in not a pot head, but i though it was funny, plus they did it for the controversy, c'mon, really??? like no one would be offended by that!!!

As far as it being offensive to Robert Downey Jr. anyone who saw the Tropic Thunder short would know that they took a couple nasty shots at him and he did those in good humor. My problem with the Weed bit is that it's not funny or that appropriate. MTV loves to rile up controversy but then deny any involvement. They'll try to pin in on Rogen which is fucked up. It is television and since this show is watched and probably voted on by middle schoolers this is not the best thing to show. But the comic mindset on MTV these days is bad words/drugs/nudity no creative humor. You had Jason Bateman shouting... Han...Cock. Steve carrell doing sex jokes and Rainn Wilson running around half naked. Kinda funny but really lame and probably not appropriate for 12-13 year olds. Either way, I tuned in to support cool guys like Rainn Wilson, Rogen, etc. But yikes these MTV awards are more shoddy than ever. I'll admit, Mike Myers is versatile and provided funny moments but still it doesn't do anyone justice to tune in to the craphole that is MTV. Keep Human Giant on the air and that's it. But I doubt they'll do that.

I agree the whole segment just came across as awkward and slowed the pace of an otherwise entertaining two hours, Wayne and Garth and the Tropic Thunder viral video were hi-larious.

downey jr.?come on he wasnt addicted to pot no one truly is it is a choice plant not even a drug and it doesnt cause car crashes downey was on serious drugs he still looks like a potsmoker to me not coke and crack and heroin anyway
this is wayne gale signing off

As I watched this I must say that I was more offended by the fact that one of the nominees, and the eventual winner, in the category they were introducing was Robert Downey, Jr. - a man who has worked hard to overcome addiction and get his life back on track. It just seemed such a horribly innappropriate and disrespectful thing to do to someone you are honoring. I know people have varying opinions about marijuana, but let's respect others struggles with addiction by avoiding tasteless jokes and not putting these type of substances, whether real or not, around them.

The fact that Franco says that the idea for this was MTV's changes everything. Here is a network who used to blur out marijuana leaf images on T-shirts in music vidoes and they pull a publicity stunt like this, and then don't even have the...guts to go through with it? Actually sounds a lot like what MTV does. Encourages controversy from its guests, and then says they weren't responsible for said controversay.