Sometimes celebrities have no choice but to put rude interviewers in their place. Like the time we Phoenix clashed with a reporter who opened with a bizarre backhanded remark. >> Economic environmental impact in these troubled times.
>> Excuse me. >> Kidding. >> You're so much fun.
You know what? I think our interview is going to last about two seconds. >> I know.
So, this movie is it's such a heartwormer. I cried three times during the course of it. I don't believe you've ever cried in your life.
>> Well, you know, it's a cruel and hard world being me, but I like to lie. >> Things only got worse from there as Phoenix spent the rest of the interview in an understandably sour mood before abruptly cutting things short. >> What did you learn about yourself and your voice and >> absolutely nothing?
>> Yeah. Came out cold. >> These things happen.
>> They do. And besides enjoying themselves when people see this film, what do you hope that people glean from it when they walk out of the cinema? >> Thank you.
>> And while Phoenix fired back with sarcasm, Adam Drver took a much harsher approach when dealing with a pompous movie critic. >> What do you think about crash scenes uh that they looked pretty harsh, drastic, and I must say cheesy for me. What do you think about them?
>> I don't know. Next question. >> Yet this next reporter just wouldn't back off, repeatedly bringing up Mike Tyson's violent past just to provoke him.
>> I'm trying to get to the bottom of you said things like before fights about your opponents. I want to punch him on the tip of the nose to drive his the bone up through his brain. >> You know what?
What do you want to get from this? >> I want to see how much I want to see how much you've changed, Mike. You're a different person now, aren't you?
>> You're irritating me now. I'm um I guess I did change because I'm not um assailing you, but um you're irritating me right now because I feel that you're evoking stuff from the past. That stuff is 15, 20 years ago.
>> That's when the reporter crossed a line, bringing up the tragic death of Tyson's four-year-old daughter and nearly pushing him over the edge. >> It hadn't You mentioned family there. I mean, the the the awful incident with your your daughter.
>> I'd rather you not talk about that. You don't want to talk about >> Yes. Don't talk about that, though, man.
But this next moment takes the disrespect to a new low as Bill Burr was blindsided on Howie Mandel's podcast when Mandel brought out his half brother from his dad's affair. And look who's here. >> Oh, hey.
What's up? >> Sit down, >> [ __ ] >> Billy Corgan. Billy Corgan.
I thought this would be great to bring bring a family together. >> He He didn't tell you. He told me you were quote totally cool with me coming.
>> That's what he does. >> That's what he does. >> I thought it would be Can this be like edited out >> or No, >> I can I can go.
I mean I You told me Bill was >> All right. No, I'll do it. Cuz that's the thing.
He's bringing in here not because he's trying to heal the that we went through growing up. He's getting here just for the ratings. >> And Mandel didn't stop there.
He spelled out how he learned Burr's dad had an entire other family, turning it into a spectacle for laughs and clicks. >> I've never We've never met. So, Billy Corgan was nice enough on my podcast to talk about the fact that he told a story that he had never told before.
>> My stepmother said to me, "Do you know who Bill Burr is? Bill Burr might be one of the children that your father sired uh in his days on being a a traveling musician. " >> Uh, if you do the math, >> he was a piece of >> with he two kids this close together and he named them the same name.
Good. >> He thinks it's different because he's Billy and I'm Bill. Like that's how we told the difference.
>> Well, I was Bill when I was young, >> but you're right. I mean, with all respect, >> I just thought it >> Well, whatever. You know, it's it's weird.
It's It's not that I don't like him. It's it's it reminds me of of all of that. So, um, you know, it's >> it just seems more of the same from what I've been hearing.
>> So, now what what has to happen? Are we going to go play catch? We're both in our 50s.
This next one got personal fast as the hosts joked that Shane Gillis looked like someone with Down syndrome, not realizing he had family with the condition. >> Shane actually has been working out, dude. >> This is >> Let's see it all.
>> That's crazy. >> Oh my god, >> bro. You look good.
Is this from West Point? >> That actually is >> you guys. And I You know what?
>> That's his rivals profile picture. >> Shane, that Can we click the video? I just want to hear the sound.
I don't think that's funny, but that's not me. So, >> yeah, >> I don't understand it. >> Yeah.
Yeah. >> I don't get the joke. What do you say?
>> Yeah. It's okay, dude. It's okay.
>> Gillis hit his breaking point when the hosts laughed at a video of someone with Down syndrome, prompting him to finally put his foot down. >> Yeah, that's wild. These guys are >> Yeah, they're having fun >> for you guys to sit here and be like, >> "Wait a minute.
