1 00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:03,120 Speaker 1: From the newsroom. 2 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:07,800 Speaker 2: A news still come today? Gooday there, I'm Andrew Bucklow 3 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:09,440 Speaker 2: and I'll tell you what. It's only Wednesday, but it's 4 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:12,360 Speaker 2: already been a pretty big week of news. We've had 5 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:14,680 Speaker 2: our team over in the UK covering the latest from 6 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:17,880 Speaker 2: Sam Kurz trial. We've had reporters over in the States 7 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:20,919 Speaker 2: filing on the fallout from Donald Trump's decision to impose 8 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:24,200 Speaker 2: a twenty five percent tariff on all US imports of 9 00:00:24,239 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 2: steele and aluminum, including from Australia, even though we're meant 10 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 2: to be best mates and have a free trade agreement. 11 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:33,120 Speaker 2: What is that all about? Anthony Albanezi jumped on the 12 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:35,680 Speaker 2: phone to Donald Trump yesterday to try and convince him 13 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:36,600 Speaker 2: to change his mind. 14 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:40,400 Speaker 3: I presented Australia's case for an exemption. 15 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:43,920 Speaker 1: I just spoke to on very fine man, and I 16 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:47,600 Speaker 1: told him that that's something that we will give great consideration. 17 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:50,440 Speaker 2: So we've had those big stories from overseas, and then, 18 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 2: as always, our entertainment team has been covering the biggest 19 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:56,600 Speaker 2: showbiz stories. He's one they're working on today. 20 00:00:56,920 --> 00:01:00,080 Speaker 4: Army Havea has done an interview with Louis Throbe. He 21 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 4: kind of calls him out at the end of the 22 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:03,600 Speaker 4: interview and says, I really didn't like the way that 23 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:06,000 Speaker 4: this started, the fact that you asked me all these 24 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:07,480 Speaker 4: questions about my scandals. 25 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 2: Now, that was our entertainment editor there. And right after 26 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:12,680 Speaker 2: he said that, in our editorial meeting, we all started 27 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:17,080 Speaker 2: sharing stories about awkward celebrity interviews we've had during our careers. 28 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:20,280 Speaker 2: There were some absolute crackers, and they're too good not 29 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:22,120 Speaker 2: to share. So in just a moment, we're going to 30 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:27,560 Speaker 2: relive our most cringe worthy moments for your amusement. US 31 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:30,120 Speaker 2: dot com dot i use Entertainment editor Nick Bond is 32 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 2: in the studio with me. Now, Nick, can we just 33 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:34,520 Speaker 2: start by talking about what happened between Armie Hammer and 34 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:35,240 Speaker 2: Louis Throw. 35 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:35,680 Speaker 5: Yeah. 36 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:36,520 Speaker 2: Absolutely. Look. 37 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 1: Armie Hammer is a thirty eight year old American actor 38 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:41,760 Speaker 1: who people might know from movies such as Call Me 39 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:44,360 Speaker 1: by Your Name, The Lone Ranger, and The Man from Uncle. 40 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 1: There's another reason you might know. In twenty twenty one, 41 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:51,080 Speaker 1: he was accused of sexual misconduct by several women. One 42 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 1: of his alleged ex's also accused him of cannibalism, claiming 43 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 1: that the actor sent her text messages that said I 44 00:01:57,400 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 1: want to eat you and I am one hundred percent 45 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 1: a cannibal. Pretty definitive there. 46 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, listen, I should say. In response, Hamma has said 47 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 2: that all of his sexual encounters were consensual and has 48 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 2: denied that he's a cannibal. Here's what he told Peters Morgan. 49 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,280 Speaker 6: I think that was just sort of like born out 50 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:16,880 Speaker 6: of a desire to sort of like I want you 51 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 6: so completely, and I want you so totally that it's 52 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 6: almost like I want to eat you. But I don't 53 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:25,160 Speaker 6: think that's any different than when someone looks at a 54 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:27,080 Speaker 6: baby and goes, oh my god, look at those cute, 55 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 6: little fat legs. I just want to eat you up. 56 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 1: They're good when you have to deny you're a cannibal. 