Newsflash: celebs are awful to interviewers

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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.

I guess the interviewer shouldn’t have “started it”/made the comment, then.

Yep, don’t comment on pregnant bodies. Nobody wants to hear they look due any minute when they are 5 months along or that it looks so uncomfortable. A professional interviewer should know better but apparently didn’t. I bet she learned that day.

Yes, congrats on your little bump when the pregnancy has been announced is just like that. :/

Don’t trifle with pregnant women especially if you’re not friends like that. A congrats is enough.

What Blake Lively did was much worse. She then commented on the interviewers body and the interviewer later said I read they couldn’t have children. Don’t announce you’re pregnant then! It’s not like they went up and touched her or anything.

The interviewer set herself up for that. Sounds like she was in the wrong profession. Thin skinned and bad on her feet with clunky statements. Also still going on about it? What a loser.

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I get that press junkets are no fun for the actors but what was weird to me, besides the unrelenting hostility from Blake, was that the interviewer asked about the costuming for the show and Blake started off by suggesting it was an offensive question but spent so long answering it that she ended up demonstrating it was a perfectly valid question.

I did kind of assume Blake was having a bad day and decided to take it out on this poor person which is wrong but as someone said isn’t the worst crime either.

Suggesting Blake’s behavior is all justified because of that first comment about the bump (on someone who was 6 months pregnant?) is just crazy

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve worked these junkets and in defense of the celebrities, they are mindless assembly lines and the reporters do not always ask the best questions. Sure she was rude but with the the “bump” reporter gave to make if about herself? Was Blake supposed to know she was infertile? Ridiculous.

Of course not. Blake was supposed to play the game. She’s being paid lot of money to do that. She didn’t. This interview didn’t get out earlier because the movie totally flopped.

You are an actor. Act polite. If you want to play feminist than you need to wait for a bad question. She didn’t get one she got appropriate questions and she mishandled them.

I just saw a clip of Benedict Cumberbun or whatever his name is and Kiera knightley do an interview and the male interviewer stated by telling Kiera (who looked gorgeous) that she “looked worn out.”

Benedict was clearly shocked and said did you just tell this beautiful woman she looks worn out? and Kiera goes “yea?!! F**k you!”

Kiera was rude but it’s being celebrated because she stood up for herself and clapped back at a rude question. She acted appropriately.

Blake did not.

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Blake comes off as the pretty, popular woman and her sycophant friend ganging up on another woman for sport. The interviewer made a *minor* faux pas by saying "bump" instead of just "congrats on the baby." The interviewer is also a non-native English speaker and a woman, so deserves the benefit of the doubt regarding what is, at worst, a slightly more invasive comment.

If the reporter is truly infertile as she claims; she should know commenting on a pregnant woman’s body is inappropriate. Full stop. And to harbor resentment 8 years later? Yeah, no.

Sure, it's not appropriate. The interviewer is Finnish and was likely repeating a phrase she'd heard other English-speakers use and did not know it could be considered inappropriate.

The resentment she harbors is for Lively treating her like garbage for the rest of the interview. The interviewer made a faux pas. Lively went for blood. I totally get why the experience stick with her.

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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.

+100 plenty of famous people are jerks but most play nice for the camera

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Anonymous wrote:OP I want to know which celebrities were nice!

op - ok! I stopped a while ago so these are older examples.
Phillip seymour hoffman (rip)
justin bateman (so nice)
renee z (stands out in memory for being so nice)
julia roberts
anne hathaway
tom h
colin farrell
owen wilson and luke wilson
bill clinton!
francis ford coppola so cute
maya rudolph
chris rock
michael douglas
Frasier!

awful:
joaquin phoenix. tore me to shreds like a total ahole and wish i could get the b roll.
Mr Big (such a douche)
ed norton
carey mulligan so dismissive
Jane birkin (of birkin bags - absolutely the worst person and would never have that bag based on her personality and behavior)

there were many many others and everyone else was just fine. Those were the ones who stuck in my memory for being terrible or super nice.

This "nice" list makes me so happy!

