19 Wildly Awkward Celeb Interviews That Make Me Genuinely Cringe

by · BuzzFeed

1. When Kourtney Kardashian Barker appeared to pretend her video had frozen when asked about Kim's divorce, but the anchors could see her blinking:

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Watch the clip here:

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2. Similarly, when a stumped Ryan Lochte couldn't answer a simple question in an interview about his new reality show:

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Watch the interview — and the anchors absolutely losing it afterward — here:

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3. When Tom Holland asked his interviewer, Eric Nam, how he learned English (Nam is American):

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To be fair, Nam spoke in Korean and English in the interview; he later clarified that he learned Korean after moving to Korea as an adult.

Watch the clip here:

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4. When Norm Mcdonald tried to make a joke that didn't land and Larry King thought he was coming out:

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Watch the interview here:

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5. When Jimmy Kimmel told Jonah Hill that he smelled nice:

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Watch the interview here:

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6. When Mark Wahlberg got on Graham Norton's lap on his show and began caressing him:

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Watch the interview here (at 8:21):

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7. And when Cameron Diaz was on The Graham Norton Show and touched Richard Ayoade's hair while talking about pubic hair:

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Watch the interview here:

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8. When Nick Cannon forgot Onyx while naming his children on The Howard Stern Show:

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Watch the interview here:

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9. Just everything about the Prince Andrew interview where he was questioned about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, but especially his claim that he doesn't sweat:

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Watch the interview here:

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10. When a journalist congratulated Blake Lively on her "little bump" since she was pregnant, and Lively threw it back at her (despite the fact that the journalist was not pregnant and, in fact, had struggled with infertility):

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Watch the interview here:

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11. And when Lively was pretty rude about this question about victims of domestic violence during the It Ends With Us press circuit:

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Watch the interview here:

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12. When David Letterman wouldn't stop asking Paris Hilton about her time in jail, even though she clearly didn't want to talk about it:

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Watch the interview here:

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13. When Alex Cooper asked Katy Perry about working with Dr. Luke (who was infamously accused of raping Kesha, which he denied) on her women's empowerment album, and she had this to stay:

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Watch the interview here (at 7:50):

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14. When Jesse Eisenberg had this wildly awkward interview:

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Watch the interview here:

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15. When Meg Ryan was wildly uncomfortable after an interviewer kept asking why she would become a movie star if she didn't like the spotlight:

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Watch the interview here:

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16. When John Stamos said this about a journalist who had called him tired:

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Watch the moment here:

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17. When Conan O'Brien couldn't stop looking at Nicole Scherzinger's boobs in an interview:

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Watch the moment here:

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18. When Jim Carrey tried out a bit where he was wildly drunk on The Arsenio Hall Show, but it just didn't land...at ALL:

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Watch the interview here:

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19. And finally, when Ben Affleck groped Hilarie Burton on TRL:

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