Jim Carrey and 50 Cent Dancing Together Resurfaces: 'Favorite Video Ever'

A resurfaced video from 2009 of Jim Carrey dancing with 50 Cent has racked up millions of views as people dub it "my favorite video ever."

The 13-year-old video shows Carrey dancing erratically on stage with the rapper as he performs his hit single In Da Club.

The pair were partying at the Sundance Film Festival on Carrey's birthday and 50 Cent even changed the lyrics to the song in honor of the Ace Ventura star.

"Go Carrey, it's your birthday," he rapped to a smiling Carrey, who took off his glasses to spin his head around while bent over.

He then showed of some of his trademark physical comedy with exaggerated hip hop dance moves.

50 Cent loved the actor's performance and couldn't help but laugh during the 24-second clip.

"The Twitter user who posted the resurfaced video Jim Carrey performing with 50 cent might be my favorite video ever," they wrote in the caption.

Since posting less than 48 hours ago, the clip has been viewed almost 16 million times.

One Twitter user wrote: "This video so funny cause they couldn't help but laugh lmao."

Another added: "This is now also hands-down my new favorite video on the internet."

The rapper has remained friends with Carrey and continued to wish him a happy birthday years down the track.

"Happy birthday to jim carrey wishing you many more," 50 Cent wrote on a tweet with a photo of him and Carrey posing for a selfie in 2001.

Carrey recently found himself in hot water after another resurfaced clip showed him appearing to forcibly kiss Alicia Silverstone on the lips at an awards ceremony 25 years ago.

The clip is from the 1997 MTV Movie Awards and it shows a then 35-year-old Carrey seemingly forcing a kiss on the mouth of the then-19-year-old Silverstone as he accepted the award for best comedic performance for Cable Guy.

A movie fan dug up the old clip after Carrey appeared on CBS Mornings earlier this year to condemn Will Smith slapping Chris Rock during the 2022 Academy Awards ceremony.

The clip, shared by Twitter user @ycsm1n reads: "says the guy who sexually assaulted alicia silverstone on stage."

Another Twitter user added: "Jim Carrey is bold...didnt he kiss Alicia Silverstone on stage without consent and she said she felt humiliated?"

Newsweek contacted Carrey's representatives for comment at the time of publication. He has yet to publicly comment on the incident.

Carrey said on CBS Mornings Smith should have been arrested after he walked onto the stage during the Oscars ceremony and slapped Rock who had made a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith.

"I was sickened, I was sickened by the standing ovation," Carrey said, referencing the applause for Smith when he won Best Actor for his role in King Richard moments later.

"I felt like Hollywood is just spineless en masse and it really felt like this is a really clear indication that we're not the cool club anymore."

Host Gayle King then asked Carrey: "If anyone else had walked from the audience and done that, they would've been escorted out by security or maybe even arrested."

To which Carrey stated: "He should have been."

Another clip from the same movie awards in 1997 that resurfaced earlier this showed Carrey attempting to plant another unwanted kiss on Smith himself.

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