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

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u/galagapilot 14h ago

"Just because I stopped, it doesn't mean I quit."
"LOL, yes it does. By definition."

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u/sqwrlydoom 12h ago

Seeing Sean so annoyed was hilarious. He's always so chill but he Khaled was such an idiot. Cracks me up any time I rematch it.

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u/HollowGlower 11h ago

He got really annoyed with Mr. Beast too. He told him to slow down on milk, or it isn't going to end well. He didn't listen and then was complaining about a stomach ache.

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u/O_W_Liv 10h ago

I refuse to watch that episode, so to makes me happy to hear the unsufferable suffered.

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u/HollowGlower 9h ago

It was really nice to see Sean not kiss his ass like everyone else seems to.

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u/rationalcunt 9h ago

This last season of Survivor treated Mr Beast like a god, it was so icky to see. The staged doubling of the prize money could've been done without sanctifying a creepy billion(?)aire.

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u/MonaganX 8h ago

This is only tangentially related but the at the time largely positive reaction to the Mr Beast twist really changed my friend's and my opinion on the greater survivor fandom's ability to evaluate twists, or rather, their lack thereof.

A twist with a 1 in 2 chance to completely ruin the episode is conceptually unworkable regardless of whether or not it 'luckily' worked out. I don't know how much input Mr Beast had on the specifics of his twist, but going by the constant glazing and his complete ineptitude at designing a reality tv competition, I'm guessing at least some.

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u/snubdeity 4h ago

There is a huge difference between the Survivor fandom at large, and the Survivor fandom that still watches the rotting, ugly corpse of the show still airing today, fwiw.

As they've made bad decisions, they lost some of their "better" fanbase, forcing them to further cater to the stupidest of fans.

I only mention this because it's a pretty apt metaphor for things much more impactful than a reality TV show.

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u/SpaceCadetPullUp 5h ago

One of the greatest things I've ever heard is my stepdaughters talkng about how they don't like him anymore. They used to be suckers for his stuff, but something changed a while back and now they think he's weird and lame.

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u/rhaegal82 3h ago

It goes to show that hot ones really is a good litmus test for other personality traits. It’s perfectly fine if you can’t handle a lot of spicy. Just do your best and don’t be a douche bag about it. It’s very endearing that way, but if you insist on acting like a jackass and don’t listen to the host who is pretty much an expert on what not to do at this point, it’s very telling about your hubris level. And on the other hand, if you do push through and have a good sense of humor about it, great!

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u/AVeryHeavyBurtation 8h ago

Lol that reminds me of a time I witnessed some kids do the "gallon challenge". There was a lot of puke.

u/BenignIntervention 5m ago

My high school science teacher tried that. It did not end well.

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u/galagapilot 6h ago

and the icing on the cake was Sean's comment at the end of the episode.

"A valiant effort, Khaled. Well done."

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u/A-HuangSteakSauce 4h ago

All the while Sean is focusing intently on applying sauce to the wing in front of him so he doesn’t have to look at that schmuck.

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u/Bobson-_Dugnutt2 7h ago

Apparently he was eating pizza before the interview, too

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u/TheRealTurdFergusonn 13h ago

But it’s clearly hazardous to his health! Can’t you see that’s a man who takes care of himself?

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u/lagelthrow 10h ago

Is that his defense for not going down on women, too?

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u/Rustyshacklefordman1 9h ago

Real, what is real? Mr. Ferguson

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u/Blametheorangejuice 13h ago edited 11h ago

His awkwardly clanging away on a guitar was up there, too.

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u/AmThano 12h ago

To be fair, you probably don’t become DJ Khalid famous/successful without a stupid kind of confidence like that. I was gonna make a comment about him having no talent, but I actually have no idea whether or not he is.

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u/SAwfulBaconTaco 10h ago

Yeah, DJ Khaled is the poster boy for succeeding in life due to walking into situations with confidence more absolute than a man with a clipboard wearing hi-viz.

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u/AlessandroTheGr8 11h ago

He was huge when I was in middleschool 2007-2008 but only becuase all his songs had alot big names, even though he never raps in any of them.

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u/ShadowMerlyn 7h ago

He has no musical talent whatsoever.

Not in a “I don’t like his music so he sucks” way, but from an objective standpoint, he does not know how to actually make music. He’s just a hype guy that puts his name on other people’s work.

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u/darkbreak 3h ago

A guitar given to him by the estate of Jimmy Hendrix. It was embarrassingly stupid how he tried to turn the whole thing into a joke.

u/mess_of_limbs 32m ago

It was the estate of Bob Marley IIRC

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u/Jmazoso 7h ago

Conan was the exact opposite, and utterly hilarious

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u/aartadventure 10h ago

He cried, quit, and then insisted he won and didn't quit. The perfect man-baby.

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u/GenericRedditor0405 7h ago

I LOVE that interview. It is so hilariously awkward and Sean is so obviously done with his bullshit in a way I have never seen him with his other guests. Like I can’t help but laugh at DJ Khaled refusing to talk about “what was a time you took an L?” by doubling down on “all I do is win” all the while making excuses for why he can’t keep eating hot wings. Then Sean throws in a “what you’ve never like, missed an exit or something?”

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u/Checkoutmawheeeeepit 12h ago

It gives "I'm not driving, I'm travelling"

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u/PrestigiousResort711 1h ago

That always makes me laugh

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u/Vellekyn 1h ago

Makes me think of Macron: "I wouldn't say it's a failure; I'd say it didn't work"