Joaquin Phoenix Trips on Letterman

I care only enough to post here and say that I'm not interested in silly celeb antics like this. And the only reason I DO post here about that is because I really wish I didn't have to see pics and stories about them all over the place.

This inspires me.

After viewing the video of Joaquin rapping, I just hope he has socked away a good deal of money from his acting, because I can't imagine anyone actually paying to hear that drivel.

Im not so sure he will be a good hip hop artist. I loved his performance as Johnny Cash though

I've heard rumors this is a hoax. He is staging a "celebrity meltdown" and his friend, actor Casey Affleck, is filming it.

Why do these random doofuses always want to take up rap as an alternate4 career? Why not Polka, or anything else that will guarantee a laugh?

hell yeah i support Joaquin Phonenix no matter what...as an actor, musician, and human being...

Let's drop some acid and smoke some chronic...

Normal people just don't understand...

I think this guy woke up one day and went like...Geez...I'll try something new, I'm sick of the movie stuff...I have enough money to live without working...errr...wait!!! I'll rap, yeah that sounds fun, exciting and different...people know me, I can get high and get chicks in my vids...sure...now I am a rapper!!!

I'm trying to figure out why people though/think Andy Kaufman was funny. I can't think of anyone I find less funny... maybe Rodney Dangerfield. That being said, David Letterman is a douche and I wasn't humoured at all by his question/response banter with Joaquin. If anything, it made Joaqiun look even more stoned. And who cares if he was? Who hasn't been stoned at least once in their lifetime?

Didn't he pull this during some other interview several years ago? I remember something about bugs crawling out of his head, or something like that.

making a lot of money through acting or some type of performance must really eff you up mentally...

He's totally messing with us. That's how the Phoenix family is. Have you seen Joaquin's other interviews, ex. "Is there a frog on my head?" Not much different.

Whatever it was made for good TV. I thought it may have been a bit because it was so weird. But Paul and Dave both ganged up on him all bets were off. Phoenix almost got up when he put the gum under the desk, he should have walked off at that point, that would have made it even better.

But my personal view, Phoenix dropped some Xanax, or acting has turned him mental. Rapping? C'mon. he's giving white boys a bad rap everywhere, pardon the pun.

kid at the dentist just made my whole day, i was literally crying.... people started to stare.

If he's kidding or not, it doesn't matter! Joaquin is obviously a master at whatever he's doing!

who cares simon rex is now dirt nasty maybe phoenix will wash up the rest of the way and become his alternate id osama beard rappin... wonder where he gets his shit must be good

joaquin. fuck the haters. do yo thing. have fun

leave juaqin alone

" Is this going to be forever..? " I' ve said that a couple of times in my life...

Joaquin might be going through a weird phase... it doesn't seem to be hurting his career though...

I think he lost his mind after he worked in the movie (the gladiator ).
May be he thinks he is Cessar.

I think he is mentally ill (and on drugs).

Oops I watched that and his hokey ass rap!

No man, can't you tell he became Muslim and joined the rest of us nuts. The beard tells the story...

OK time to put the bong down for awhile you have had to much to smoke it will be OK just sit down and have some HO-HOs and Kool-aid you will be OK

i can't believe people care so much, and how could you not think this was at least partially staged. he is just fucking around, he's said he quit acting and is going to be a rapper, and then it comes out that he is making some mockumentary. i think it's pretty obvious what's going on. he is a great actor though to pull that off, i would have busted out laughing. plus they do shit like that on letterman a lot, it's just more obviously fake than this.

David Letterman is a asshole.

Publicity, publicity, publicity! It doesn't matter if he is for real, we're all talking about him. And if he is serious, we'll all be anxious to see if he can really sing and/or rap. Nice goin', Joachin! I could not have promoted you better; and thanks for stickin' it to Letterman, LOL!!!!

Hiarious vid Cantuc.

It's interviews like this that show you how skilled a guy like Letterman is. He can turn even awkward moments into something hilarious. Really bizarre.

It looks like bipolar type behavior to me. Maybe he felt pushed into being an actor by god knows what influences and he's finally decided to come out and try something different. Maybe he's finely just being himself, crazy as that maybe. More power to him.

