you know, i’m actually kinda irritated.

i’m all for the magic of movies and character development, etc. but this whole joaquin phoenix this-is-not-a-joke-but-now-it-is thing is just plain obnoxious.

joaquin phoenix and bro-in-law casey affleck started filming i’m still here, a movie about an actor who wants to be a rapper. but while filming, joaquin maintained this was NOT a hoax – he himself was quitting acting to become a rapper. most critics even started calling it a documentary, which by definition means it’s a film about real occurrences.

HOLD THE PHONE, because now joaquin and casey are admitting it was just “a movie.” they were surprised, in fact, that people didn’t understand that joaquin was just playing a character.

well excuuuuuse us! we didn’t see angelina jolie running around killing people in real life for her role in salt! so you can understand why we were a bit confused. and apparently i’m not the only one – both critics and audiences alike are in agreement! call it a failed experiment.

check out joaquin’s return visit to david letterman above to set things straight after his hilariously awkward appearance back in 2009.