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DeVito: "View" Stunt Was a Joke!

Posted Dec 12th 2006 10:50AM by TMZ Staff

Danny DeVito says his wacky appearance on "The View" was the result of being "groggy" after a wild night with George Clooney ... not because he was drunk.

The funnyman appeared to be wasted during the chat show, which included a rant against President Bush -- much of which was bleeped out by censors. He also cursed the "seven limoncellos" he drank the previous night.

In his first TV appearance since the incident, DeVito tried to clear up the situation last night on CNBC's "Conversations with Michael Eisner," telling the media mogul, "I was funny ... I was a little groggy ... I was joking, that was a joke." Ah, c'mon, that's a little Mickey Mouse.

DeVito added, "The media is a little bit cuckoo." And thanks for making it so, Danny!

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1. what an a**hole

Posted at 11:08AM on Dec 12th 2006 by lundy

2. He should have stuck with I was drunk thing! If he said all that sober it makes him look even worse!

Posted at 11:01AM on Dec 12th 2006 by kendra

3. Wow, Devito is partying with Clooney now!??

Posted at 11:10AM on Dec 12th 2006 by mr skin

4. Oh Please! He was hammered.
Just admit it, Danny and then move on. Don't LIE about it!

Posted at 11:17AM on Dec 12th 2006 by Oh PLEASE

5. This guy's an old joke; go flap your mouth off to someone who gives a damn!

Posted at 11:17AM on Dec 12th 2006 by Catherine

6. I think that he is a jerk for thinking that anyone would believe he was "groggy". I think he should have stuck with the i was drunk story because aleast then he has an excuse for being a conplete A**

Posted at 11:22AM on Dec 12th 2006 by Corrin

7. Didnt care enough to be prepared for The View, they shouldve cancelled his appearance.

Posted at 11:26AM on Dec 12th 2006 by morbidcuriosity

8. The Media is cuckoo and you Mr. Devito were one flew over!

Posted at 11:27AM on Dec 12th 2006 by A mother

9. Bummer. It's a shame he feels the need to apologize for something that was funny and entertaining - drunk or not.

I don't even think anybody was offended or cared.

Posted at 11:33AM on Dec 12th 2006 by Paul

10. Guys who cares. You can still drink at night and be drunk the next morning. Whatever, this story sucks in my opinion.

Posted at 11:37AM on Dec 12th 2006 by Amy

11. Guys who cares. You can still drink at night and be drunk the next morning. Whatever, this story sucks in my opinion.

Posted at 11:38AM on Dec 12th 2006 by Amy

12. He looked like a complete & total dumba$$! I agree with #7, he came unprepared (not sober)...they shouldn't have had him on! Simple as that. Other than to promote his lame movie, he wouldn't have been there. He did the director/writers/other stars of " Deck the Halls" a dirty by not bring his best to a tv interview, even if it was on "The View"...gag! Not that I care, it's NOT on my list of movies to watch...how 'bout you?

Posted at 11:44AM on Dec 12th 2006 by glynne64

13. Yes, 'it was all a joke'. Of course you can drink so much at night and still be drunk the next day, especially if you drink long into the night and if you are a dwarf. Think about it. His body mass (BMI) is so small that it wouldn't take much for someone with dwarfish, like DeVito, to get such a high level of alcohol in his body that his small liver and kidneys couldn't process the alcohol. He was still drunk and there is nothing more funny than a drunken midget or dwarf!

Posted at 11:46AM on Dec 12th 2006 by Albrecht

14. "I wasn't drunk! I was merely acting drunk!" A new defense for chemically dependant celebrities everywhere....

Posted at 11:47AM on Dec 12th 2006 by pete

15. I guess it's "ok" to bash the President like he is an irrelevant non entity. He ONLY happens to be the STRONGEST LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD MORONS!!! Ridiculing him like the midget moron Devito did, as well as many of the hollywood menure out there, only gives our enemies reason to disrespect our nation! It makes it even more difficult for Bush to do his job, when so many low lifes, like Devito, spew hatred and disrepectful language against our President. Imagine how credible or important, FDR or JFK would have been, if the media and Hollywood, both ridiculed them as much as Bush is ridiculed. Devito is just a stupid little man who found someone UGLIER than him to marry. I guess he may need to get hammered beyond belief to get over she looks! It was disgusting to hear how he "wrecked" the Lincoln Bedroom, thanks to Clinton, the other pile of menure that unfortunately desecrated the White House and the memory of our sixteenth President. This was supposed to be the room where Lincoln died and thanks Devito and Clinton, it became just another room to rent in a proverbial whore house! And now we're supposed to believe it was all a "joke", that he was just kidding? ARE YOU KIDDING ME DEVITO, YOU INHUMAN DIRTBAG!! There are no words to describe how dispicable this botched abortion creature really is! I only hope that people no longer go to his movies not just because they're a load of crap, but because HE is in the movie!! I'm shocked that Matthew Broderick would sign on to do this type of garbage movie, after he just won Tony awards for his role in the broadway play " The Producers". Devtio basically made his Lou Depalmer character of his "Taxi" fame, more human than what he, Devito really is.

Posted at 12:16PM on Dec 12th 2006 by The truth

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