Stars Who Fired Back At Their Interviewer On Live TV

Interviewing celebrities is not always easy, neither for the

interviewer

nor for the

stars

themselves. It can be tricky to ask questions that an actor or musician hasn't answered countless times before, and sometimes innovative queries about movies, television, and music can also cause problems for everyone involved. Female celebrities are often asked about

their

clothing and bodies, and all

stars

are often victims of personal questions about

their

private

live

s or dark pasts that they have tried to bury or leave behind. Whether it was rude questions about a celebrity's personal life or just bad manners, all of these stars made it pretty clear when they'd had enough, and they let their

interviewer

s know it in a big way.

From snub to fight When Larry King interviewed Jerry Seinfeld in 2007, the legendary talk show host asked a rather silly question about how Seinfeld's hit sitcom came to an end. "180 episodes." "You gave up, right?" "I did, sir." "They didn't cancel you. You canceled them." But Seinfeld's reaction may have been a little over the top and rude, all things considered. At first, he acted incredulous that King could even ask that question. "Are you not aware of this?" He then began criticizing King, questioning his professionalism and preparation. "Do you think they canceled me? Are you under the impression they canceled me?" "Have I hurt you?

Have I hurt you, Jerry?" "I thought that was pretty well documented. Is this a real CNN?" If that wasn't awkward enough, Seinfeld then boasted about her relevance in pop culture and boosted his own ego in the process. "I went off the air, it was the number one show on television, Larry! Do you know who I am?" "Seventy-five million viewers in the last episode!" After that, King tried to calm Seinfeld down, but the funny man was not amused by the host's confusion. "Well, there's a big difference between being canceled and being number one." To make matters worse, even after Larry King apologized for the mistake, Seinfeld still attacked his intelligence. "Can we get me a resume that Larry can review?" Perhaps it's appropriate that Seinfeld was promoting his Bee Movie at the time because those comments sure hurt.

Going Too Deep In Legend, Tom Hardy played bisexual gangster twins Ronnie and Reggie Kay, but while promoting the film at the Toronto International Film Festival, he didn't appreciate the issue of his personal preferences. A journalist compared his character Ronnie, who is very open about his sexuality, to Hardy's real-life personality, who he says is a little more closed, and things went off the rails. "Is it difficult for celebrities to talk to the media about their sexuality?" "What are you talking about?" The interviewer clarified that he was referring to a previous interview for a magazine that Hardy had done years before. "I don't find it difficult for celebrities to talk about their sexuality.

Um, are you asking me about my sexuality?" When the interviewer responded affirmatively, Hardy made it clear that the issue was not up for discussion. "Because?" "Um..." "Thank you." Hardy later reflected on that viral moment and reiterated his feeling that the question was inappropriate, telling The Daily Beast: "That was a public forum, and for someone to inelegantly ask a question that seemed designed entirely to provoke a reaction... It is important to destigmatize sexuality." and gender inequality in the workplace, but putting a man on the spot in a room full of people designed solely for a lewd reaction?

If the interviewer in question was hoping to make headlines, well, mission accomplished. Missing Her Memo While promoting The Dark Knight Rises, Anne Hathaway was unimpressed with one interviewer's questions in particular about her preparation for the role of Catwoman, Selina Kyle. Additional interviewer Jerry Penacoli asked Hathaway about her physique: "You're in phenomenal shape." "Thank you!" "You're always in good shape, but you had to make sure you were in perfect shape for this one, right?" At first, Hathaway played along and offered an answer. "Hey, it wasn't about being in perfect shape, it was about being able to do the stunts and the fights perfectly." And even when he focused on her form talking about her leather outfit, she responded in kind. "It was tight.

I mean, it's not a pair of sweatpants, I wouldn't describe it as that comfortable." But then she continued to ask him about her body, asking him to share her, quote, "feline exercise regimen," Hathaway began to tire of the topic. "It's all those boring things that no one wants to do. It's just watching what you eat and going to the gym." When he didn't get the memo that she wanted to move on, she turned it around on him. "Are you trying to lose weight? What's the problem, man? You look great!" "No no." "No, seriously. We need to talk about this.

