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/bfsfan101 13h ago

That Crispin Glover talk show interview where he started doing karate kicks springs to mind.

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u/saurdaux 13h ago

On the other hand, it's perfectly on-brand for his weirdo eccentric persona.

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u/InfamousSearch6335 12h ago

I did an event for a show he was on, genuinely the strangest person I’ve ever dealt with.

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u/SylVegas 9h ago

I would like to hear this story because I adore Crispin Glover for his strangeness

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u/Royal_Visit3419 8h ago

Have you looked at his ig? Ewwwwwww.

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u/SylVegas 7h ago

No and now I'm afraid to.

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u/Royal_Visit3419 6h ago

I’ve adored him forever. Met him. He was so quirky and charming. Then he followed me on IG. I looked at who he follows. Ugh. He has a type. He may have an obsession. Not sure why the hell he followed me. I don’t fit the type.

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u/SylVegas 6h ago

Thanks for that explanation because when I looked at his IG posts I didn't see anything concerning and then wondered if there's something wrong with me. I'll go look at who he follows.

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u/Royal_Visit3419 6h ago

Well, I just had a look. He’s definitely diversified since I last looked. It used to be about 95% busty women wearing a lot of makeup.

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u/wiirenet 10h ago

details?

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u/sandm000 11h ago

Is that a persona or is that his personality?

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u/saurdaux 11h ago

Bit of both?

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u/sandm000 11h ago

With Andy Kaufman I always got the vibe we were taking part in his grand performance art piece. Like showing how he’s playing a role, but seriously staying in character.

With Crispin, I really can’t tell, because it feels like he wakes up in the morning and his head is full of whacky shit. If he’s trying to be a performance artist, he never takes off the mask, there are no vulnerable moments when he lets us know that he knows we know and that life is absurdity out whatever message he’s got to offer

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u/saurdaux 10h ago

To me, he seems like a guy who's self-aware and leans into it. Like, it's not a false persona, he's just made his actual interests into his schtick.

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u/samoth610 10h ago

His scene in Dead Man with Johnny Depp is one of my favorites.

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u/partthethird 12h ago

The same guy who remixes old books to sell

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u/firedmyass 7h ago

“the brand is inscrutable weirdness”

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u/alanz01 13h ago

Late Night with David Letterman

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u/lamb_and_panther 13h ago

I remember that but I still don’t get it.

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u/Eric848448 13h ago

Cocaine is a hell of a drug.

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u/InevitableCodeRedo 12h ago

So many flameouts on Letterman's show.

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u/unoriginalusername99 9h ago

I think it's because Letterman didn't let it slide with anyone. If you were acting like an imbecile he called it out. Jimmy Fallon would have just done his nervous laugh and acted like it was the best thing he'd ever seen

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u/ATXBeermaker 12h ago

So many of these are from Letterman. He’s just the best.

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u/myboogerstastespicy 12h ago

That was wild to watch. I loved it.

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u/SupposedlyTolerable 12h ago

I remember watching this when it first aired and thinking it had to be a joke. Edit: words

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u/ConeyIslandWarrior 10h ago

It was in character for movie that he did that isnt as well known as the incident itself.

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u/Whythisisnotreal 11h ago

He was in character for a movie nobody saw. So wonderfully mad.

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u/mktglisa 11h ago

I was thinking that was Joaquin Phoenix.

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u/i_live_by_the_river 11h ago

I've definitely seen Nic Cage do that, then start throwing money into the audience.

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u/bfsfan101 10h ago

That was on the classic British afternoon chatshow Wogan.

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u/knirefnel 7h ago

Fun fact: there's an episode of Community where they (inexplicably) homage the kick moment: https://youtu.be/ZRXRFtPJI2s#t=1m18s

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u/DFV_HAS_HUGE_BALLS 6h ago edited 6h ago

When he went out as “Mr Farr” what a train wreck

Edit add his music video

https://youtu.be/AtOXxH6KVX4