B.J. NovakleftUshergoing “OMG” after aPunk’dprank gone sour.
“I’m meeting all these celebrities for the first time, right? It’s thrilling for me. I’m meetingMissy Elliott. I’m meeting Usher,” he recalled, adding that his best day was the stars' “worst day of their life.”
On season 2 ofPunk’d, Novak met the R&B crooner while posing as a store owner on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles. At the time, Usher’s little brother — who was secretly in on the joke — was being busted for shoplifting.
“The only way I would let the brother go is if [Usher] recorded a rap jingle for my store, which I rapped for him,” explained Novak. “And he was like, ‘First of all, I’m not a rapper. Second of all, why does it refer to ice?’ And I’m like, ‘Well, we wantedVanilla Ice.'”
Novak said Usher, now 43, was less than amused.
“He’s furious and then Ashton comes out, and he’s like, ‘Bro!’ And like, [gives Usher] a huge hug. And I’m like,” theVengeancedirector said, opening up his arms in a hug gesture. “And he’s like, ‘No, no, no, no.’ Like, your first impression of someone sticks, you know. So I have not run into Usher since.”
“I don’t think he’ll be in my next movie,” Novak joked.
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TheThat ’70s Showalum also recruited future stars to help him pull off his various schemes, including Novak,Dax ShepardandBill Hader.
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Earlier this week, Kutcher shared that he’s not inclined to revisit the series because"I have friends again."
“For a long time, I would go out and like nobody would want to hang out. They were like, ‘I am not messing with him,'” he toldExtraon Monday. “It’s nice to have friends.”
source: people.com
