Interviews are a rare opportunity for the public to see celebrities step outside of their roles on television, in movies, or on stage. At best, the conversations humanize celebrities and inspire audiences. At worst, they spark mass criticism, judgment, which is the case in these 30+ celebrity interview stories that went south pretty awkwardly.
That One Time Jimmy Kimmel laughed at Megan Fox
During a 2009 appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” the “Transformers” actress rehashed her time as a “Bad Boys II” extra, a role she landed when she was 15 years old. Because Fox wasn’t old enough to legally hold a drink or sit at the bar, she said director Michael Bay came up with an alternative plan. He had her dress up in a stars-and-stripes bikini, a red cowboy hat, and six-inch heels to dance underneath a waterfall and get “soaking wet.”
“That’s sort of a microcosm of how Bay’s mind works,” she said. In response, Kimmel told her, “Well, some of us have the decency to repress those thoughts and pretend that they don’t exist.” Twitter warriors made him apologize for his insensitive remarks 11 years later.