Deleted Scene: LaToya Jackson in ‘Bruno’

Published by Jeff Leins on: November 9th, 2009

In the days following Michael Jackson’s death, Universal Pictures made the quick decision to cut a bit from Sacha Baron Cohen’s comedy documentary Brüno that involved the pop performer and his sister LaToya.  At the time, the studio said it was out of “sensitivity for the Jackson family.”

However, with the DVD hitting shelves next week (Nov. 17) and This Is It exploiting his death already, the deleted scene has surfaced.  You can see why it was cut from the movie, though it’s not particularly funny either.  An easy decision when there’s not much to lose from the omission.

Here’s the scene, and if it looks familiar it’s because they used the same gag on Paula Abdul:

Plus a bonus clip. Ex-baseball player Pete Rose in the same situation: