Pitbull, host of this year’s American Music Awards, is making a little news on Twitter tonight for a rather lame joke about President Obama’s executive amnesty immigration order:
I can only assume the scheduled host of the AMAs overdosed, and they were forced to use a valet parking attendant named Pitbull
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) November 24, 2014
https://twitter.com/KMCashKM/status/536688476687585281
Come on #AMAs2014 . Really w/the politically tinged immigration themed opening act by @pitbull? Not necessary. Can we just enjoy the music?
— Tara Setmayer (@TaraSetmayer) November 24, 2014
https://twitter.com/anniepechenik/status/536687843339681793
Not even the people who landed a satellite on a comet can explain why Pitbull is famous.
— NotKennyRogers (@NotKennyRogers) November 24, 2014
That clap got lighter when Pitbull mentioned Obama's executive order on immigration. #AMAs
— Complex Music (@ComplexMusic) November 24, 2014
Here’s the actual “joke” via The Hollywood Reporter:
“You guys already know I’m Cuban, but you know America, not all Latinos are Mexican — maybe we are,” to a roaring applause, he looked around and noticed that among the audience are those who are “black, white, pink, purple, orange, Asian, Latinos — and guess what? President Obama said, we can all stay!”
And he also mentioned, “ABC found out last year that when I spoke just three Spanish words, ratings went up 142 percent, so get ready for three hours of just subtitles!” After greeting the audience with a few Spanish phrases, he laughed, “That’s another four million viewers!
But does ABC really care about Latin viewers as much as Pitbull says they do?
Glamour magazine notices something a little odd about the AMA telecast:
Kind of odd that Pitbull keeps talking about the #AMAs' Latin audience, but they didn't air the Favorite Latin Artist award, right?
— Glamour (@glamourmag) November 24, 2014
ABC and Pittbull get wet exploiting Latinos, but Enrique only gets a shout out for Favorite Latin Artist. What?! #AMAs
— Daniel Casillas (@Leinadnahte) November 24, 2014
Burn!
Latin Artist award aint getting no love on your tv screen apparently. #AMAs
— Kozza (@Kozza) November 24, 2014
Well, it looks like Enrique Iglesias was performing in Dublin, which would explain his absence from the telecast:
Thank you #Dublin! You guys were amazing tonight #lostinthecrowd #SEXANDLOVETOUR http://t.co/Itbmit7Cre
— Enrique Iglesias (@enriqueiglesias) November 24, 2014
Oh, well. Maybe next year!
Editor’s note: This post has been changed to correct a typo.
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