Whenever I'm channel surfing and stop at MTV, I usually end up throwing the remote so hard the television explodes. (The Red Sox wanted that pitching arm, but I said no, reporting celebrity gossip is just too important.) Seriously, MTV sucks. I guess it's fitting that for the second year in a row, they'll have comedian Russell Brand host their Video Music Awards, since he sucks almost as hard and long.

Brand -- who is currently filming the sequel to Forgetting Sarah Marshall -- was welcomed back with open arms, despite causing controversy at last year's event by ribbing the Jonas Brothers in his opening monologue.

During the show's open, Brand (a confessed former sex addict) repeatedly joked about the Jonas' purity rings, saying they should take advantage of their celeb status to get lucky. He later apologized.

"We are thrilled that despite numerous death threats from Jonas Brothers fans, Russell Brand has accepted our offer to put his life on the line and host the VMAs again this year," MTV's General Manager, Stephen Friedman, told Usmagazine.com in a statement.

Ugh, did you see that video above? I would rather watch everything else MTV has to offer, twice, instead of sitting through his VMAs again. Yes, that includes whatever Tila Tequila is doing now. Still, as awful as he is, I guess the world needs Russel Brand - Without him, what would women use to clean out their vaginas?