Masked Singer judges storm out over celeb reveal

One controversial contestant’s unmasking on US Masked Singer prompted two celebrity judges to walk off set.

Two judges on the US version of The Masked Singer have reportedly stormed offstage in protest following one controversial contestant’s grand reveal.

The Hangover actor Ken Jeong and singer Robin Thicke – who are on the judging panel for the US version of the celebrity reality show – left the stage in the middle of filming after former New York mayor and Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani was unmasked as one of the singers, Deadline reports.

The episode was filmed last week and is set to air later next month.

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Masked Singer judges Ken Jeong and Robin Thicke reportedly walked offstage in protest.

Fellow judges Nicole Scherzinger and Jenny McCarthy remained on-set, the publication claims.

It was not revealed how far into the competition Giuliani had managed to progress, nor what costume he was wearing (though unsubstantiated social media claims have outed him as ‘Cupcake Face’).

Giuliani, 77, a former prosecutor, has become a controversial figure in recent years, off the back of his humiliating cameo in the 2020 Borat film, a sad hair dye fail and for his support of Trump.

Rudy Giuliani is infiltrating pop culture, one year at a time. Picture: JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP

Jeong and Thicke reportedly returned to stage eventually, where the judges all had a brief chat with Giuliani.

The episode may not have aired yet but the masses over on social media are still getting a kick out of the leaked information.

YOU: Don’t Look Up was too over the top

REALITY: The Masked Singer judges walk off set after Cupcake Face is revealed to be Rudy Giuliani

— gianmarco (@GianmarcoSoresi) February 3, 2022

We are only one month into 2022 and it is already nuts.

(Hey ⁦@kenjeong⁩) https://t.co/iyiPQdNrrH

— Katie S. Phang (@KatiePhang) February 3, 2022

Rudy Giuliani being asked on “The Masked Singer” a year after trying to overthrow the government is totally shameless and borderline disturbing, and literally the funniest thing that has ever happened.

— Peter Finocchiaro (@PLFino) February 3, 2022

Don't understand these people making American satires when America is perfectly capable of doing it itselfhttps://t.co/aWWIkCVDQF

— Carli "Not Actual Gameplay" Velocci (@velocciraptor) February 3, 2022

I can’t tell if this is more embarrassing for Fox or Giuliani. https://t.co/gdzbjZoFeF

— Adam Smith (@asmith83) February 3, 2022

Rudy Giuliani's dignity being in such tatters that he accepts an offer to embarrass himself on The Masked Singer is funny to me, idk.

— the 𝕥𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕤 february love parade (@cinema_gay) February 3, 2022

The Masked Singer airs on Fox in the US.

When the network was approached by Deadline, Fox representatives declined to comment.

Giuliani is also yet to comment.

Originally published as Masked Singer judges storm out over celeb reveal