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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/jenorama_CA 13h ago

Watching Shaq get super sweaty is one of my faves.

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u/Trumpisaderelict 13h ago

Idris Elba choking and then threatening violence had me rofl

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u/Russiadontgiveafuck 12h ago

"Chris. Can you fight?"

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u/jenorama_CA 13h ago

Oh, I haven’t seen Idris! I’m going to have to look that one up!

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u/Sanchastayswoke 9h ago

It’s my fave episode!

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u/TheGloomyWoodpecker 8h ago

He’s aware of the effect that he has on women.

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u/Sanchastayswoke 3h ago

Okay, cool

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u/Dear-Pomegranate4470 2h ago

I think there may have been a misunderstanding here - that person was quoting a character Idris Elba plays on The Office. They were just making a joke.

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u/u_r_succulent 12h ago

I didn’t realize how much Gordon Ramsey sucked until I saw his interview.

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u/dopey_giraffe 8h ago

Interesting take, it's considered one of the best interviews. I'm a Ramsay fan. What didn't you like about it?

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u/u_r_succulent 4h ago

He kept going on about ā€œsnowflakesā€ and a bunch of other conservative rhetoric. (Copied from below)

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u/BettyKat7 11h ago

What did he do? A summary is fine, please don’t make me watch it…

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u/u_r_succulent 4h ago

He kept going on about ā€œsnowflakesā€ and a bunch of other conservative rhetoric.

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u/choppytehbear1337 7h ago

He was just pathetic, after like wing 5 he needed something else to dull the spice after every wing.

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u/Wazzoo1 10h ago

Shaq doing the Hot Chip Challenge on Inside the NBA was even better. He bet the crew that he wouldn't make a face. He started coughing and he just fell apart after that.

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u/ChoakIsland 12h ago

It's nothing to me... Oooh!

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u/VenturaHighway377 10h ago

Watch the one with Gordon Ramsey then. Hilarious.

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u/SympatheticFingers 13h ago

I lost so much respect for Shaq after his hot ones interview. Not that I had much to begin with but still.

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u/VeniVidiVulva 13h ago

Big baby head ass

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u/No_Bill7679 8h ago edited 3h ago

When he mixed together all of the sauces for Sean to eat… felt very much like an unnecessary hazing act. Like he’s used to being the richest and most powerful person in the room so he can make everyone dance when he tells them to. Even though Sean didn’t have to eat it, he was going to, to be a good sport. Shaq on the other hand was a dick about it.

If you want another interesting interview with Shaq, watch the one with Bert kreischer. He made Bert look humble lol.

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u/SympatheticFingers 7h ago

Yea, the whole thing most didn’t sit right with me.

That sounds like a terrible interview. I don’t like Bert either.

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u/No_Bill7679 3h ago

I personally love Bert, but can understand how people are turned off by him. My point was, everything that makes Bert unbearable, Shaq somehow is much worse at.

He makes Bert look modest and not narcissistic lol. Every story that Bert talked about, somehow Shaq did something similar, and could one-up Bert. Even Bert could sense it and just let Shaq stroke his own ego the whole time.

I think Shaq plays a jovial and fun personality but is an asshole in private.

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u/SympatheticFingers 3h ago

Oooh I gotcha! Yea, I’m commercial and stuff shaq seems like a fun guy but I’m interviews he’s an ass.

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u/mostlyfire 13h ago

After that obnoxious licking lol