57 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 1: The allegations completely derailed Hammer's career and saw him drop 58 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 1: from several films, which brings us to his recent interview 59 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:41,280 Speaker 1: with Louis Thereau. Hammer sat down with the British journalist 60 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:43,960 Speaker 1: for Spotify's The Louis Thereau Podcast. 61 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:44,639 Speaker 2: Now. 62 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 1: The full chat goes live today, but Louis did release 63 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 1: a little teaser which suggests that Hammer was upset with 64 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:52,960 Speaker 1: some of those allegations being raised. First thing in the interview, 65 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:53,440 Speaker 1: did you. 66 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:56,920 Speaker 2: Have anything else you wanted to see I should know. 67 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 6: I mean, I don't love the way the interview started. 68 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 6: Just to be perfectly honest, I'm not crazy about drudging 69 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:05,840 Speaker 6: up all of this stuff because for me, a lot 70 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 6: of these issues have been resolved, whether it be legally 71 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 6: or within myself, and I feel like a lot of 72 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:16,800 Speaker 6: those waters have settled. I think doing things like that 73 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 6: stirs up the water again unnecessarily. It definitely wasn't my 74 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 6: favorite beginning. I'm glad we moved past that and got 75 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 6: to a place where we could have a civil, normal 76 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:31,520 Speaker 6: conversation like that felt good. But drudging up all that stuff, like, 77 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:32,520 Speaker 6: I don't love it. 78 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 2: I hear you, and I sensed that during the chat. 79 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:38,440 Speaker 2: I think in the court of public opinion, the jury 80 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 2: is still out. 81 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 6: But my thing now is like the court of public opinion, 82 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 6: Like pick anything that the court of public opinion has 83 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 6: an opinion on, and there is a very good chance 84 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 6: that they will not be fully informed. 85 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 2: Oh, I mean, that's awkward. He's the thing. We don't 86 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 2: know exactly what happened at the start of that interview 87 00:03:56,680 --> 00:03:59,520 Speaker 2: to upset Armie Hammer because the full audio comes out today, 88 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 2: As he said, but it does sound like it had 89 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 2: something to do with those allegations that he's been through. 90 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 2: I mean, here's the thing. Surely Army must have known 91 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:08,080 Speaker 2: that Louis was going to bring up those allegations. You 92 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:10,440 Speaker 2: would never have Army Hammer on for an interview these 93 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:13,440 Speaker 2: days and not bring them up, would you be ridiculous? 94 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 2: Nick Louie is not the only journal who has had 95 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 2: an awkward interview with this celebrity. I've got heapes of 96 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:21,039 Speaker 2: stories from my career, but let's throw you under the 97 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 2: bus first. What's one of yours that comes to mind? Look? 98 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:29,359 Speaker 1: I had a pretty underwhelming encounter with Hugo Weaving a 99 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:30,160 Speaker 1: few years ago. 100 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:31,320 Speaker 2: It was a series of. 101 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:35,080 Speaker 1: Unfortunate events to paint a paint a picture. He was 102 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:39,280 Speaker 1: promoting a new TV show in Australia. The publicist came 103 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:41,239 Speaker 1: to me and said, would you like to interview Hugo Weaving? 104 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:44,279 Speaker 1: And I had a clever, cute little suggestion. I said, sure, 105 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:46,839 Speaker 1: but could I do a bit of a career spanning interview. 106 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:49,240 Speaker 1: I'll ask him a couple of questions about each of 107 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:52,120 Speaker 1: his biggest films over the years. Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, 108 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:54,160 Speaker 1: The Matrix, Lord of the Rings. He can just tell 109 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:56,240 Speaker 1: me a fun little story about each and then we'll 110 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:57,200 Speaker 1: mention his show at the end. 111 00:04:57,279 --> 00:04:59,359 Speaker 2: Yeah, much easier to get a headline, get other people 112 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:01,360 Speaker 2: interested in that story when he's talking about shows they're 113 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:02,479 Speaker 2: actually aware of. Sure. 114 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:05,160 Speaker 1: Sure, And she said, look, he's absolutely up for it. 115 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:07,599 Speaker 1: And I double checks before I spoke to him. I said, 116 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:09,920 Speaker 1: so he knows what's going on. She goes, Oh, he 117 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:12,719 Speaker 1: cannot wait to take this call and talk about his 118 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:15,839 Speaker 1: greatest films of the last twenty years. I got on 119 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 1: the phone with Hugo Weaving. He didn't have a clue 120 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:22,039 Speaker 1: what I was talking about. He said, no, no one 121 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:24,440 Speaker 1: told me about that. And I think you'll find that. 122 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:26,680 Speaker 1: I'm here to talk about the current TV show that 123 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:29,160 Speaker 1: I'm on, and now look this is on me, Bucky. 124 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:31,520 Speaker 1: I had not watched that TV show because I'd been 125 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:34,760 Speaker 1: too busy researching the last thirty years of his life 126 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 1: and career. So I think over the phone, Hugo probably 127 00:05:37,279 --> 00:05:40,359 Speaker 1: heard me scrambling, typing a lot, trying to open up 128 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:42,680 Speaker 1: the press release for his later show. It did not 129 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:43,240 Speaker 1: go well. 130 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:46,400 Speaker 2: I had one that went poorly. Just the other day, 131 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:47,880 Speaker 2: I flew up to the Gold Coast to do the 132 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:51,080 Speaker 2: Actor Awards heaves. The big celebrities were there. Russell Crowe 133 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 2: was there, Robbie Williams was there, Henry cavill was there. 134 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:56,039 Speaker 2: And I thought I'd do a little bit of a 135 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:58,039 Speaker 2: fun thing on the red carpet where I do an 136 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:01,200 Speaker 2: acting challenge because it was called the Actor Awards, right, Oh, 137 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:03,520 Speaker 2: this is cute. So I'd come up with a few 138 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 2: different scenarios and basically each celebrity would come up to 139 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:08,080 Speaker 2: me and I would tell them the scenario and then 140 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:10,600 Speaker 2: go all right, act that out for me for ten seconds. 141 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:14,840 Speaker 2: This will make a fun video. Anyway, guy ps it. 142 00:06:14,839 --> 00:06:16,800 Speaker 2: It did not go well. He did not want a 143 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:19,919 Speaker 2: bar of my idea. Have a listen to this bucket 144 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:21,360 Speaker 2: from us dot com dot A. You we are doing 145 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:24,039 Speaker 2: ten second acting challenges. Okay, you're one of the greatest actors. 146 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 2: I'm not going to do it. It's a challenge or 147 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:27,479 Speaker 2: answer silly, I'm not going to do it. That's all right. 148 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:28,720 Speaker 2: I'll answer some questions, but I'm not. 149 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:29,039 Speaker 7: Going to try. 150 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:32,720 Speaker 2: Well, I'll tell you what, um Russell Crowe obviously the 151 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 2: actor's president. Have you ever had a wild night with Russell? 152 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 2: What's your favorite memory with Russell? Well? 153 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:39,360 Speaker 3: We did a film together, and obviously that was a 154 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 3: pretty that's amazing, that's pretty my that's pretty much my 155 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:43,320 Speaker 3: memorable moment with Russell. 156 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:46,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, wof, I've seen the footage from that. You 157 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 1: guys could not get away from each other fast enough. 158 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:50,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, we're not going to be best buddies in the future. 159 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:53,239 Speaker 2: But full respect to guy Pierce. You know, he stood 160 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:54,919 Speaker 2: his ground and he doesn't have to do any of 161 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:56,880 Speaker 2: these stupid games if he doesn't want to. I also 162 00:06:56,880 --> 00:06:59,520 Speaker 2: had an awkward one with Sophie Monk, one of your 163 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 2: favorite Yes. 164 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:03,799 Speaker 1: I'm already team Sophie, and you haven't even told the story. 