What do you want? Are you trying to put on a catsuit?" And with that, she learned her lesson. Hathaway's physical transformations for a role may be the target of a question or two, but the Oscar winner clearly doesn't think it's okay for her figure to be the central focus of a conversation. Airing Dirty Laundry Jerry Penacoli struck again in an interview with Avengers stars Scarlett Johansson and Jeremy Renner when he opened the segment by asking Johansson about a certain aspect of her own tight costume for Black Widow. "Were you able to wear underwear?" "You're like the fifth person to ask me that today." "Well, no, because…" "What's going on?" Immediately, Johansson made it clear that she found her question strange and offensive. "Since when did people start asking about their underwear in interviews?" However, instead of simply changing the subject, Penacoli stood his ground. "Because he's so tight..." But ScarJo didn't even let him finish the sentence before shutting him up. "I'll leave it to your imagination." "Aw, look..." "Whatever you feel I should or shouldn't wear under that costume." Apparently, that dismissal was not clear enough, so Penacoli continued talking about it. "Is it inappropriate?" "Ask someone what kind of underwear they wear?" "I didn't ask you what kind." "You asked me if I had any." For some reason, Jeremy Renner felt the need to step in and help Penacoli, so Scarlett relented and responded seriously. "You can't wear clothes underneath!

It's like a... it's like a wetsuit!" But she still didn't agree with the question. "Was he wearing underwear? I mean, my God. Ask Joss." When Penacoli told her that she had asked director Joss Whedon about it, she became even more disturbed. "Did you ask Joss what kind of underwear he wears?" "No no!" "What kind of interview is this?" Perhaps this incident was enough for Penacoli to earn sensitivity training before her next acting interview. Getting Deeper Before hosting the 2015 Screen Actors Guild Awards, Rashida Jones walked the red carpet, stopping to talk to TNT Red Carpet Reporter Danielle Demski along the way.

The Parks and Recreation star was excited to talk about her designer dress, but when the topic of her skin color came up, things got very embarrassing, very quickly. Evidently, Demski didn't know that Jones is the biracial daughter of music legend Quincy Jones and former model Peggy Lipton, so she asked Jones how she got her skin tone so tan. "Wow, just beautiful!" "You look amazing, beautiful! You look like you just left an island or something. You're very tanned, very tropical." Understandably, Jones was a little taken a

back

by her clueless comment, so she responded simply, "I mean, you know, I'm ethnic." Apparently Demski didn't know and her reaction was as awkward as possible. "It's just being ethnic.

That's what it is!" Jones shrugged and continued with her night, but the headlines that followed were not kind to her interviewer. Mainstreaming the Gender Issue During the course of her short-

live

d daytime talk show, Katie Couric made headlines for all the wrong reasons while she interviewed transgender model Carmen Carrera. Instead of focusing on her career and her ambitions, Couric asked about her genitals. "Was the whole process painful, physically, for you?" "Your, your, your... private parts are different now, aren't they?" Carrera then told him that she would prefer not to talk about such a personal topic and that she would rather talk about work, but Orange is the New Black star Laverne Cox weighed in on Couric's etiquette school. "I think the worry about transitioning to surgery objectifies trans people, and then we can't deal with the actual lived experiences." Cox then went on to talk about the often undiscussed realities of the transgender community, including the discrimination, violence, and employment concerns they must face on a regular basis. "When we focus on the transition, we can't really talk about those things." To his credit, Couric was all ears during Cox's speech and later admitted to feeling like a date, a "buffoon" for her misdirection, admitting that her line of questioning was a mistake and a teaching moment from which others could learn.

It is a shame that such a painful transmission was necessary to achieve that awareness. Letting It Finish In 2010, Kanye West appeared on the Today Show to discuss his infamous comments about former President George W. Bush's response to Hurricane Katrina. During a fundraising segment for victim aid, he infamously stated, "George Bush doesn't care about black people." Bush was offended by the comment and then responded. "It's not true and it was one of the most disgusting moments of my presidency." Given the journalistic value of the response, the subject of his words was certainly a valid target for Matt Lauer's interview with Kanye West, and the rapper was happy to contextualize his comments. "In a moment of emotion, labeling someone or saying a name or labeling someone as racist is... just not right." However, when Lauer had producers show West a video of Bush's segment, West became upset. "You know, I didn't need you guys to show me, um, the tape to stir up my emotions or whatever you were going to say." "You won't have to do TV stuff with me.

This is reality." As if tensions weren't already high enough, the same thing happened again when the topic of his infamous behavior at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards came up, when he ran onstage during Taylor Swift's acceptance speech. While he didn't seem upset that Lauer brought up the incident, he was bothered that a clip was played while he spoke. "Hey, how am I going to talk if you're going to run the thing in the middle while I talk?" Lauer ordered his producers to cut the broadcast, but the conversation could not be recovered. "Please don't let that happen again.

It's like ridiculous." Yes. It's quite difficult to recover from that. Thanks for watching! Click the Nicki Swift icon to subscribe to our YouTube channel. Plus, check out all these cool things we know you'll love too!