Pitt credited with pulling in celebs for Affleck video
News
oi-Staff
By Super Admin
Washington
(ANI):
Brad
Pitt
is
being
hailed
as
the
man
responsible
for
pulling
in
the
stars
for
a
We
Are
The
World-type
comedy
recording
session
'outing'
Ben
Affleck
and
U.S.
funnyman
Jimmy
Kimmel
as
gay
lovers.
Stars
like
Harrison
Ford,
Don
Cheadle,
Cameron
Diaz
and
Robin
Williams
agreed
to
sing
for
the
'I'm
F**king
Ben
Affleck'
video,
which
aired
on
Kimmel's
post-Oscars
show
on
Feb
24.
Kimmel
instantly
turned
to
Affleck
after
his
girlfriend,
comedienne
Sarah
Silverman,
filmed
the
well-known
'I'm
F**king
Matt
Damon'
video
with
The
Bourne
Supremacy
star
for
Kimmel's
recent
fifth
anniversary
show.
But
Kimmel
had
no
idea
that
other
stars
would
willingly
agree
to
take
part
in
his
own
comedy
video.
Ford
reportedly
pitched
in
because
he
was
a
fan
of
the
Silverman/Damon
skit,
but
stars
started
tumbling
when
Pitt
agreed
to
play
a
FedEx
delivery
guy
in
the
skit.
Jimmy
Kimmel
Live
spokesman
Scott
Igoe
tells
Billboard.com
that
Pitt's
participation
prompted
other
stars
to
volunteer
and,
within
24
hours,
he
had
booked
Good
Charlotte
stars
Joel
and
Benji,
Pete
Wentz
and
Macy
Gray.
Following
this,
stars
like
Cheadle,
Williams,
Diaz,
Huey
Lewis,
Meat
Loaf
and
Josh
Groban,
booked
themselves.
Igoe
admits
many
stars,
like
Ashlee
Simpson,
Sir
Paul
McCartney
and
country
couple
Faith
Hill
and
Tim
McGraw,
were
devastated
when
they
realised
they
wouldn't
be
able
to
be
a
part
of
the
Oscar-night
TV
fun.
"Half
the
emails
I've
gotten
the
day
after
have
been
from
publicists
so
disappointed
that
their
clients
weren't
in
it
(video)," Contactmusic
quoted
Igoe,
as
saying.