Seacrest Shows His Other Side In ‘Knocked Up’
Ryan Seacrest is known as a lot of things, the host of ”American Idol” ringmaster, radio deejay, E! channel host, but funny guy’s not one of them. Which makes his scene-stealing cameo in “Knocked Up” such an amusing surprise to everyone who watched it. Even more so because he’s the butt of the joke.
Seacrest shows up his pompous image in the Judd Apatow-directed comedy about an ambitious entertainment reporter whose life is turned upside down when she learns she is pregnant. She takes her job seriously at E! Entertainment Television, but not as seriously as the film-version Seacrest, who launches into a riotous rant during a scene that lasts less than two minutes.
Seacrest, who plays himself, becomes ticked off on the set when Jessica Simpson throws off his busy schedule by arriving at her leisure for an interview. He angrily suggests that maybe he’ll retaliate by asking for her thoughts on an “exit strategy” in the Middle East. “I don’t understand the young talent in this town,” the movie Seacrest goes on. “It doesn’t make any sense. I got four jobs, heck, I’m more famous than half the people we talk to anyway!”
The rant then escalates into an R-rated diatribe with Seacrest dropping the F-bomb and denouncing the superficial workings of the entertainment industry. The apoplectic host finally has to be ushered into the green room with a promise of a cookie in an effort to calm him down. Which makes you wonder if Seacrest is like this in real life.