Celebrities Who Fired Back At Disrespectful Interviewers 

Anne Hathaway: 0:00 Dylan McDermott: 1:00 Tom Hiddleston/ Scarlett Johansson: 1:40 Joan Rivers: 2:39 Taylor Swift: 3:08 Justin Bieber: 4:21 Tasha Reign: 4:53 Britney Spears: 5:20 Helen Mirren: 5:54 Kayne West: 7:07 Demi Lovato: 8:13

Anne Hathaway gave a masterclass on how to shut someone the hell down without raising her voice or getting personal with insults.

I LOVE how Anne Hathaway handled that situation. She literally just flipped the whole interview to ask him the exact same uncomfortable questions he was drilling her with. “No, no we have to talk about this!” Love it. Perfectly handled.

The dead Mom one was absolutely unacceptable! I really can't believe they did that to him! How can someone be that thoughtless and cruel?!

That dude that asked about a girl being touched and the way he laughed was disgusting. He should be fired

“are you trying to fit into a cat suit?” will never not be the greatest and most well executed clap backs

"Your voice is high, were you touched at an early age?" I think we need to talk about that dude's childhood and find out what church he attended if he thinks thats a normal segway.

Ok wtf did this dude just say “I know your mom was killed” in the chillest of ways. Like he said it like it was nothing

**asks a man about his dead mother in a creepy casual way** ***proceeds to say “speaking of death” and laughs while saying it*** do people really have no perception of other people’s emotions?

“Are you trying to fit into a cat-suit?” That has got to be the best yet most respectful burn.

That disgusting question that man asked about her being molested as a child was absolutely sickening. No empathy for victims at all. I pray to god no one he loves ever turns out to be a victim of sexual abuse. What a nasty, vile, human being.

people get so mad at the celebs, but imagine if someone said something like that to you. brought your murdered mother or if you’ve been touched before. they get way too comfortable and get away with it

I am shocked with the Dylan McDermott interview. How clueless can you be bringing such a sensitive subject on air? And then saying “speaking of death”… 🤦🏾‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️ Honestly. It is just vile. So sorry he had to go through that.

I don’t like Kanye but as someone who’s also lost their mother at a young age I think it’s so disgusting, disrespectful, patronising and just horrible that someone would ask such a question

When the interviewer said all that about Kanye's mom, I'm surprised Kanye kept his cool, if someone talked about my mom like that I would have beat him to a pulp, just so disrespectful

I never cared for Taylor Swift. Don't like her music, don't follow what she does. But every time she pops up randomly in some video, I'm impressed with how well she handles situations.

I can't believe how maturely Kanye handled the situation, I was surprised he answered in the first place. Unbelievable.

1:38 Dylan McDermott 7:30 Kayne West Why on earth would anybody think its okay to bring up the death someone's loved one like this? I'm appalled.

Anne Hathaway has my respect for that response, it made me so sad when he was like “so when you found out you were going to be cat woman” and her smile she looked so excited to talk about the role and he immediately went to her body. smh.

Not a Taylor fan, but she handled that pushy interviewer so well.

Wild how the creepy dude who asks the infamous “creepiest question ever” literally stops the whole interview to ask it. He’s like “hold up a second I just gotta know” like wtf this guy is insane

the kanye west clip actually had me so uncomfortable. i felt so bad for him. he was trying not to cry

"Were you touched as a kid?" Wtf??? And I can immagin that if she went mad about ir he would just laugh at this and she would've been labeled as boring and crazy

5:09 imagine being in a relationship with someone and trusting them with a horrible and private childhood trauma just for them to mention it during a random interview that will be available to millions of strangers

The way Anne Hathaway casually and gracefully turned the attention from her diet and fitness to the interviewer’s physique is commendable. She always handles herself so well, so classy.

The Dylan McDermott one was just disgusting. His mother was killed, and then think it's something to joke about. Jesus Christ.

Kanye West’s mother was a brilliant woman to whom he was so close, Jay’s question was patronizing and insensitive in the extreme.

Every time I watch an old Brittany Spears interview it makes me mad. Could you imagine being so young, in your first serious relationship, and the whole world is persecuting you because they think you cheated? And having to do interviews about it. The media and these journalists owe her an apology for exploiting her the way they did.

Interviewers ask the most violating questions, it’s so frustrating to be interviewed about personal shit.

That Russian girl seemed sweetly unsophisticated, not disrespectful. Edit: also, Jay Leno is an absolute tool.

Scarlett Johanson actually helped that awkward interviewer out of the situation by not taking it personal.

Whoa... how could you be so disrespectful to someone who's mother died...

