Why Isn’t 30 Seconds to Mars’ Video for “Hurricane” on MTV? WE HAVE THE TRUTH!

The controversy over the explicit video for “Hurricane” by 30 Seconds to Mars continues. While the band had created a shortened version that supposedly clean enough to show on TV, censors still took issue with the video’s content and banned it.

MTV was, actually, not one of the networks that did this. It was in rotation prior to the premier, but was pulled. MTV is claiming that this is because there were some shots that they missed that were still a bit too explicit to air uncensored. It will be put back into rotation once the edits have been made.

But MTV are big fat liars. See, I have hacked Jared Leto’s e-mail (before you ask, no, there were no nudes, I already looked) in order to find the actual message MTV sent about the video’s banning. And I have the text here for you, the Buzznet reader, to examine:

To: Jared Leto (jleto@ihavenopores.org)

From: MTV Censors (boobsrgross@mtv.com)

Subject: Re: Hurricane Video Censorship

Jared,

It’s come to our attention that, despite the edits you made to your video for “Hurricane,” MTV is unable to air it. It has come to our attention that the video does not meet MTV’s current programming standards and thus has been removed from the rotation.

Somehow, perhaps because of the length and cinematography, it slipped by our programming directors that this was, in fact, a Music Video. I don’t know what you think MTV is, Mr. Leto, but it is certainly NOT a network that airs music videos. It would be completely contrary to our strict programming standards to air this video with music in it. I don’t know what you take us for, but we are HARDLY fools.

We would gladly, however, air a twenty-minute long video if, Mr. Leto, it was footage of you being a teenager. Also a girl. Also pregnant.

We apologize for the confusion and for getting your hopes up.

-MTV Standards and Practices

Well…I suppose that’s perfectly logical, isn’t it?