>> Let's bring it up and mock them. " That's Dude, that's a I'm not getting >> by by using them as an insult. >> Using We're using you.
>> So, you're insulting them by saying I look like them or you're insulting me by saying I look like them. >> This is you back in your victim thing. >> No, no, I'm not being a victim.
I'm saying the jokes you're you're doing is not it's not like >> not PC. >> That's not cool. >> This next confrontation was sparked when Bill Maher said the n-word on TV.
>> We'd love to have you work in the fields with us. >> Work in the field. >> That's part of that.
That's Senator, I'm a house. Nice. >> Weeks later, Ice Cube showed up on his show to call him out face to face.
>> You got a great show. >> Thank you. >> You know, uh, but you be bucking up against that line a little bit.
You know, you got a lot of black jokes. You know what I'm saying? You do.
>> Well, in against racists, >> uh, >> not Yes. >> Sometimes you sound like a redneck trucker up here. Yes, you do.
Now, that I got No, I don't. That I got to push back on. >> All right.
It's my opinion. >> Okay. It is >> my my thing is >> I've never heard that opinion before.
But >> my thing is this, you know, and I'm cool with you. I like your show to be honest. Um I just want to know two questions.
>> What made you think that it was cool to say that? >> You know, I I just I just explained it. It there was no thought put into it.
Obviously, I was telling Dr Dyson comedians they react and it was wrong and I apologized and you know I more than that I can't do >> I know I understand the the format and you know you got to say it's a comedian show but this to me is a political show and I think you just have to uh not step on some of the political messages that you saying with a joke because some things just ain't funny you know what I mean? some. This is real right here that we going through.
And I'm I'm not trying to get on your case, Bill. I'm telling you, I like your show. I like you.
But I think this is a teachable moment. Not just to you, but to the people that's watching right now. >> You know what I'm saying, dude.
I'm not I'm not >> I think the people watching right now are are saying that point has been made. >> Not by me. >> Okay.
>> All right. All right, man. >> But you But you made it.
>> I made it. I made it. I'm done.
And we can laugh now. We can tell Jo. >> But Muhammad Ali set the standard for checking disrespect, shutting down a reporter the moment he heard something out of line.
>> A negro boy in the south. >> You say black now. >> All right.
Black. All right. Did is it not the same thing?
>> What? No. Negro.
We are talked that all people are named after country. Chinese are named after China. Cubans are named after Cuba.
Uh Irish people are named after Ireland. Indonesians named after Indonesia. Japanese are named after Japan.
Australians are named after Australia. But there's no country named Negroes. >> All right, then.
Let me understand. >> I understand. Let me look.
>> Let me refresh. >> Yet, it was this next confrontation that almost had deadly consequences as what began as playful banter between Cat Williams and Wanda Smith quickly got personal. >> What's your favorite thing to cook?
Yeah, >> they like for me to I do a really nice broccoli. They like my broccoli and they love my baked chicken. >> Hey, right now look up your phone and see what it takes to make broccoli and tell me it doesn't say doesn't say heat up water.
>> Is that the only step in broccoli? Water simmer. Have you ever heard of burn broccoli?
Can you burn broccoli? You can't burn it cuz it's made in a pot of water. The mood shifted dramatically when Smith brought up Williams' past arrests.
Something he had specifically asked her not to mention before they went on air. >> I am a great cook. >> A whatever.
>> Yes, ma'am. You good at heating stuff up. >> Uh, you're good at telling us about what's going on in jail.
>> I've never been to prison. You have >> 19 felonies, no convictions. Knock it off.
Prison and jail aren't the same. No. No.
No. No. No.
No. Only one of us has $12 worth of jewelry on. No.
No. No. No, no, no, no.
That all is avail. If you want to if you want to have Wanda's jewelry, please go to sit go for a quick trip at any point. If you buy two packs of Newport 100s, they will give you everything Wanda has on right now for $7.
99 and it comes with a free car wash. Won't you come on down? >> Yes.
Thank you. >> Absolutely. >> We appreciate it.
>> The show starts at 9:00. Wanda gets to the stage at 9:17. Please come on down.
Please come get Miss Cat and do her hair. almost out of breath. Be careful now.
Even on the radio, you can hear the fact that exercise has crept into her vocabulary. >> That's when things got unexpectedly dark. As that very evening, Wanda's husband allegedly confronted Williams at a comedy club, pulling a gun on him during the altercation.
