19 Times Interviewers Tried To Embarrass Celebs, And It Backfired Immediately

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A bully interviewer aims to get a personage to stock thing interesting, insightful, oregon entertaining. Sometimes, though, an interviewer has a wholly antithetic goal: to marque the personage the butt of the joke.

So, present are 19 times interviewers tried to embarrass celebs, but it backfired immediately:

1. When Jane Fonda appeared connected Megyn Kelly Today successful 2017, the big tried to prod her astir cosmetic work. Jane instantly called retired that enactment of questioning and turned the speech backmost to the movie she was determination to promote.

2. In 2012, Anne Hathaway was the unfortunate of an upskirt paparazzi shot. For context, upskirting is simply a crime. When she appeared connected The Today Show, Matt Lauer (who was fired from NBC for inappropriate intersexual behaviour toward colleagues successful 2017) shamed her implicit the photo. So, Anne schooled him connected precisely wherever the blasted should be.

4. Then, connected the 1999 Academy Awards reddish carpet, Joan Rivers brought up rumors that Mariah Carey had gained weight, but the vocalist conscionable brushed her comments off.

5. When iconic supermodel Twiggy was 17, manager Woody Allen tried to marque her look unintelligent by asking for her opinions connected philosophers, but she turned the questions backmost astir connected him, proving that helium knew arsenic overmuch astir doctrine arsenic she did.

She aboriginal told the Guardian, "He was trying to marque maine look stupid. My bosom sank. I retrieve looking astatine him, pleading with my eyes for him to stop. If I was the property helium was there, successful my 30s, I would ne'er person behaved similar that towards idiosyncratic who was lone 17."

6. When a trio of Love Island contestants appeared connected Good Morning Britain, presenter Piers Morgan asked Hayley Hughes a random geometry question, seemingly arsenic a "gotcha" regarding her intelligence. However, his cohost, Susanna Reid, was speedy to crook the question backmost astir connected him.

Then, erstwhile Piers answered his ain question incorrectly, Susanna corrected him, pointing retired that the Pythagoras theorem has to bash with triangles. She besides called him retired for attempting to humiliate their 3 Love Island guests. And successful lawsuit Piers is speechmaking this — pi to the nearest 5 decimal places is 3.14159!

7. While Tyler Perry and Janet Jackson were promoting Why Did I Get Married?, a trio of reporters kept asking her astir the wardrobe malfunction Justin Timberlake caused by ripping her apical during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show. However, Tyler answered the questions himself, redirecting the speech to their movie.

8. In 2012, Lauren Conrad played the interrogation crippled "mystery sack" connected Sway successful the Morning. When she drew an invasive question astir her enactment life, she slipped it into a humble brag astir her concern acumen with a azygous word.

9. Two months aft Victoria Beckham gave commencement to her archetypal son, Brooklyn, successful 1999, TFI Friday presenter Chris Evans (the British guy, not Captain America) made her measurement herself unrecorded connected aerial to beryllium she was backmost to her pre-pregnancy weight.

So, Victoria urged Chris to measurement connected the standard himself.

In 2022, she told Vogue Australia, "I'd conscionable had Brooklyn and mislaid a batch of value after...He made maine basal connected the scales to beryllium weighed. Can you ideate doing that nowadays?!"

10. As Victoria mentioned, Chris Evans besides made her erstwhile chap Spice Girl, Geri Halliwell-Horner, measurement connected a standard earlier that year. She called retired however "traumatic" it was.

11. In 1999, TROS TV big Ivo Niehe asked Britney Spears astir rumors she had bosom implants due to the fact that "everyone's talking astir it" and showed a paper nonfiction speculating astir the rumors. So, she called retired the mode specified speculation could harm her impressionable fans.

12. In 2021 — 2 years aft Billie Eilish was mocked online for telling Jimmy Kimmel she didn't cognize who Van Halen was — she returned to Jimmy Kimmel Live to telephone him out.

13. When Joan Rivers appeared connected Good Day Sacramento successful 2009, the hosts insulted her daughter, Melissa. Calling them out, Joan instantly ended the interview.

14. When Kevin Hart appeared connected ESPN First Take, Skip Bayless tried to telephone him retired for being a spectator of the amusement (and insulted different viewers successful the process!), lone for the comedian to crook it backmost around.

15. When Helen Mirren appeared connected Parkinson successful 1975, big Michael Parkinson fundamentally asked if her bra size hindered her acting career, truthful she flipped it close backmost astir connected him.

16. In 2019, Dakota Johnson famously called retired Ellen Degeneres for lying astir not being invited to her day party.

17. While promoting Paper Towns connected Good Day successful 2015, Cara Delevingne had a sarcastic effect for the interviewers who asked wherefore she seemed "irritated."

18. In 1994, David Letterman tried to goad Madonna into kissing a random subordinate of the workplace audience, but she staunchly refused to play along.

19. And finally, connected Late Night with David Letterman, Cher revealed the existent crushed she declined to look connected the amusement for truthful long.

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