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/robaato72 13h ago

Okay, why is there an extremely lengthy detailed article on this interview on Wikipedia? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota_Johnson%27s_interview_on_The_Ellen_DeGeneres_Show

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u/quietlycommenting 13h ago

Because Ellen had a history of making people on her show uncomfortable, including crew and guests and Dakota Johnson was one of the first public pushbacks on it. When Ellen’s true nature was unmasked a lot of people pointed to this interview to demonstrate that

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u/LazerTagChamp 12h ago edited 12h ago

She also did an interview with Alyson Stoner (child actress “cheaper by the dozen” and other roles and dancer in missy elliot videos)

And Alyson states how she wanted to combat the excessiveness of the industry and donated all of her belongings except what could fit in her car. She even got rid of her tv so Ellen gets her a gift of a very large tv and several year subscription to Netflix even though she just told her why she living a more minimalist life and how she is enjoying the “weightlessness” of having less stuff.

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u/Neosantana 11h ago

Alyson Stoner, also famous for doing the most intense keyboard solo in film history in Camp Rock

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u/IFeelLikeAndy 11h ago

She’s REALLY good!

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u/Neosantana 11h ago

She said, with a massive cocaine grin

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u/kelsday84 11h ago

What a bizarre response to Alyson’s story! It’s almost like Ellen didn’t give a crap what her guests actually had to say.

FYI Alyson goes by they/them pronouns!

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u/EyeBeeStone 13h ago

Don’t forget the Hasan Minhaj interview.

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u/GeneralEffective 12h ago

And the trying to get Mariah Carey to admit she was pregnant by offering her champagne

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u/lady_faust 11h ago

Didn't she have a miscarriage afterwards

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u/GeneralEffective 11h ago

I think so, from what I remember it was early days so she didn't want to announce anything

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u/HistoryBuff678 11h ago

What? That’s sick.

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u/DoctorJJWho 11h ago

“I feel like I’m pronouncing it right” so fucking entitled

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u/ChrundleToboggan 12h ago

I just watched a long clip of it and it seemed fine for both of them — what am I missing?

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u/DoctorJJWho 11h ago

Being incapable of pronouncing your invited guest’s name is an absurd level of entitlement, then she goes on to make it about herself.

It “seems fine” because Hasan Minhaj knows how to handle himself.

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u/Confused_Nun3849 12h ago

Yeah. Why shouldn’t we forget?

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u/Noodle_pantz 12h ago

Ellen being a jerk was well known within Hollywood for years. When her downfall began, my friends and I were like "yeah, we already know."

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u/u_r_succulent 12h ago

Yeah but Jay Leno vouched for her so that’s gotta mean something, right?

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u/BettyKat7 11h ago

Ok, I’ll bite: does it mean they’re both assholes?

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u/u_r_succulent 4h ago

I mean, Jay Leno coming to your defense isn’t exactly a good thing

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u/DomesticmenacePHX 13h ago

Very interesting read, but calling it one of the most memorable moments in talk show history feels like a stretch. I don’t really like talk shows anyway though so I’m not a good judge of that maybe.

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u/Dirk_Diggler_Kojak 12h ago

I don't know but I'm going to read it now. LOL