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Anonymous wrote:I get that press junkets are no fun for the actors but what was weird to me, besides the unrelenting hostility from Blake, was that the interviewer asked about the costuming for the show and Blake started off by suggesting it was an offensive question but spent so long answering it that she ended up demonstrating it was a perfectly valid question.

I did kind of assume Blake was having a bad day and decided to take it out on this poor person which is wrong but as someone said isn’t the worst crime either.

Suggesting Blake’s behavior is all justified because of that first comment about the bump (on someone who was 6 months pregnant?) is just crazy

I agree with this take but also think Lively could put the whole thing to bed by just issuing a statement saying "That was not me at my best-- I was pregnant and tired of answering the same 4 questions all day and did not appreciate having someone comment on my body. But I can see looking at this video now that I overreacted and was unnecessarily rude to someone who, like me, was just a person trying to do their job. I apologize for how my behavior must have made the interviewer feel, especially knowing the experience stick with her. I hope we can all put this behind us."

Like apologize while putting it in the proper context and you're done. Lively us stretching this out by refusing to address it directly and leaking "friend if the actress" comments defending her bad behavior.

I've heard Lively famously does her own styling (side note: the dress she is wearing in this interview is hideous). Perhaps she also does her own PR.

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Anonymous wrote:OP that doesn't surprise me at all. Celebrity is a form of power and if course some celebs abuse it.

Re: Blake, the thing about that video that is so uncomfortable is not that she "claps back" about the bump comment. If Blake has responded to that comment with "please don't comment about my body" and then gone on to give a normal interview, I'd have lots of respect for her-- while many women would unbothered by that comment it's true it is a bit odd to comment on someone's body in that way. Setting that boundary would be good.

But Blake felt the need to *punish* the journalist. She didn't merely set a boundary, she went after the interviewer. Who was (1) Finnish, and therefore should probably be cut some slack for her use of English-- let's see how many faux pas Blake makes when trying to communicate in Finnish, and (2) apparently was struggling with infertility at the time. And Blake felt the need to put this woman in her place because why? She made a slightly invasive comment about a pregnancy that lots of people make all the time?

Yes!

First of all the comment was harmless when they are so public about their family and developments.

But second, she could dismiss it with "thanks let's focus on the movie" and just move on and do a normal fake-friendly interview. That's called class.

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Anyone who has been pregnant has had the experience of random people starting conversations based on the bump. It’s awful! But I never would have made any sort of comment like that in return. Her publicist could have included it in the notes for the junket (ignore the huge belly!) or specifically called it out as the next one enters the room, but I’m guessing she didn’t based on Blake’s reaction and overall demeanor.

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Anonymous wrote:OP that doesn't surprise me at all. Celebrity is a form of power and if course some celebs abuse it.

Re: Blake, the thing about that video that is so uncomfortable is not that she "claps back" about the bump comment. If Blake has responded to that comment with "please don't comment about my body" and then gone on to give a normal interview, I'd have lots of respect for her-- while many women would unbothered by that comment it's true it is a bit odd to comment on someone's body in that way. Setting that boundary would be good.

But Blake felt the need to *punish* the journalist. She didn't merely set a boundary, she went after the interviewer. Who was (1) Finnish, and therefore should probably be cut some slack for her use of English-- let's see how many faux pas Blake makes when trying to communicate in Finnish, and (2) apparently was struggling with infertility at the time. And Blake felt the need to put this woman in her place because why? She made a slightly invasive comment about a pregnancy that lots of people make all the time?

Yes!

First of all the comment was harmless when they are so public about their family and developments.

But second, she could dismiss it with "thanks let's focus on the movie" and just move on and do a normal fake-friendly interview. That's called class.

Also classy would be apologizing if you misspoke to move things along. An interviewer should be better able to navigate thisl.

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Everyone needs to stop jumping on the bashing certain people band wagons. It’s such a sad statement about society. Can’t you guys think for yourselves? Do you all really wake up and hate Blake Lively on the same day? No. You are followers and should examine why you follow the masses.

These interviewers are always asking awful and inappropriate questions. No wonder celebrities are done with them at a certain point.