He is on crack!

All outward signs of coming down from getting "stoned!"

Any accolades had about this actor are in the overflowing ashtray filled with stubs of his "blunts!"

Yep it sure was a trip.

Letterman asking if he was here was great!

Phoenix was in a parallel universe...somewhere....

well, as weird as it is...that's a sweet ass beard

I thought this was hilarious!! He is SUCH a great actor. No matter if this is a stunt (I am leaning towards this idea) or not, he is brilliant!!

Letterman's responses make this worth watching, not Joaquin's dazed and disconnected act.

I really have never seen anything quite like this.

Why would we even give a rats ass about some millionaire actor or ex actor making a complete fool of himself on dave's show. At the very least Andy Kaufman was funny and worth watching, this fool looked so wasted it hurt too see someone obviously out of his mind whatever is left of it.

That fool in the video rapping is not Joaquin, that's my homie Guillermo. Asshole! he didn't invite to that shit! it looked like fun. so that's how it is now memo?

Probably a upcoming movie nobody knows about yet. If it is this has to be the best publicity stunt ever.

Reminds me of Harvey Pekar and his interviews with Letterman... Harvey was the real deal and Dave treated him like dirt...

Only time will tell where this is going...in the meantime he is getting mad press by acting like he's clinically depressed or just stopped giving a f*ck. Either way, at least it is interesting to see people not get all excited about nothing.

Yes, I know I just used a double negative, tell your mom not to freak out.

I'm with donnyin3d, in either case WHY? He's a great actor, please come back to acting, before you have to. Do it for the love of acting. you know you love it. Everyone needs some down time but that's really down....

pretty sure he was tripping...but i agree with the other posters who think it's a Kaufman move...still a big Joaquin Phoenix fan though...i don't think i could have hated any one more than i did Commodus in the gladiator

He's losing it obviously, hollywood is a macabre place, you would'nt believe the the kinds of things celebrities do at private parties....but anyway... Hollywood is the devils playground, and if you aren't careful you can get hurt, like his brother, God bless his soul....

But I think people are misconstruing him. I think that little episode of him rapping was a spontaneous thing, and that was a joke, but him quitting his acting career probably isn't and the claim that he may be starting a music career is the joke, i think people are confused about whats going on...But then again, i don''t know LOL

I dont know...part of me thinks this is a stunt. Hes a good enough actor and its so ridiculously over the top that I think this is all for publicity. Either that or he really has lost it. I guess in time we'll see.

I'm really not sure which was worse - the interview...ok I was being generous - the scene where he sat there and tried to remember where he was and the host tried to figure out where he went - or the rapping.....they're both so.....disturbing.

I think he's pulling an Andy Kaufman.

that was deliciosly awkward. he was deffinitly high as a kite. you need more then glasses to hide that. i think the crowd was getting stoned just looking at him.

He probably was, his parents were hippies that raised him and his brother on a communal camp; you don't think he hasn't done his fair share of drugs? He's wearing sunglasses, mumbling partial sentences, and is clearly somewhere else mentally... he's definitely tripping, and honestly, I doubt he really cares, lol. Tripping is a mind-opening experience, everyone should do it at least once... people have been tripping and smoking since the dawn of our existence; just stay off crack, heroin, and prescription meds and drug use is safe, fun, and exciting :-)

Having said that... Joaquin Phoenix.... the next Marky Mark?!?!

OK...if in fact I haven't fallen into an alternate universe...and I pray to all that is holy I have ...then that means the above video is actually of Joaquin Phoenix..um...rapping? Wow...that's just...how does one put this without being hurtful......interesting - in that Chinese curse sense of the word. EEK! He's such a talented actor....one question Joaquin....why?

I still like and support Joaquin Phoenix. This interview was much like the "forced" interactions I commonly encounter at family parties.
I can definitely relate to his demeanor, as I never feel obligated to answer random questions. I've heard talk that he was "on something", and that's an easy judgment to make. But who are you to judge?

Let him BE. Positive thoughts go out to you, Joaquin Phoenix.