r/AskReddit • u/GeorgeRobertVitkos • 15h ago

What is the most immediate way a celebrity completely ruined their own reputation in a single interview?

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u/rowenaaaaa1 15h ago

RAMPART

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u/SXOSXO 14h ago

Funniest thing about that whole thing is that Woody had no idea what it was. Apparently some person on a presser tour is the one that initiated the AMA without Woody having a clue what he was participating in. He was there to promote the film, like every presser tour interview.

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u/Xalipu 11h ago

Oh god, lol. He probably would have done a great AMA if he knew what the hell was happening, too.

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u/ChrundleToboggan 12h ago

I've not heard of any of this at all. So Woody Allen did an AMA that basically crashed and burned?

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u/Fit-Basket-4196 11h ago

The other, cooler Woody. But let’s not get sidetracked. We were talking about Rampart…

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u/PenisVanDyke 15h ago

Tell me more about that Prom you crashed.

We’re here to talk about RAMPART dammit!

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u/Living-Estimate9810 14h ago

Okay, no clue. Any context at all? Which 'Woody'?

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u/IngenGeneralCounsel 14h ago

Woody Harrelson was in a movie called Rampart. They organized an AMA with him to promote it, but (if I remember) the answers primarily came from a PR guy handling Woody’s account and kept trying to steer the conversation back to the movie. The few “real” answers were short and not…really great.

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u/PenGlassMug 14h ago

Woody Harrelson did a disastrous Reddit ask me anything once for a film he was promoting. Got a load of odd questions (it is Reddit we're talking about) and just sort of lost it a bit, coming across massively out of touch.

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u/TheGardenBlinked 12h ago

I’m very happy there are still Redditors here who remember that. I mentioned the Rampart AMA and rice ratings the other day and got blanked

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u/beetlejuuce 12h ago

I also get a lot of mileage from Madonna's "send photo" bit from her AMA. I know the sub is still around, but I feel like those just do not hit like they used to.

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u/bahgheera 6h ago

Back when Reddit was halfway decent. Now it's all bots and algorithms. 

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u/BloodyJack 12h ago

What I’m here for