David Letterman Was In On the Joaquin Phoenix Hoax
After Casey Affleck confirmed to The New York Times last week that his Joaquin Phoenix "documentary" was a hoax, now it's been revealed that David Letterman was in on the whole thing.'Late Show With David Letterman' writer Bill Scheft admitted on Friday that Phoenix's disastrous February 2009 appearance on the show was all planned, according to The Hollywood Reporter. "Dave knew about it and Dave loved it because he could play along," Scheft said. "It was great television."
"I saw the segment notes," he said. "It's an act. I saw Ben Affleck's brother taping the whole thing from offstage."
In fact, Scheft said he was responsible for one of Letterman's quips that night. "I will take credit for the line, 'I think I owe Farrah Fawcett an apology.' That line was mine. I gave that to him during the break."
Letterman will host Phoenix again this Wed., Sept. 22.
Are you surprised Letterman knew about the hoax?

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