That guy who calmly opened up the topic about the other guy’s mom being murdered is AWFUL!!!!!!

She said, "are you trying to fit in a catsuit?" She's great.

I can’t believe the Dylan McDermott interview, I can’t imagine what he felt, no one deserves to go through this type of shit for stupid insensitive people.

I honestly LOVED Anne Hathaway’s roast “are you trying to fit into a catsuit”😂 this interviewer better have been fired u don’t need to ask actresses only about their bodies, ask about their role and other things instead!!!

Lmao, they literally were rude to Joan Rivers then got mad when she reacted badly lmao. What did they think she would say?

"Your voice is really high pitched. Were you touched as a child?" I'm sorry, who tf says shit like that?

Are we not gonna talk about the dude degrading his daughter while on the air with demi? How do talk show hosts have no sense of bounderies??

The way Taylor dodged the question of the annoying interviewer was really classy. I’m not the biggest fan of her but she handled that with grace and class.

“When you found out you were playing catwoman…” Anne was hoping he’d ask a cool question. If I was interviewing her I’d love to ask her a more in depth question about about such an iconic character.

That Kanye one messed me up-his pain was incredibly obvious. I felt it. We often forget that celebrities are human beings. Dang Jay Leno you ain’t had to go there.

I think a lot of these celebrities had better responses to what was said than most of us would. Not a single one of these interviews wasn’t awkward and just flat out terrible

He says "when you figured out you were going to play catwoman" and she got so excited to talk about that then he just went into her diet and fitness plan and her heart sank.

Helen Mirren used one of the greatest ways to handle a person who says something insulting, degrading, racist, etc......" What? I don't understand? Explain it to me". Usually, when asked to explain the awful thing they just said, they become very uncomfortable and change the subject.

You can feel the hurt in Kanye’s voice yet he finds the words to answer the question without losing his mind like most these days

I’m almost crying for these people, I mean literally I choked up a little bit listening to these people and just knowing there are some real piece of shit interviewers out there who just don’t care about the fact that celebrities are human beings

This is part of the reasons your favorite celebrities go crazy. Imagine having to sit through this stupidity multiple times in your life. With the world watching your reactions, preparing to critique n criticize.

Honestly, I don’t like what’s happened with Kanye is recent years. I think he’s shown a lot of crummy views. But watching him dissociate at the mention of his mother makes me want to punch that interviewer. How dare that man do that to him. That was disgusting and my heart breaks for Kanye there.

Who starts a sentence like "So, your mom was killed." what kind of mess is that?

This makes me cry. This is disgusting, absolutely disgusting. Imagine someone asking you this. You don't know the person then they ask you about your personal life. This is awful.

This is why so many of our favorite artists have stopped doing interviews.

I got to say that interviewer sitting next to dylan macdermott did a great job of changing the subject when he clearly did not want to discuss his mothers death. Decent recovery

The reactions of the newscasters after Joan Rivers got deservedly angry, made my blood boil.

“I know your mom was killed”. What a horrible, heartless person!

Reporter: says something rude Celebrity: gets mad Reporter:😮

Kanye's ANSWER is what I've been saying all along. When his mom was mentioned in this interview he shut down completely. His mom was obviously his everything and when she died he definitely wasnt 100% the same. He never took a break he just kept going full speed until you started seeing him acting oddly and having outburts. People can say he sucks and he's such an asshole but just imagine what it's like to not have someone you're close to.

i feel like the russian lady wasn’t rude. she seemed very sweet but i believe that there was definitely a culture barrier within them.

With Ann’s interview I feel like the interviewer wanted her to say she starved herself for the role, Ann handled that so well “do you want to fit in a cat suit?”😂😂😂

taylor swift was so classy and so professional during that interview, you really knew that she loved talking about her craft. huge respect

Taylor Swift is a professional. I have no idea how I could be this patient with people I don't have any reason to respect.

“So, speaking of death...” what was wrong with these guys they treating this guy’s mom like dirt

Say what you will about Kanye but the way he reacts about any topic surrounding his mother proves that he’s an emotional human being, far more than any of the other celebrities shown here.

Kanye didn’t fire back at all, and for him that speaks volumes, poor guy, his mom was his world 😢

I have to say that Taylor Swift handled that question about who "Style" was about like a complete expert and maintained her poise. I'm not a Taylor Swift megafan or anything, but she holds herself very well

My respect for Anne Hathaway grew massively when I first saw this interview. .. 'We need to talk about this. Are you tryna fit into a cat suit'. Go girl!!

the Kanye one actually hurt me so much, people knew the impact her death had on him and would still use her as a conversation topic😕

Who tf asks “What would your mom think about this” to someone who’s still grieving..?