In no way was what she said to that reporter bad. The reporter should have known better. And she is milking it now because everyone is jumping on the bash Blake bandwagon.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve worked these junkets and in defense of the celebrities, they are mindless assembly lines and the reporters do not always ask the best questions. Sure she was rude but with the the “bump” reporter gave to make if about herself? Was Blake supposed to know she was infertile? Ridiculous.

Of course not. Blake was supposed to play the game. She’s being paid lot of money to do that. She didn’t. This interview didn’t get out earlier because the movie totally flopped.

You are an actor. Act polite. If you want to play feminist than you need to wait for a bad question. She didn’t get one she got appropriate questions and she mishandled them.

I just saw a clip of Benedict Cumberbun or whatever his name is and Kiera knightley do an interview and the male interviewer stated by telling Kiera (who looked gorgeous) that she “looked worn out.”

Benedict was clearly shocked and said did you just tell this beautiful woman she looks worn out? and Kiera goes “yea?!! F**k you!”

Kiera was rude but it’s being celebrated because she stood up for herself and clapped back at a rude question. She acted appropriately.

Blake did not.

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Blake comes off as the pretty, popular woman and her sycophant friend ganging up on another woman for sport. The interviewer made a *minor* faux pas by saying "bump" instead of just "congrats on the baby." The interviewer is also a non-native English speaker and a woman, so deserves the benefit of the doubt regarding what is, at worst, a slightly more invasive comment.

If the reporter is truly infertile as she claims; she should know commenting on a pregnant woman’s body is inappropriate. Full stop. And to harbor resentment 8 years later? Yeah, no.

Sure, it's not appropriate. The interviewer is Finnish and was likely repeating a phrase she'd heard other English-speakers use and did not know it could be considered inappropriate.

The resentment she harbors is for Lively treating her like garbage for the rest of the interview. The interviewer made a faux pas. Lively went for blood. I totally get why the experience stick with her.

The resentment she harbors for 8 long years over this? Move on.

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Anonymous wrote:OP I want to know which celebrities were nice!

op - ok! I stopped a while ago so these are older examples.
Phillip seymour hoffman (rip)
justin bateman (so nice)
renee z (stands out in memory for being so nice)
julia roberts
anne hathaway
tom h
colin farrell
owen wilson and luke wilson
bill clinton!
francis ford coppola so cute
maya rudolph
chris rock
michael douglas
Frasier!

awful:
joaquin phoenix. tore me to shreds like a total ahole and wish i could get the b roll.
Mr Big (such a douche)
ed norton
carey mulligan so dismissive
Jane birkin (of birkin bags - absolutely the worst person and would never have that bag based on her personality and behavior)

there were many many others and everyone else was just fine. Those were the ones who stuck in my memory for being terrible or super nice.

Eh, some of the folks on your list are A listers with publicists who have been trained to be nice when the cameras are rolling or when engaging with the public (eg, waitresses or fans).

Comics like Maya and Rock tend to be cool.

Kelsey Grammar is a known womanizer and burned a ton of bridges in Hollywood. He’s known to be a jerk.

Justine Bateman - I think she cosplays the Gen X poster child these days…pretending to be soooo laid back and sooooo antiestablishment/anti materialism while living a very privileged life. I think she abandoned acting too soon when her big shot at a movie career flopped (Satisfaction was really, really bad…mostly because she can’t act) and it kills her that her brother is an A lister while she scrambles to find fulfillment. She seemingly went all in on being counterculture to compensate, but it comes off as very know it all…which speaks volumes about who she is and how she really feels.

So what - no one said these people were angels. The fact that some of these "nice" people may have issues or even be as*holes in other areas of their lives just underscores that fact that ACTORS should be able to be decent to interviewers - even imperfect interviewers with not great questions. Its a part of their job! Just be a professional, non-jerk for 30 minutes and then carry on with your as*holery in your personal life afterwards.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve worked these junkets and in defense of the celebrities, they are mindless assembly lines and the reporters do not always ask the best questions. Sure she was rude but with the the “bump” reporter gave to make if about herself? Was Blake supposed to know she was infertile? Ridiculous.