On the other hand, Prince didn't miss a beat when a reporter took a jab at his work. >> I think this is substandard or it's not up to your >> sub standard. Let me see.
Is that a substandard shirt that you have on? >> Is it my place to like that's what's that's what it's about. Yeah.
>> Jake Paul, however, just couldn't keep his cool. Raging on air after feeling disrespected by Piers Morgan. >> But Tyson peak Tyson, you wouldn't have lasted 10 seconds.
>> And and you versus going to the gym, you're still a fat ass. >> Actually, I've been want I've been in the gym the last two days. I'm talking about like we can make up hypotheticals.
You should go to the gym if Oh, if you went to the gym, you >> I've been twice this week. >> Okay. Well, this is what we're talking about.
Like >> I think I think I admire your work. I admire your work as a go to the gym. You don't think I can be Mike Tyson.
I don't think you go to the gym. >> Okay. Well, I do go to the gym and there's there's actual photographic evidence.
But here's my point to you. I think you're a great YouTuber, a great influencer. I admire what you tried to do in boxing, but I do think when you actually come up against a proper serious boxer, and I suspect that Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
may be that person, you could it could all it could all come crashing down. >> Is that you think that your opinion matters? >> Well, why are you doing my show if it doesn't?
>> Oh, I'm just taking your audience to sell pay-per-views. I don't give a [ __ ] about your show, dumbass. This is a business enterprise.
Buy the pay-per-view on Saturday, June 28th. me versus Julio Caesar Chavez Jr. Thank you.
Tune in everybody. [Laughter] >> Cheers, Jake. Really enjoyed that and good luck to Julio.
Knock him out for all of us, will he? >> And while Paul went nuclear, a young Justin Bieber stayed cool and collected, handling a backhanded question with more poise than anyone expected. >> Critics will say that you are basically a product of marketing.
>> Okay, >> that when it comes down to it, it's all the YouTube hype. It's all the attention you get online. >> Okay.
>> Do you see yourself as a product of marketing hype? >> I think that everything happened organically. It wasn't something that the record label was pushing.
It was basically happened because my fans liked me. And I think that coming from Straford, Ontario, and just like it basically gave others like hope because I come from basically somewhere that nothing really comes from there. like nothing like nobody's ever came out of Stratford, Ontario and been famous or >> wait Lloyd Robertson has come out of Stratford, Ontario and been famous.
He anchors the national news on CTV. >> I'm just saying there hasn't been somebody to come out and be um known worldwide. >> Okay.
>> Do you agree in that point? >> Well, you know, it's hard to say because >> you think Lloyd Robinson is known in in a little town in Germany? Probably not because he anchors the national news in Canada.
So, you're saying you got international appeal? That's the point you're making. >> But when Whitney Houston sat down with Diane Sawyer, it didn't take long for things to get tense.
The questions were invasive and condescending. And Houston wasn't having it. >> I'm going to show you the picture.
>> Well, that's a bad shot. >> But that's not just thin. >> No, it isn't.
Diane, tell me. Do you know? >> It's scary thin.
But do you really know? Do you really know? >> No, you know.
>> Thank you. >> Anorexia? >> No way.
>> They've written it. >> No way. >> Bulimia?
>> No way. >> That it's because of drugs? >> No.
Mm- >> Whitney dying. Crack rehab fails. >> First of all, let's get one thing straight.
Crack is cheap. I make too much money to ever smoke crack. Let's get that straight.
Okay. We don't do crack. We don't do that.
Crack is whack. >> Tom Celich would also reach his breaking point when he appeared on the Rosie O'Donnell show to promote a romantic comedy only to be interrogated about his position on gun control. >> Why the NRA wouldn't say as a matter of compromise, we agree assault rifles are not are not good.
I I'm not a I can't speak for the >> But you were their spokesperson, Tom. So, you have to be responsible for what they say. But if you put your name out and say I put words in my mouth, I'm not a spokesperson.
Remember what you said? You'd be Now, you're questioning my humanity. >> No, not your humanity.
I think you're a very humane man. I'm saying that if you say I disagree with you, but I think you're being >> But you can't say that I will not take responsibility for anything the NRA represents. If you're saying that you're going to do an ad for the NRA, >> you can't say that.
Do you think you can? >> Is it? I didn't come on your show to to have a debate.
I came on your show to plug a movie. That's that's what I'm doing here. >> You think it's proper to have a debate about the NRA?
I'm trying to be fair with you. >> A similar clash would take place on The View after Joy Behar accused Ricky Jervase of sexism. And Jervis wasn't about to back down.
