Rudy Giuliani

'The Masked Singer' revealed Rudy Giuliani as the Jack in the Box, prompting Ken Jeong to storm out.

Cannon suggested the Borat 2 star did the show for his granddaughter, and Scherzinger offered that his "family is gonna love it." It wasn't until the show moved to its customary final performance from the unmasked contestant that Jeong took action. From the start, though, something was different about Jack in the Box. For a reason that is never explained, he performed "Bad to the Bone" before his clue package played, as opposed to after as is standard. McCarthy-Wahlberg and Scherzinger played along in the usual spirit of the show, asking Giuliani questions about his clue package. "Mr. Giuliani, with all of the controversy that's surrounding you right now I think it surprises us all that you're here on The Masked Singer," Cannon said. Most of the episode went off like a typical Masked Singer one would — performances, guesses, clue packages, etc.

"I'm done," 'Masked Singer' judge Ken Jeong declared as Rudy Giuliani sang "Bad to the Bone."

And the Masked Singer producers and Fox felt they wanted to be a part of the laundering process for him.” In February, The Hollywood Reporter television critic Daniel Fienberg published an essay entitled Rudy Giuliani on ‘The Masked Singer’ Is a New Low for TV Image Laundering, and wrote, in part, “The Masked Singer booked a man who has been the public face of an unsuccessful attempt to overturn a democratic election.” Fienberg continued, “There is a narrative of very active disgrace tied to Giuliani, not past-tense disgrace. The politician replied, “Me too!” before explaining, “I guess the main reason is, I just had a granddaughter Grace, and I want her to know that you should try everything, even things that are completely unlike you and unlikely.”

Spoiler alert! The following contains details from the April 20 episode of "The Masked Singer," including the identity of the unmasked celebrity.

"I'm done," he said before exiting the stage. McCarthy threw her hands in the air and yelled for Giuliani's farewell performance, but Jeong was noticeably displeased. (Thicke was off camera, so it's not clear if he also left the stage.) Giuliani didn't so much sing "Bad To The Bone" by George Thorogood and the Destroyers as he did talk-sing it. "Well, Mr. Giuliani, with all of the controversy that's surrounding you right now, I think it surprises us all that you're here on 'The Masked Singer.' " After Nick Cannon struggled with Jack in the Box's mask, the host enthusiastically announced the contestant's identity.

Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor and attorney to Donald Trump, was unmasked on the April 20 episode of The Masked Singer. Find out the dramatic ...

The Prince performed Ricky Martin's "La Copa de la Vida" and McCarthy wondered if it might be Alex Rodriguez under the big frog head. Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane expressed a similar sentiment, writing at the time, "Anything for ratings, right?" Scherzinger told Giuliani that his family would be proud of him, while panelist Jenny McCarthy thanked him for being on the show.

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“That was once a really elite show, where it could be competing for Emmys. But as soon as you start it up with these stunts, it feels desperate. “And people tend to want to jump off a sinking boat.” “Your family’s going to love this!” Scherzinger said. When news first broke via Deadline about Giuliani’s appearance, there was instant backlash from people who were furious that the disbarred lawyer was being given a chance to further his time in the spotlight or try to redeem his reputation through reality television. Former Trump White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci also appeared on “Celebrity Big Brother.” Last year, senior adviser Kellyanne Conway made a cameo on ABC’s “American Idol” to support her daughter Claudia’s audition. This kind of moment felt inevitable for “The Masked Singer,” a reliable place for chaos since it debuted in January 2019. There’s great risk involved — so you might experience a temporary high, but what’s the cost?” “You don’t get publicity for being safe and predictable and nice. But as with most TV shows, ratings have dropped: The first season averaged about 12 million viewers an episode, including delayed viewing, and the numbers are now closer to around 5 million. And I enjoy the show, I have for years, and it just seemed like it would be fun. “I’m done,” he said, walking offstage before Giuliani was finished singing. As he launched into another rendition of the song, McCarthy and Scherzinger happily danced around.

As soon as Rudy Giuliani started singing his exit song, panelist Ken Jeong left the stage in protest.

But, this isn’t the first time a controversial political figure was revealed on the show. "I learned I shouldn’t give up my day job to be a singer," Giuliani said during an exit interview. Jack in the Box was revealed as Rudy Giuliani on The Masked Singer. (Credit: FOX)

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The drama in the episode that aired was far more subdued. that two judges had walked off during the taping of the episode after Giuliani was unmasked. "The Masked Singer" airs Wednesdays on Fox.

Rudy Giuliani's presence stirred up primetime drama during Wednesday night's episode of "The Masked Singer."