165 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:06,280 Speaker 2: She's one of my favorites as well. She's obviously a 166 00:07:06,279 --> 00:07:09,160 Speaker 2: big TV star now, but started out as a celebrity 167 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:12,040 Speaker 2: because she was in that band, Bardo Now. She came 168 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:14,880 Speaker 2: in last year to promote a brand that she'd recently 169 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:18,320 Speaker 2: signed on as an ambassador for. I told the publicist 170 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:20,520 Speaker 2: in the negotiations in the lead up that I wanted 171 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:22,720 Speaker 2: to ask her about this recent book, which had been 172 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:25,440 Speaker 2: written by one of her ex Bardo band members. You 173 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 2: know the book I'm talking, Yes, I do. 174 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:28,840 Speaker 1: Belinda Chappeles, the girl in the band. 175 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:29,080 Speaker 2: There we go. 176 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:29,320 Speaker 4: Now. 177 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 2: In the book, Blinda basically accused Sophie of being the 178 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:35,440 Speaker 2: one responsible for breaking up Bardo back in the day, 179 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:38,640 Speaker 2: saying that Sophie had wanted to go pursue a solo 180 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:40,800 Speaker 2: career and that's why the girls had to stop performing 181 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:43,680 Speaker 2: as a group. I told the publicist that that's what 182 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 2: I wanted to ask about, and the publicist said, yeah, 183 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 2: not a problem, everything will be fine. But it quickly 184 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:51,480 Speaker 2: became apparent during the interview that Sophie had no idea 185 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:53,560 Speaker 2: I was going to ask about that. She actually got 186 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:56,840 Speaker 2: a little bit upset. Don't get emotional. 187 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:59,160 Speaker 3: No, it's just because I don't want to say anything, 188 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:01,239 Speaker 3: you know. All I can say is and I'm sure 189 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:04,760 Speaker 3: all of us have different perspectives and experiences and saw 190 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:08,560 Speaker 3: of different things. But I'm not a manipulative person. And 191 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 3: even then I was a walk over in that band, 192 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:14,480 Speaker 3: and yeah, too young and probably for in the head. 193 00:08:14,680 --> 00:08:18,520 Speaker 3: Yeah I was only teenager, So anyway, I swore I 194 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 3: wouldn't talk about that, but then here we up. I 195 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:23,680 Speaker 3: just I do have respect for all the girls, and 196 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 3: I hope they do really good. 197 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:28,200 Speaker 2: Genuinely, just to highlight how unhappy she was, have listened 198 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:31,040 Speaker 2: to this exchange at the end of the interview, last question, 199 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:31,960 Speaker 2: I don't know how. 200 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:34,199 Speaker 3: You're going to like this one the earlier ones. 201 00:08:35,040 --> 00:08:37,480 Speaker 2: I don't say that. I feel like I've ruined any 202 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:39,160 Speaker 2: chance of Sophie Munk and I being friends? 203 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:41,319 Speaker 1: Now, Can I just say I love that the publicists 204 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:42,960 Speaker 1: of the villains in so many of these stories a 205 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:44,760 Speaker 1: stunning lack of self reflection. 206 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 2: On our past. 207 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:48,319 Speaker 1: Yeah, it couldn't possibly be us in our fun little idea. 208 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:51,600 Speaker 2: Don't go anyway. We've got more awkward celebrity encounters coming 209 00:08:51,679 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 2: up in just a moment. Welcome back, well. Christina Stara 210 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:00,800 Speaker 2: is another one of the entertainment members here at news 211 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:02,920 Speaker 2: dot com dot a you. Nick's back at his desk now, 212 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:06,560 Speaker 2: I've pulled Christine in and like me, like Nick, like 213 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:09,440 Speaker 2: Louis thora. Christine's had her fair share of awkward celebrity 214 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:11,800 Speaker 2: interviews over the years. Christine, what's the first one that 215 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 2: comes to mind? 216 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:15,240 Speaker 7: Well, top of mine would have to be Kevin Hart. 217 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:18,040 Speaker 2: Oh, I love Kevin Hat I did. 218 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 7: Too until this interview. 219 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:20,199 Speaker 2: Oh what happened? 220 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:22,720 Speaker 7: So we met up at the Parkhayatt for a junket 221 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:24,720 Speaker 7: for he was here for secret Life of Pets with 222 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:28,000 Speaker 7: Tiffany Hattish, and so it was myself and them two 223 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:30,920 Speaker 7: in the interview room. I walked in and he was 224 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:33,280 Speaker 7: on his phone. Okay, he didn't even want to get 225 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:34,840 Speaker 7: off it. He didn't even look up at me. I 226 00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:36,960 Speaker 7: was sat in the chair and then Tiffany had to 227 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:38,599 Speaker 7: hit him on the leg and be like, there's a 228 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:40,600 Speaker 7: journalist in the room, get off your phone. 