Director
Todd
Phillips
has
confirmed
that
the
monkey,
which
stars
in
his
latest
movie
Hangover
Part
II,
is
not
a
cocaine
addict
as
shown
in
the
movie.
And
the
director's
confirmation
comes
following
the
wrath
of
animal
lovers
against
his
statement.
He
has
said
that
he
is
a
comedy
maker
and
it
was
his
joke
at
the
press
meet.
In
an
interview
with
Total
Film
Magazine,
Todd
Phillips
had
said
that
he
wanted
the
monkey
to
smoke.
So
he
had
to
train
her.
But
the
monkey
would
not
stop
smoking.
He
had
added,
"Now,
I
have
PETA
after
me
because
the
monkey's
become
addicted
to
cigarettes."
After
he
came
to
know
about
the
anger
of
the
animal
lovers,
the
director
has
reportedly
sent
a
statement
to
defend
his
previous
statement.
Phillips
says
that
press
meets
will
always
have
repetitive
questions,
which
make
it
boring.
He
says,
“Sometimes
I
like
to
mix
it
up
with
the
journalists.
Obviously,
the
monkey
in
the
film
never
smoked
a
single
cigarette.
Even
if
I
wanted
her
to
smoke
it
wouldn't
be
allowed."
Meanwhile,
Phillips
has
also
revealed
that
there
will
also
be
a
scene
in
the
movie
Hangover
Part
II,
where
the
primate
is
doing
cocaine.
But
he
has
confirmed
that
she
also
did
not
do
cocaine.
"By
the
way,
she
also
appears
to
do
cocaine
in
the
movie,
but
I
guarantee
you
that
she
didn't
do
that
either," Phillips
said.