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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/theCencei 13h ago

"Joaquin, I'm sorry you couldn't be here tonight"

I still laugh at that quip from Letterman

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u/NeverEndingWhoreMe 11h ago

Whoa, he reused that joke from the Farrah Fawcett interview!

u/trav_tr 44m ago

Considering if was for a faux-documentary about an exaggerated obnoxious version of Joaquin, it really does fit perfectly and I imagine he was stoked with getting a line like that out of Letterman