It must be a sign of the times that you can read an article about Eminem and Moby and think, "God, I remember when those two were relevant." Well, back in my day kiddies, Eminem had public spats with just about everyone, from Britney to Christina to Fred Durst. But there was one infamous(?) incident at the VMAs that made Kid Rock and Tommy Lee's "fight" last year look like, well, a sad fight between two aging rock stars looking for once last shred of publicity/dignity.

The occasion in question involved Eminem getting all up in vegan peacenik Moby's face and shouting some stuff at him. Seriously, this happened six years ago, but Eminem is working shit out on his 9th step amends right now, so he's offered a public apology to Moby in his picture memoirs, Eminem: The Way I Am.

Apparently it was that damn puppet dog's fault:

He was already tense that night at the VMAs when Christina Aguilera took the stage - then MTV staff sat Moby behind him. Both are artists Eminem had dissed in his lyrics. Moby, in fact, had then taken to his Web site to criticize the rapper's misogyny and homophobia.

"Okay, what are they trying to do?" Eminem asked his seatmate, fellow hip-hop artist Proof. "Then this dog puppet gets up in my face."

That would be Robert Smigel's Triumph the Insult Comic Dog from the Conan O'Brien show.

"I had no idea what that dog was," Em says, "so my natural reaction was, 'Get the f- out of my face.' And that's when I kind of lost it and a half. I stuck my fingers basically on Moby's nose, right in his face, like, 'F- you.'"

Lol, this story makes no sense. Eminem freaked out at a puppet and then turned around and took it out on Moby, who to be fair, does sort of resemble one of the Muppets. Whatever Eminem, it works if you work it!