Of course not. Blake was supposed to play the game. She’s being paid lot of money to do that. She didn’t. This interview didn’t get out earlier because the movie totally flopped.

You are an actor. Act polite. If you want to play feminist than you need to wait for a bad question. She didn’t get one she got appropriate questions and she mishandled them.

I just saw a clip of Benedict Cumberbun or whatever his name is and Kiera knightley do an interview and the male interviewer stated by telling Kiera (who looked gorgeous) that she “looked worn out.”

Benedict was clearly shocked and said did you just tell this beautiful woman she looks worn out? and Kiera goes “yea?!! F**k you!”

Kiera was rude but it’s being celebrated because she stood up for herself and clapped back at a rude question. She acted appropriately.

Blake did not.

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Blake comes off as the pretty, popular woman and her sycophant friend ganging up on another woman for sport. The interviewer made a *minor* faux pas by saying "bump" instead of just "congrats on the baby." The interviewer is also a non-native English speaker and a woman, so deserves the benefit of the doubt regarding what is, at worst, a slightly more invasive comment.

If the reporter is truly infertile as she claims; she should know commenting on a pregnant woman’s body is inappropriate. Full stop. And to harbor resentment 8 years later? Yeah, no.

Sure, it's not appropriate. The interviewer is Finnish and was likely repeating a phrase she'd heard other English-speakers use and did not know it could be considered inappropriate.

The resentment she harbors is for Lively treating her like garbage for the rest of the interview. The interviewer made a faux pas. Lively went for blood. I totally get why the experience stick with her.

Maybe she shouldn't use phrases if she doesn't understand the impact of them. Can I start using slurs in the workplace and telling people that it's OK because I don't realize they are inappropriate?

The reporter is coming off just as badly as Blake is.

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone needs to stop jumping on the bashing certain people band wagons. It’s such a sad statement about society. Can’t you guys think for yourselves? Do you all really wake up and hate Blake Lively on the same day? No. You are followers and should examine why you follow the masses.

These interviewers are always asking awful and inappropriate questions. No wonder celebrities are done with them at a certain point.

In no way was what she said to that reporter bad. The reporter should have known better. And she is milking it now because everyone is jumping on the bash Blake bandwagon.

Agree!

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve worked these junkets and in defense of the celebrities, they are mindless assembly lines and the reporters do not always ask the best questions. Sure she was rude but with the the “bump” reporter gave to make if about herself? Was Blake supposed to know she was infertile? Ridiculous.

Of course not. Blake was supposed to play the game. She’s being paid lot of money to do that. She didn’t. This interview didn’t get out earlier because the movie totally flopped.

You are an actor. Act polite. If you want to play feminist than you need to wait for a bad question. She didn’t get one she got appropriate questions and she mishandled them.

I just saw a clip of Benedict Cumberbun or whatever his name is and Kiera knightley do an interview and the male interviewer stated by telling Kiera (who looked gorgeous) that she “looked worn out.”

Benedict was clearly shocked and said did you just tell this beautiful woman she looks worn out? and Kiera goes “yea?!! F**k you!”

Kiera was rude but it’s being celebrated because she stood up for herself and clapped back at a rude question. She acted appropriately.

Blake did not.

+1

Blake comes off as the pretty, popular woman and her sycophant friend ganging up on another woman for sport. The interviewer made a *minor* faux pas by saying "bump" instead of just "congrats on the baby." The interviewer is also a non-native English speaker and a woman, so deserves the benefit of the doubt regarding what is, at worst, a slightly more invasive comment.

If the reporter is truly infertile as she claims; she should know commenting on a pregnant woman’s body is inappropriate. Full stop. And to harbor resentment 8 years later? Yeah, no.

Sure, it's not appropriate. The interviewer is Finnish and was likely repeating a phrase she'd heard other English-speakers use and did not know it could be considered inappropriate.

The resentment she harbors is for Lively treating her like garbage for the rest of the interview. The interviewer made a faux pas. Lively went for blood. I totally get why the experience stick with her.

I am a native English speaker and took the interviewer as meaning nothing more than "congrats on your pregnancy, which you publicly announced." The response was frankly shocking. And so instant, too.