Newsflash: celebs are awful to interviewers

[Anonymous]

I was an entertainment reporter/ producer for a major national network for some years and Blake Lively is by NO means the only celeb to be awful to an interviewer. It's easier for me to count the ones who weren't. I was berated, ogled, scored, scolded, ignored, made to feel like I was the worst, the stupidest, kept waiting for hours or in one case days.
Celebs think interviewers are like worse than gum you stepped in. And for too long have been allowed to treat them as such. I wish I could grab all my old junket and red carpet tapes and make an edit to show all the times this happened.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was an entertainment reporter/ producer for a major national network for some years and Blake Lively is by NO means the only celeb to be awful to an interviewer. It's easier for me to count the ones who weren't. I was berated, ogled, scored, scolded, ignored, made to feel like I was the worst, the stupidest, kept waiting for hours or in one case days.
Celebs think interviewers are like worse than gum you stepped in. And for too long have been allowed to treat them as such. I wish I could grab all my old junket and red carpet tapes and make an edit to show all the times this happened.

I was a reporter a long time ago, and I have no doubt that what you say is true. Many people put on a nice act but are absolute creeps. What makes the Blake Lively situation different is that she allowed herself to be filmed acting like a jerk and did not put on a nice act for the interview.

[Anonymous]

Hmm. I think most humans aren't built to be forced to have a constantly patient and tolerant persona in the public eye. Only very self-controlled humans can do that, and the folks with artistic temperaments often aren't the self-controlled type.

For example, Tom Cruise, who is regularly vilified on this site for his personal life choices, tightly controls his public appearances and what he says in his very rare interviews. He's got it right - it's the only way to not put a toe out of line one day when you've got too much going on and nothing's gone right. But to learn that, he spent years making the occasional blooper.

Politicians are usually a better regulated bunch, although you have the occasional bozo who will also attack journalists. Usually morons on the right.

[Anonymous]

Thank you. I am honestly bewildered by this Blake Lively situation.

[Anonymous]

I guess Blake Lively is off the hook, then! Jk

[Anonymous]

So Blake Lively acted like a jerk the same as many other celebrities.

[Anonymous]

What is the video of Blake Lively that you are talking about?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hmm. I think most humans aren't built to be forced to have a constantly patient and tolerant persona in the public eye. Only very self-controlled humans can do that, and the folks with artistic temperaments often aren't the self-controlled type.

For example, Tom Cruise, who is regularly vilified on this site for his personal life choices, tightly controls his public appearances and what he says in his very rare interviews. He's got it right - it's the only way to not put a toe out of line one day when you've got too much going on and nothing's gone right. But to learn that, he spent years making the occasional blooper.

Politicians are usually a better regulated bunch, although you have the occasional bozo who will also attack journalists. Usually morons on the right.

Tom Cruise jumped over a couch on Oprah. That was nuts. They realized he needs to be in a tight rope or he will start talking about Theton (sp??) and science fiction Scientology nonsense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hmm. I think most humans aren't built to be forced to have a constantly patient and tolerant persona in the public eye. Only very self-controlled humans can do that, and the folks with artistic temperaments often aren't the self-controlled type.

For example, Tom Cruise, who is regularly vilified on this site for his personal life choices, tightly controls his public appearances and what he says in his very rare interviews. He's got it right - it's the only way to not put a toe out of line one day when you've got too much going on and nothing's gone right. But to learn that, he spent years making the occasional blooper.

Politicians are usually a better regulated bunch, although you have the occasional bozo who will also attack journalists. Usually morons on the right.

Tom Cruise jumped over a couch on Oprah. That was nuts. They realized he needs to be in a tight rope or he will start talking about Theton (sp??) and science fiction Scientology nonsense.

PP you replied to. Exactly. And I dare any of you to behave with due decorum 100% of the time in public or while being interviewed if you had those jobs and the temperament to rise to the top.

I write this so that people manage to separate in their minds what's rude or strange but ultimately forgivable, compared to what's criminal - ie, Weinstein et al. I'm not defending celebrities who act out. But they're not criminals.

[Anonymous]

Celebs all allow themselves to be filmed being awful it’s like half of junket interviews. Those are usually done by peons like me and then they don’t use the bad bits. Anyone could go back and pull all that sound. So bad.
Blake is no better and deserves the judgement. It’s not ok.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was an entertainment reporter/ producer for a major national network for some years and Blake Lively is by NO means the only celeb to be awful to an interviewer. It's easier for me to count the ones who weren't. I was berated, ogled, scored, scolded, ignored, made to feel like I was the worst, the stupidest, kept waiting for hours or in one case days.
Celebs think interviewers are like worse than gum you stepped in. And for too long have been allowed to treat them as such. I wish I could grab all my old junket and red carpet tapes and make an edit to show all the times this happened.

Who were the nice ones?

[Anonymous]

I am no Blake Lively stan but it is rude to comment on someone else's body.

[Anonymous]

It’s her job. Her job is to promote movies she’s in so people will see them and she gets paid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s her job. Her job is to promote movies she’s in so people will see them and she gets paid.

It’s her job to be an ahole?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am no Blake Lively stan but it is rude to comment on someone else's body.

I agree that it's rude. Both ways. Blake countering with asking about the interviewer's non-pregnant bump was gross.