I’ll break a thousand more, baby, before I am through,” the thrice-divorced former New York City mayor squawked. “I just had a granddaughter, Grace, and I want her to know that you should try everything, even the things that are completely unlike you and unlikely — and I can’t think of anything more unlike me and unlikely than this,” Giuliani explained. In a segment taped months ago, Giuliani popped out of a jack in the box while singing a rendition of “Bad to the Bone” — leaving Jeong to say “I’m done” before heading backstage.

"I'm done," the comedian said, before walking off stage as the former mayor of New York started his performance.

For these words and more, he has been accused of encouraging a coup on January 6. Giuliani deserves to be in prison along with his puppet master trump, not on a television show. "Ken Jeong had the courage and the dignity to do the right thing. On Twitter, he wrote that the clip was "a complete fabrication," and called Cohen a "stone-cold liar" if implying his behavior was at any time inappropriate. Controversy followed the revealing of Rudy Giuliani as one of the costumed contestants of The Masked Singer, with the most striking reaction being that of Ken Jeong, who walked off the set of the singing competition saying he felt "disrespected" and "livid." But when the former mayor of New York and attorney to Donald Trump was unmasked in the episode of The Masked Singer aired on Wednesday night—and revealed to be the 'Jack in the Box'—judges on the show, as well as the public in studio, looked stunned.

Comedian Ken Jeong said "I'm done" and left the stage after Giuliani was unmasked during Wednesday's episode of Fox's singing competition.

I don’t get to have a lot of fun,” the 77-year-old said. His license in Washington, D.C., was suspended the following month. Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City and former personal attorney for ex-President Donald Trump, appeared on Wednesday's episode of the Fox singing show in a jack-in-the box costume.

No, you're not high. That really was former attorney Rudy Giuliani singing "Bad to the Bone" by George Thorogood and the Destroyers while dressed as a bird ...

And I enjoy the show, I have for years, and it just seemed like it would be fun. "With all of the controversy that's surrounding you right now I think it surprises us all that you're here on 'The Masked Singer," Cannon said. In response to the obvious question here of why he would agree to be on the show in the first place, Giuliani said "I guess the main reason is I just had a granddaughter, Grace. I want her to know that you should try everything, even things that are completely unlike you and unlikely.

Judge Ken Jeong walked off the stage after Rudy Giuliani was revealed to be the latest secret performer on "The Masked Singer."

I don’t get to have a lot of fun." I have for years. "And I enjoy the show.

'The Masked Singer' episode featuring Rudy Giuliani's unmasking aired on Wednesday, falling to a season low in viewership for the Fox show.

To date, this season of “The Masked Singer” has averaged a 0.7 rating among adults 18-49 and 4.1 million total viewers in Live + Same Day Nielsen data. “The Masked Singer’s” demo has also taken a hit, going from a 1.0 with the seventh-season opener down to a 0.6 for the week-ago episode, which it matched this week. “Survivor” had a 0.8 rating and 5.2 million viewers, while “Chicago Med” had a 0.6 and 6.5 million. “I couldn’t think of anything more unlike me and unlikely than this. Giuliani said on stage that “the main reason” he decided to do “The Masked Singer” — a Fox casting choice that received enormous backlash when it was first leaked by Deadline earlier this year — is because he just had a granddaughter. In “most current” data, which includes a week’s worth of delayed viewing, “The Masked Singer” rises to an average of 5.9 million viewers.

In the episode, viewers only saw Jeong fold his arms and look unhappy when host Nick Cannon revealed that the person wearing a “Jack in the Box” costume, and ...

Another pro-Giuliani commenter wrote: “So, KEN JEONG walked off of the Masked Singer screaming ‘He should be in prison!’ when Rudy Giuliani was unveiled. Not everyone on social media was upset, including a Twitter user who wrote: “Oh, haha. Seriously, the guy who helped our worst president pull off the insurrection is on a TV show?!” “Well, not necessarily Ken Jeong, who walked off-set upon the big reveal after saying, ‘I’m done.’” Deadline has reported that during the taping, one of the show’s panelists, Ken Jeong, walked off the stage in protest when Giuliani’s mask was removed. The former New York mayor has had his law license suspended in a New York court proceeding.

Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani was revealed as a "Masked Singer" contestant during the April 20 episode.

Giuliani was suspended from practicing law in New York last year when a court found that he had made “demonstrably false” statements about Trump’s 2020 election loss. And I enjoy the show. Originally reported in February, the episode April 20 that led to judge Ken Jeong walking off set.