This is the moment Bruno Tonioli ‘shoots’ Simon Cowell with crossbow
This is the moment Bruno Tonioli ‘shoots’ Simon Cowell with a crossbow in a Britain’s Got Talent joke that has now been branded ’embarrassing’ by some.
The show is reportedly in trouble after the ‘inappropriate’ prank between auditions, in which Simon pretended to be seriously injured.
New judge Bruno, 67, was given a crossbow to shoot his music mogul boss, but was spooked when Simon pretended the arrow had knocked him down and injured him.according Suncaused some offense among the live audience.
It wouldn’t be the first time the Syco boss has played this trick, either, as he previously pulled the exact same prank on America’s Got Talent.
Images on TikTok showed the moment. where strict judge Bruno is said to have been misled into thinking he shot Simon to death in front of the live audience, with actual victims calling the prank disrespectful.
Awkward: This is the moment Bruno Tonioli ‘shoots’ Simon Cowell with a crossbow in a Britain’s Got Talent joke that has now been branded ’embarrassing’ by some
Joke: The new judge, 67, was given a crossbow to shoot at his music mogul boss, but freaked out when Simon pretended the arrow had knocked him down and hurt him.
The publication reports that prior to Simon’s prank, an act was on stage performing a balloon-shooting routine.
Deciding to have a laugh between acts, Simon and Bruno are said to have also taken the stage with a crossbow, the latter blindfolded.
He was then allegedly told to shoot, unaware that the longtime judge was ready to pretend that he had shot her by having a rigged crossbow impaled in his chest by the crew.
Simon is said to have laid on the ground playing dead as a paramedic rushed to help him in front of the live audience, leaving Bruno shocked.
MailOnline has contacted representatives from Bruno Tonioli, Simon Cowell and Britain’s Got Talent for comment.
While everyone reportedly got a laugh after Simon admitted he wasn’t serious, some fans weren’t all that impressed with the choice of joke.
The Sun reports that the victim of the crossbow attack, Laura Sugden, said: “I can’t believe it’s allowed on the show.” It is not regulated, but it is a lethal weapon.
I have been in a situation where I have lost someone. For Britain’s Got Talent to show that as a joke, I find it really disrespectful.
One trick pony: It wouldn’t be the first time the Syco boss has played this trick, either, as he previously pulled the exact same prank on America’s Got Talent (pictured by AGT in 2021)
Action Plan: Deciding to laugh in between acts, Simon and Bruno are said to have also come onstage with a crossbow, the latter blindfolded.
Medical Help: Simon is said to have laid on the ground playing dead as a paramedic rushed to help him in front of the live audience, leaving Bruno shocked.
Supposedly, Bruno was an easy target for Simon as the newest judge to join the show this year, taking over from David Walliams.
The former Strictly Come Dancing judge reportedly told friends he didn’t immediately know the BGT incident was a stunt, and thought it was “inappropriate.”
A source close to the star added that the stunt felt wrong in light of the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins while working with Alec Baldwin on his film set in October 2021.
However, a source from BGT told the publication: “This is a light-hearted skit on the show between the judges, and is not intended to cause any offence.”
Actually, Simon pulled off the exact same prank before on America’s Got Talent in 2021, instead casting Sofia Vergara as his victim that time.
With the exact same turn of events at the time, which aired on the show, Sofia was left in shock as she was convinced that she had hurt him.
But revealing that he was joking and removing the arrow from his chest, Simon laughed as a relieved Sofia managed to see the funny side as well. #
Since joining the BGT panel, Bruno has been at the center of a slew of feud rumors with his fellow panel members, as Judge Alesha Dixon has admitted he is ‘absolutely exhausting’ to work with.
Speaking about her new fellow judge during an appearance on Capital Breakfast recently, the singer joked that the former Strictly Come Dancing judge “doesn’t know how to sit still.”
She said: ‘Yeah, he doesn’t know how to sit still. It’s like sitting next to an excitable puppy, I’m not even exaggerating.
‘The first day I was like, what’s going on here? It is absolutely exhausting.
And again: Simon previously pulled the exact same prank on AGT, where he lay on his back and pretended not to be able to move, with a fake arrow through his chest (pictured in 2021)
Concerned: That time, Sofia was the victim, since she was the one who shot and was relieved to know that he was not hurt.
New Addition: Bruno is supposed to have been an easy target for Simon as the newest judge to join the show this year, taking over from David Walliams (Judge panel pictured as LR Bruno, Alesha Dixon, Amanda Holden and Simon)
The talent judge also quipped that he could handle kindergarten “much better than I could handle Bruno.”
While before filming began, Amanda Holden and Alesha refused to sign contracts for the latter series because they were said to be furious that the new judge Bruno had been offered a salary to match theirs – an estimated £850,000.
According to The Sun, Amanda and Alesha sent the latest series into chaos with bosses scrambling to secure TV favorites ahead of filming in London last month.
A source told the publication at the time: ‘Amanda has been with BGT for 17 years, while Alesha is in her 11th year. They don’t think it’s fair that a newcomer enters the program and receives the same treatment as them.’