Hold the pickle!
Michael Rapaport was revealed Wednesday night because the Pickle on Fox’s “The Masked Singer.”
The 53-year-old actor and comedian has played lots of “tough guy” type roles on television in “My Name is Earl,” “Prison Break,” “Justified” and “Only Murders within the Constructing” to call a couple of but his latest small screen appearance definitely had essentially the most crunch.
Wearing his signature green tuxedo and top hat, Pickle kicked off 2000s night together with his rendition of “Beverly Hills” by Weezer.
And he was stuffed with Big Dill Energy.
Rapaport delivered a performance that was all sweet and never sour, ad-libbing the words “pickle, pickle’ into his song.
*NSYNC crooner Lance Bass hit the stage with a “lovely collection of pickles with beautiful wigs” and googly eyes to deliver Pickle’s clue. The box was labeled “Friends,” causing Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg, 50, to suggest it could be an actor from the forged of the NBC hit sitcom or perhaps someone that guest-starred on the comedy.
“Well I’ve done so many things for therefore a few years, and folks at all times associate me with my famous friends,” Pickle teased.
“I desired to tell Lance to inform the opposite contestants to go a-bye, bye, bye,” Pickle added. “‘Cause it’s over tonight! Bye, bye, bye!”
When it was time for the judges to make their guesses Nicole Scherzinger guessed the slender veggie was actor Charlie Sheen, Ken Jeong thought he was shock-jock Howard Stern, and Wahlberg selected late night host and funnyman Conan O’Brien.
Robin Thicke, 46, was adament Pickle was Joel McHale due to funky dance moves. The “Blurred Lines” singer even quipped that if it wasn’t McHale, then he’s never seen the actor dance before.
The entire judges were in fact incorrect, marking the primary time all 4 struck out this season.
“I like that they never got me,” Rapaport said in an interview with Variety. “I used to be scared shitless that they were going to figure me out. But I loved that I got away scott free. And I used to be very pleased with that. It’s since the voice wasn’t the persona that they consider as Michael Rapaport. The voice is golden.”
“The Masked Singer” airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET on FOX.