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US reports suggest Daft Punk always planned to cancel Colbert Report
TV pull-out part of MTV VMAs promotion?
Tags: Daft Punk
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Daft Punk caused controversy this week in the US, after they pulled out of a scheduled TV appearance at the last minute - but new claims suggest the duo's cancellation, and subsequent replacement by Robin Thicke, was all planned.
The Random Access Memories stars were reportedly set to appear on The Colbert Report on Tuesday, 6 August 2013, but when they failed to show up, were slammed as 'click and clack' by the show's host, Stephen Colbert. They were ultimately replaced by r&b star Robin Thicke, who performed his mega-hit 'Blurred Lines'.
Now however, Billboard claims that Thicke's performance was recorded on 31 July, a week before the apparent cancellation - which Robin Thicke has since made reference to.
During Colbert's criticism of Daft Punk's cancellation, he 'accidentally' let slip the fact that they had cancelled due to contractual obligations to the MTV Video Music Awards, where they are also set to perform. It is now thought that this was all part of an elaborate promotion for the VMAs.
See a video of Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon dancing to Daft Punk below
Conflicting reports from The New York Times claim that Daft Punk were planning to appear on The Colbert Report - but not to perform or even be interviewed.
Below: behind the masks - Daft Punk, Slipknot and more unmasked
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