229 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:42,560 Speaker 2: He blanked you, he really did. 230 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:45,240 Speaker 7: So he put his phone down, looked up at me 231 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:49,560 Speaker 7: and just was not there. Answered my questions like politely enough, 232 00:09:49,559 --> 00:09:52,679 Speaker 7: but it was just very like he just pretty much 233 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:54,120 Speaker 7: cut me off, and Tiffany had to pick. 234 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:56,920 Speaker 2: Up the slack. It's awkward with guests like that because 235 00:09:56,920 --> 00:10:00,360 Speaker 2: you expect so much from someone like Kevin Hart. Actually 236 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:03,600 Speaker 2: spoke about Kevin Hart with Kyle and Jackie Oh last year. 237 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:06,120 Speaker 2: They said very similar things to what you've just said. 238 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:07,160 Speaker 2: Have a listened to this. 239 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:09,480 Speaker 5: So, like a good example is like Kevin Hart, who's 240 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:13,000 Speaker 5: been here several times. He's the best, and he is amazing. 241 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:16,320 Speaker 5: He gives everything, He gives you all of his time 242 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:19,160 Speaker 5: and he really makes it funny. But then the day 243 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:21,679 Speaker 5: he came in with Tiffany Haddish. They were doing joint 244 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:24,880 Speaker 5: primo together, and then that day you could just tell 245 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:27,240 Speaker 5: Kevin was like, I'm gonna take my foot off the 246 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:29,079 Speaker 5: gas here, Tiffany's got this, and he let her take 247 00:10:29,120 --> 00:10:30,600 Speaker 5: it all. And he was on his phone like for 248 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:31,320 Speaker 5: most of the time. 249 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:34,440 Speaker 2: Or did he not have a chance to speak with him? Maybe, 250 00:10:34,679 --> 00:10:35,920 Speaker 2: but she loves chat. 251 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:39,440 Speaker 5: I always think like, yeah, they can't be on all 252 00:10:39,559 --> 00:10:40,040 Speaker 5: the time. 253 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:42,240 Speaker 2: There you go, You're not alone Christine Kyle and Jackie. 254 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 2: I struggled with him on that occasion as well. You've 255 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:47,959 Speaker 2: had other awkward celebrity interviews over the years, have you? 256 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:49,240 Speaker 2: I have? Okay? 257 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:52,640 Speaker 7: They always say never meet your heroes. Not that she 258 00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:55,079 Speaker 7: was my hero, but I really loved Katie Holmes from 259 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:55,880 Speaker 7: Dawson's Creek. 260 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:58,360 Speaker 2: Of course, she used to be married to Tom Cruise exactly. 261 00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 7: But when I had to interview her from a capy date, she, 262 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:04,959 Speaker 7: like Kevin Hart, blanked me. I walked in there and well, 263 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:06,920 Speaker 7: I was sat already in the chair and she walked 264 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:09,080 Speaker 7: in and she didn't make any eye contact with me. 265 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:12,000 Speaker 7: The hair and makeup and the microphone people were all 266 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:14,800 Speaker 7: fussing about her, not even a hello to me. I 267 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:18,320 Speaker 7: tried to smile politely, but I was still blanked. But 268 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:21,560 Speaker 7: then once cameras started rolling, the smile came on. She 269 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:24,720 Speaker 7: turned on. She was alive and she just gave me 270 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:27,600 Speaker 7: what I wanted. But it was still she was very 271 00:11:27,679 --> 00:11:29,160 Speaker 7: media trained, let's just say that. 272 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:31,520 Speaker 2: Great on camera, but not so great in person. 273 00:11:31,559 --> 00:11:34,320 Speaker 7: Perhaps, No, she knew the cameras were on her and 274 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:35,760 Speaker 7: she was conscious to put on a show. 275 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:38,000 Speaker 2: And Christy, just to wrap up this podcast, I think 276 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:40,800 Speaker 2: it might be helpful to explain just how these celebrity 277 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:43,480 Speaker 2: interviews actually work because they can be awkward. Right, So, 278 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:46,160 Speaker 2: when you're doing a junket interview, which is where all 279 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:48,640 Speaker 2: the media outlets get invited to come down and interview 280 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:51,640 Speaker 2: the star that's in Sydney or Melbourne, Basically you get 281 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:54,800 Speaker 2: invited to a hotel. The celebrity is sitting in one 282 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:58,040 Speaker 2: hotel room. You all line up in the corridor outside 283 00:11:58,320 --> 00:12:00,760 Speaker 2: and then one by one you get taken in to 284 00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:03,320 Speaker 2: meet this celebrity. As soon as you walk into that 285 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:07,000 Speaker 2: hotel room, your time begins. Usually only have five minutes, 286 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:07,600 Speaker 2: is that right? 