I'm no kanye stan but I can't belive he didn't clap back; that was definitely uncalled for and I think the interview was 'trying' to give him a taste of his medicine but that is no where comparable. Kanya lashes out all the time except when he needs to...

Kanye is not an amazing person but he still loved his mother very much and the fact that the interviewer had the audacity to ask that question makes me question humanity

Ann Hathaway is just the epitome of classy sass in that clip

Omg that guy who asked if she was touched when she was younger! Disgusting!! He’s the grossest man alive.

That second interview was terrible! How can they bring up his mother being killed? And then try to make some joke of it ‘it’s not the death slot’ omg, the guys face just dropped! So disrespectful.

I’ve never heard Helen Mirren’s voice when she was a younger woman. I know this detracts from the video but her voice and accent were (and still are) so very elegant.

It’s kind of crazy how invasive the press tries to be... why? It’s not like we regular people need to know every detail of their life so why is the press doing what they do?

I would be ashamed of myself in the shoes of any of these interviewers and immediately apologize any of the questions.

That joan rivers one was awful, they made a terrible insinuation about her and she shut them down. The worst thing is they didn't even apologize they apologized for her language when she was totally in the right.

I think we should also realize that when you’re job is to ask questions and interview people you’re bound to ask a bad question. Either unrelated, dumb, or unintentionally disrespectful.

'Speaking of Death!' Should have walked out at that. That was just sick and twisted in the worst way. No care for any sort of tact and a lack of compassion. Sickening.

a lot of these interviews hardly strike me as 'disrespectful' side note: for any interviewer- Rule 1. if you're interviewing someone, NEVER talk about their personal/sex lives. Rule 2. Never voice your own opinion or judgement. Rule 3. Make it crystal clear before the interview what questions the interviewee is/is not comfortable talking about. Rule 4. Watch their body language closely to see if your question(s) are making them feel uncomfortable. Rule 5. If they are uncomfortable with your line of questioning, just change the goddamn subject. Rule 6. Actually listen to what they are saying and respond appropriately.

Seeing a lot of these kind of interviews has given me a lot of respect for Taylor Swift. She sees to have a lot of integrity.

bro that helen mirren interview is gonna stick with me. I know we have come so far it wouldn't slide today but that interviewer was staring at her chest the entire time she was talking... the ignorance I cant.

For anyone struggling with social interactions, here are some quick pointers that I thought might help!! Worst icebreaker #3: asking someone if they were touched as a young girl because their voice is high Worst icebreaker #2: asking someone what their dead mother would’ve thought about something that they’ve already apologized for and expressed genuine regret about Worst icebreaker #1: casually asking someone about that one time their mother was murdered Hope this helps someone :)

4:53 this person handled it really well. who tell hell opens an interview with such an out of field creepy question

When she said that is the creepiest question she was right it was so creepy

It's interesting how humans respect invisible boundaries. There's people in the audience right there thinking everything we're thinking and nobody speaks up.

Taylor Swift ..WELL SAID! Draw from personal experience to paint a picture for others to paint theirs and relate. No names..no dissing..very classy

Who the heck asks about someones mother being killed. Some people are just awful.

Interviewers need to treat interviews like a conversation. Having respect for another person in a conversation should be just a given, it's like they don't treat them as human here, just asking shock value disrespectful questions !

The strangest thing to me is when these male interviewers ask creepy questions and get called out, they don't back down, infact they often double down as if they genuinely can't see what is wrong with the weird questions.

It’s sad to see such interviewers lost in their work.

Taylor Swift handled that interview like a queen… because I definitely would gave her the dumb face and silent treatment LOL! 😂😂😂😂😩

those celebrities unfortunately didn’t (really) fire back (enough) at those disrespectful interviewers… some of them deserve a way "stronger" feedback

they were really joking about his mom being killed... my jaw dropped how could anyone be that insensitive

If you're going to ask or say something stupid, don't say anything at all. People are just so evil.

The "girly voice" interview was absolutely CRINGE. Like why tf would you ask someone that? Hope he got fired

I feel bad for Brittany, she needs to be forgotten and left alone by the media and live a normal life

Oh god its baffling to think there was a time when a reporter wouldn't consider Tom an A list actor

Wth the men who interviewed Dylan McDermott need to be fired ASAP!! They were absolutely awful, I felt so bad for Dylan, he’s an amazing actor and seems like a really nice, chill person

the interviewer who said _“my mom’s dead justin”_ said it like he didn’t deserve it lol if you patronize someone else forcing them to imagine their mom being seduced or something similar then don’t act like yours is off limits or you deserve more respect because she happens to be dead