Late night talk show personality Jimmy Kimmel interviewed the five emcees scheduled to host the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards last night, and two of them--American Idol’s Ryan Seacrest and Survivor’s Jeff Probst--ended up in a fistfight.
Seacrest, Probst, Dancing with the Stars’ Tom Bergeron, Deal or no Deal’s Howie Mandel and Project Runway’s Heidi Klum, are penned to host the Emmys on September 21st.
The apparent brawl was sparked by a question Kimmel asked the emcees regarding how much each was getting paid to host the event.
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