287 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:10,719 Speaker 7: Five minutes? Yep? Tops You'll get like seven or something. 288 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:12,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly. So as soon as you sit down, they 289 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:15,520 Speaker 2: go on, and it's not just you and the celebrity, right, 290 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 2: you have two cameras in your face, one in yours, 291 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:20,160 Speaker 2: one in the celebrities. You have a guy holding a microphone. 292 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:22,920 Speaker 2: You have a couple of editors there, you have their manager, 293 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:26,880 Speaker 2: their makeup artist, their publicist as well. There's all this 294 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:29,640 Speaker 2: pressure you have to sit down and be on straight away. 295 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:32,400 Speaker 7: Don't have time for the formalities of saying hello and 296 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:34,480 Speaker 7: asking how they are, because you've only got the five minutes. 297 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:37,679 Speaker 7: So really you've just got to go with your questions. 298 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:39,720 Speaker 7: And I think sometimes that's what catches them off guard. 299 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:42,439 Speaker 2: Yeah, because you know, we're obviously looking for a headline 300 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:44,520 Speaker 2: here at news dot com dot au, so we can't 301 00:12:44,559 --> 00:12:46,520 Speaker 2: just have them talking about their movie for a couple 302 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:48,559 Speaker 2: of minutes because we need them to ask something a 303 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:51,480 Speaker 2: little bit fun. And so once they do their little 304 00:12:51,480 --> 00:12:53,280 Speaker 2: spiel about the film, then you've only got a couple 305 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 2: of minutes left to have some fun with them. But 306 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:58,680 Speaker 2: then it's crazy how quickly you get cut off, right, 307 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:01,520 Speaker 2: how the person behind the camera holds up their fingers 308 00:13:01,559 --> 00:13:03,920 Speaker 2: and they say you have sixty seconds left, and you're like, us, 309 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 2: I swear I've only been in here for like two minutes, 310 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:08,560 Speaker 2: and then you just have to rush and try and 311 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:11,640 Speaker 2: get something really quickly as soon as the interview finishes. 312 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:15,520 Speaker 2: It's rare to even get a photo with the celebrity nowadays. 313 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:17,600 Speaker 2: I think they just usher you out and then the 314 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:21,319 Speaker 2: camera guys just pull out two memory cards from the cameras, 315 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:23,199 Speaker 2: one of the footage of you, one of the footage 316 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:25,640 Speaker 2: of the celebrity, and that's it. You're on your way. 317 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:28,000 Speaker 2: So you've got like four minutes of content that you 318 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:30,080 Speaker 2: have to try and turn around into an article to 319 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:32,360 Speaker 2: promote this person's movie, but also get clicks on yours 320 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:35,520 Speaker 2: dot com dot you. Honestly, why do people do this job? Christine? 321 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 7: I don't know. It's really hard. It's just an adrenaline 322 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:40,599 Speaker 7: rush for that entire five minutes. It's a lot of pressure. 323 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:43,200 Speaker 2: Out of everyone you've met, who was the celebrity that 324 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:46,400 Speaker 2: you just loved, You were like, oh, they were incredible. 325 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:48,800 Speaker 2: They lived up to everything that I thought they were 326 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:49,160 Speaker 2: going to be. 327 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:52,480 Speaker 7: I have to say she wasn't a major celebrity, but 328 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:56,600 Speaker 7: Kristen from vander Pump Rules was pretty cool. Our junket 329 00:13:56,640 --> 00:13:59,800 Speaker 7: was overwine at one of the I think it was 330 00:13:59,840 --> 00:14:03,439 Speaker 7: the Universal Offices in Sydney and we just sat there 331 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 7: and had a chat like it was just two girlfriends 332 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:08,000 Speaker 7: having a wine talking about the series. 333 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:11,000 Speaker 2: So I think that's the secret. More celebrities just need 334 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:12,920 Speaker 2: to give us wine before the interviews. Were all going 335 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:16,040 Speaker 2: to walk away thanking their legends. I think so, Christine, 336 00:14:16,040 --> 00:14:18,560 Speaker 2: thank you for sharing your stories. Thank you to Nick 337 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:21,360 Speaker 2: for sharing his stories. And if you're a celebrity listening, 338 00:14:21,480 --> 00:14:23,400 Speaker 2: I promise that will be nice to you. We just 339 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:25,720 Speaker 2: want to have a fun chat, okay, Love 340 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:30,160 Speaker 3: You, Follow us, subscribe to from the newsroom, wherever you 341 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:32,040 Speaker 3: get your podcasts.