>> Referring to Sex in the City, too. You said, "I was sure the Golden Globe would go to the team that airbrushed that poster. " >> Yeah.
a little sexist. >> No, it's not. Why is it sexist?
>> Well, because the girl You're saying that the girls are older and they need to be >> No, I think they look great at their age. Why hide it? >> Oh, >> I don't think I don't think that you lose your sensuality or your beauty because you hit 53.
I'm saying why are they hiding it? >> But the drama didn't stop there. The hosts of The View kept pushing, criticizing Jervis for participating in a male only comedy panel.
>> The HBO special talking funny. We just saw a clip from it, right? So, we got Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Louis C.
No, no women comedians on that panel. >> Who would you replace? >> I don't know.
Why not? >> No. No.
Who? No. Well, no.
Cuz it was it was four people. >> Yeah. So, who who would you take off?
>> I wouldn't I would just add. >> There you go. >> Things got even more intense when Behar tried to corner Jervis by asking if he thought women were funny.
>> Do you think women are funny? >> Yeah. What's the difference?
That's ridiculous. >> It's a different statistically less women go into standup from what I've seen, so there's probably less to choose from. But yeah, I there loads of funny women.
I've worked with loads of funny women. Of course I have. There's loads of funny women here.
>> Vince McMahon's reaction, however, was far more explosive as the former WWE CEO snapped when a reporter implied he was partly responsible for the deaths of his wrestlers. >> I would accept no responsibility whatsoever for their untimely deaths. None whatsoever.
As far as And you've got that little look on your face like, geez, Vince say that. >> Well, but none whatsoever. I mean, they wrestled for you.
part of your organization. They worked a couple of hundred nights a year for you. >> They live this lifestyle.
>> Oh my god. You can't you can't believe. >> But when a reporter trampled someone just to reach Amy Winehouse, the singer wasn't having it.
She called him out. But he only made things worse. >> You know, you're standing on this young lady's foot.
Have you noticed that? >> She's not young and I wasn't so many songs come out of bad times in life. >> Hear him.
Rude. You are. >> Meanwhile, Chapel Ran confronted a red carpet reporter she recognized from a previous rude encounter.
>> Right in front of you right in front of you. >> You were so yelled at me. You were so good to me and you [Music] have a >> This next reporter would go out of his way to get a rise out of UFC fighter Conor McGregor with McGregor quickly putting him in his place.
>> You have won exactly one fight since Barack Obama was president. >> Your mouth go down and smash your nose. only smash you out.
You little six fights. >> You little rabbit smack and send you. It's one more.
It's one more fight. I won then. You little sis.
You little funny. >> And Ronnie James Dio proved that even rock legends have a limit when it comes to ridicule. Snapping when an interviewer mocked his height.
>> How tall are you? Pretty short, huh? No, >> I'm actually 7' n.
>> You look so short. I can't believe that you didn't realize that. >> You always seem so much bigger.
>> I'm not short, so don't piss me off or you won't get a good interview. >> No, I'm not saying that. It's bad.
>> Short. That pisses me right away. >> How old are you anyway, Rodney?
>> Ronnie? >> Ronnie? >> Yeah.
>> Well, you're reallying stepping your foot in this one, aren't you, mate? Look, if you want me to beat the out of you, I'll be more than happy to. >> No, I don't I don't I don't want you to.
>> Just clear the room and I'll kick your ass for you if that's what you want. No problem for good at that. >> I don't want that.
I just I'm just ask. Meanwhile, Russell Bran's appearance on a morning show turned into a chaotic showdown after he felt disrespected by the hosts. >> All right, joining us now, he's a really big deal.
>> He's a big deal. >> I know. I'm told this.
I'm not very pop cultured. I'm sorry. Comedian, movie star, author, and host of the show Brand X, Russell Brand.
>> As if that dismissive intro wasn't bad enough, another host then made a sly comment about Bran's accent. very very intelligent but the information gets manipulated a lot and people like to cause like you know fake stirs and stuff >> you know funny the accent you know when I see him in person it's totally fine for getting Sarah Marshall or the TV show it's fine but on satellite radio in the car I can't understand a single joke you say >> you can't understand it >> that's when Brand completely took over the interview leaving the hosts flustered beyond belief >> the person by the name that's basic good manners >> that is where Willie is heading >> who is Willie >> I don't want the people of America to come and see me do standup. Go to russellbrand.
tv where you can uh purchase tickets to see me.
