21 Super Awkward Celeb Interview Moments That Were So, So, SO Hard To Watch
1.First up — in Kim Kardashian and Chloë Sevigny's recent Actors on Actors interview, where Kim interrupted Chloe talking about acting's impact to say, "For me, it's about the glam":
2.When an interviewer asked Nicki Minaj if she was bothered by comparisons to Lady Gaga, and she got a little defensive:
3.When Paris Hilton walked out of an interview after she was essentially asked if she was a has-been:
4.And when Joan Rivers walked out of an interview after being questioned about backlash over her wearing fur on her book cover:
5.When Katy Perry was discussing not going to a dentist growing up, and the interviewer asked why, leading to an awkward pause:
6.When Shawn Mendes was asked about his thoughts on Joe Alwyn, who was then dating Taylor Swift:
7.When Ellen blindsided Ariana Grande by telling everyone she was dating Mac Miller:
8.And when she showed Taylor Swift a slideshow of her with different men and tried to make her say who she'd dated:
9.When an interviewer kept pushing Taylor to reveal if "Style" was about Harry Styles:
10.When the hosts of The Kyle & Jackie O Show brought in one of their employees, Tim, called him "Velma," made him wear makeup to meet Taylor, told her he was a virgin, then claimed he dumped his girlfriend for her:
11.When an interviewer with The Pete Holmes Show asked Shailene Woodley this hard-hitting question:
12.When an interviewer at the 2008 World Music Awards asked Michelle Williams — who was HOSTING the show — if she sang, seemingly not knowing who she was:
13.When Barbara Walters confronted Celine Dion about how thin she was and rumors that she was anorexic:
14.When an interviewer asked Rihanna, "Will we be seeing a certain Mr. Ashton Kutcher, perhaps, making a trip over here?" at a press event for Battleship, and she replied, "Wow, how disappointing was that question?":
15.And when she was asked by another interviewer in the same press tour about dating speculation surrounding her:
16.When Larry King asked Jerry Seinfeld if he'd chosen to end Seinfeld or if it had been canceled, and Jerry got offended:
17.At the 2015 SAG Awards, when an interviewer told Rashida Jones — who is biracial — she looked tan and tropical, and Jones replied, "You know, I'm ethnic":
18.When Jimmy Kimmel made Olivia Rodrigo feel self-conscious about her teeth:
19.When an interviewer confused John Cusack with Kevin Spacey:
20.When Ben Kingsley seemed to think his interviewer was on drugs and was kind of rude to her:
21.And finally, one last one from Ellen — when she forgot Katy Perry had been married, despite having given her wedding gifts on her show: