own children. That is very hypocritical, wouldn't you say?

Tuesday 15 June

By the4rayz

Oh-my-gosh!! If your kids are watching MTV then they hear the f-bomb ALL the time!!!

Saturday 31 July

By tways

MTV is just playing to the dumber crowd as usual....exactly why MTV is a sinking ship.

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