I have interviewed a few people in my day. Aside from a 2 year hiatus, I have worked in radio for 10 years and interviewed several artists on air including Little Big Town, Ty Herndon and T.G. Sheppard. I have also interviewed several people {for Examiner and my other blog} including Matt Paxton {Hoarders} and the Kentucky Headhunters. You can also check out my interview section on this blog to find interviews with Sister Hazel, Aaron Tippin, Dom McManus, Jackie Collins and more. So, I think I know a thing or two about how an interview should ideally go. Just like everything, there is a way to do something and a way to not do something. So, here are some examples of horrible celebrity interviews.

Horrible Celebrity Interviews: When Interviews Go So Very Wrong

You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to conduct a professional interview. Treat others like you want to be treated, am I right? So, if you are thinking about getting into the interview game, here are some examples of bad interviews to hopefully at least school you on what not to do.

Horrible Celebrity Interviewss: Good Day Sacramento VS Cara Delevingne

Yes, I will admit, Cara Delevingne is being a bit of a pain answering the questions. She seems to have to answer every question with a smart alec answer first and then actually answer the question truthfully. She doesn’t seem like a person I would enjoy or want to interview {at least on that day, she may be wonderful otherwise}. So. I don’t have to like her to interview her. We are both there to do a job, not to become besties. She agreed to be interviewed, not to form lasting relationships with the people interviewing her.

Perhaps she was having a bad day. That is not saying that I think it’s ok to act the way she did but let’s try to have some empathy here. Regardless, people see that stuff and form opinions based on how they see actors behave in interviews. Trust. She is really only hurting herself behaving the way she did. The two interviewers did not need to call her out and act like it was their job to reprimand her. Perhaps her cat died or she was having an otherwise bad day. She is a person after all. She is also only in her early 20s. Cut the girl some slack. At any rate, no matter how she behaved, I think the interview team behaved highly unprofessionally, aside from the guy on the right who defended her. Kudos to him, by the way.

Horrible Celebrity Interviews: Krishnan Guru-Murthy VS Robert Downey Jr

On the other hand, sometimes the actor is a true professional, but you get some kind of interviewer who seems to have an ax to grind, an agenda, a personal bias or really wants to make a name for himself, no matter what. I think that is the case here. Krishnan Guru-Murthy insisted on asking question after question that made Robert Downey Jr. obviously quite uncomforable, without a bit of remorse. About half way through the interview, the questions got ridiculous and “tabloidy.”

If I made someone feel that bad, I would feel terribly guilty about it. Not this guy! He just keeps badgering him about things from the past that are, frankly, none of his business. They also are no longer relevant or “news-worthy,” so I don’t see the relevance of bringing them up today except to be a jerk. Celebrities are people, not encyclopedias with all of the information there for your taking. Robert Downey Jr finally just got up and walked out on this unprofessional interviewer. Good for him.

Moral Of The Story

I admit, it can be hard to come up with unique questions to ask stars, musicians, etc. You know these people get asked the same mess over and over and over. Ideally, an interviewee will act interested in your question and answer it accordingly. However, if you find yourself interviewing someone who treats you like an idiot, just keep it professional until the end. And then never interview or help that person promote anything again if you like. There is no need to try to publicly ridicule or embarrass them. Treat others the way you want to be treated or you will just end up looking like an idiot or a jerk in the end yourself. It’s really as simple as that.

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