Late last year, Jared Leto surprised pretty much everyone here in the MTV Newsroom by sending us a box of cupcakes from NYC bakery Sugar Sweet Sunshine.
It was his way of saying 'thanks' for a story we had done about his band, 30 Seconds To Mars, and their ongoing lawsuit with their former label, Virgin/EMI, and, to be honest, it was pretty amazing ... and not just because he included some red velvet cupckaes (those things rule). No, it was because, as one MTV Staffer put it -- "Jordan-freaking-Catalano sent us cupcakes!"
Needless to say, it was the kind of thing that doesn't happen every day ... or at least, that's what we thought. Because, at around lunchtime Thursday, Leto sent us even more cupcakes. Why? Well, read on.
See, on Wednesday, I broke the news that Leto and 30STM would be working with Kanye West on a song for their upcoming album. Jared read it, and must've been pleased, because, well ... he sent over another dozen Sugar Sweet cupcakes.
There was also another handwritten note (we like to pretend Jared wrote it ... you know, as we slowly trace our fingers over the penstrokes), thanking us for the "love" and promising to "see [us] soon."
(Apologies for the blurry photo. I had just downed two chocolate-frosted cupcakes ... was sort of jittery.)
And once again, we were thankful. But, at this rate, covering 30 Seconds To Mars is going to give me Type II Diabetes. So Jared ... while the cupcakes are much loved here in the Newsroom, perhaps for our health -- and the sake of our blooodpressure -- maybe next time, you could send over some bran muffins or steel-cut oatmeal or something?