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After confessing to America that his breakdown was a put-on, Joaquin Phoenix went on late-night television to explain why he did it.

Phoenix and “I’m Still Here” director Casey Affleck made separate late-night appearances this week to come clean about the elaborate prank that had the Oscar nominee leaving behind acting for hip-hop.

That move resulted in Phoenix making a bizarre, zoned-out appearance on “Late Show With David Letterman” in February 2009 as well as in the recently released faux- documentary “I’m Still Here,” which chronicles the alleged breakdown.

“We wanted to do a film that explored celebrity and explored the relationships between the media and the consumers and the celebrities themselves,” a well-scrubbed and deferential Phoenix told Letterman on Wednesday night, his first visit to the show since the infamous YouTube-worthy appearance more than a year and a half ago.

Appearing on “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” on Tuesday, Affleck said that the intent of “I’m Still Here” was to portray the arc

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