Rudy Giuliani was spotted out and about in New York City on Thursday with his girlfriend, the morning after his long-awaited and controversial appearance on The Masked Singer, which caused judge Ken Jeong to walk offstage in protest.
Giuliani, 77, looked dapper in a brown blazer and purple tie with matching pocket square as he walked to work with his girlfriend, 57-year-old Dr. Maria Ryan, by his side.
The couple have been together since 2018, when Giuliani’s marriage to his third wife, Judith Nathan, broke down.
The former New York mayor kept his head down, his expression grim, as they walked from his Uber to the office.
On Wednesday’s episode of The Masked Singer, Giuliani delighted in revealing his identity.
But her appearance on the show was met with confusion from the judges.
On the FOX show, celebrities show up in costume for a panel of judges, unaware of their identities.
Performances are judged by Jeong, best known for appearing on the series The Hangover, along with Robin Thicke, Nicole Scherzinger, and Jenny McCarthy.
Giuliani dressed up as Jack in the Box and sang George Thorogood’s ‘Bad to the Bone’.
After Giuliani removed his mask, Scherzinger was heard to ask, “Is that Robert Duvall?”
Jeong, 52, replied grimly, “No, that’s not Robert Duvall.”
Rudy Giuliani was spotted out and about in New York City with his girlfriend after his long-awaited and controversial appearance on Masked Singer was finally revealed on Wednesday night, sending judge Ken Jeong offstage in a huff.
Giuliani, 77, looked dapper on Thursday morning as he walked to work, his girlfriend, 57-year-old Dr. Maria Ryan, at his side.
Giuliani kept his head down with a frown as they walked from his Uber to the office.
Robin Thicke said it was the last person he expected, but smiled awkwardly.
Jeong fumed with his arms crossed, even as Giuliani told the audience that he had participated to show his newborn granddaughter that you should “try everything.”
When it was time to sing without his costume again, Jeong walked off the stage and declared, ‘I’m done!’
McCarthy and Scherzinger stayed and cheered him on, dancing as he sang an off-key chorus.
If Thicke also left, as Deadline reported in February, after the show was taped, the producers edited it out.
Jeong is now being teased for his theatrical response to the 77-year-old’s appearance on the reality TV show.
Surprise! Lightning rod attorney Rudy Giuliani’s long-awaited appearance on The Masked Singer finally aired on Wednesday, after his involvement was first reported in February.
Not funny: Comedian Ken Jeong reacted in shock and eventually walked off stage in protest
As Giuliani performed, Jeong said ‘I’m done’ and walked off the stage.
Jeong, who rose to fame on The Hangover, bristled with his arms crossed, even as Giuliani told the audience that he had participated to show his newborn granddaughter that you should “try everything.”
At least someone found it funny! McCarthy couldn’t hide his amusement after Rudy was unmasked
Although the episode was heavily edited, it seemed that Jeong didn’t leave right away, but walked away in disgust a bit later in the show.
The episode did not show judge Robin Thicke leaving the stage, as previously reported, although at one point it appeared that Thicke was missing as the other judges danced.
After the bombshell reveal, host Nick Cannon initially tried to keep things light by joking around with Giuliani as usual.
“We’re all surprised that you’re here on The Masked Singer,” Cannon said.
“This is definitely something I never would have imagined,” Judge Robin Thicke added.
“Me too, me too,” Giuliani replied, explaining that he decided to appear on the show to show his granddaughter that “you should try everything, even things that are completely different from you and unlikely.”
“And I couldn’t think of anything more unlike myself and unlikely than this,” the former Trump lawyer said.
He added that he had been a fan of the show for a long time and thought it would be fun to appear, saying, “I don’t have much fun.”
Despite a hint referencing the notorious Four Seasons press conference fiasco, none of the judges were able to guess Giuliani’s identity.
McCarthy assumed it was Joe Pesci; Thicke guessed Robert Duvall; Jeong proposed to Elon Musk and Scherzinger thought he was Al Roker.
After his identity was revealed, a wildly off-key Giuliani sang George Thorogood & the Destroyers’ ‘Bad To The Bone’ to close out the episode.
Giuliani performed dressed as Jack in the Box, and no judge guessed his identity
Host Nick Cannon unmasks Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday night’s episode of The Masked Singer
“We’re all surprised that you’re here on The Masked Singer,” Cannon told Giuliani.
What is the problem? Giuliani told the judges that he doesn’t “have a lot of fun.”
The first episode of the season aired last month and some had speculated that the controversy over Giuliani’s appearance would lead to FOX removing him from the show.
In 2020, Giuliani unwittingly appeared in Borat 2, in a compromising scene with Borat’s daughter, who she thought was a journalist for a conservative Eastern European news show.
In January of this year, the House committee investigating the US Capitol insurrection issued subpoenas to Giuliani and other members of Donald Trump’s legal team who filed bogus legal challenges for the 2020 election.
Giuliani fed the lie that the elections had been stolen from the former president.
The committee continues to expand its reach into the Trump orbit, this time demanding information and testimony from Giuliani, Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell and Boris Epshteyn.
All four publicly pushed Trump’s baseless claims of voter fraud in the months after the election.
“The four people we quoted today advanced unsubstantiated theories about voter fraud, pushed forward efforts to overturn election results, or were in direct contact with the former president about attempts to stop electoral vote counting,” said the representative of Mississippi, Bennie Thompson. , Democratic chairman of the panel, in a statement.
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