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interviewer 1[Blind Gossip] We received a tip that this pretty blonde actress was horribly rude and condescending to a journalist during a TV interview.

We read the reports (in a foreign language), watched the taped interview… and saw something completely different!

The interview itself was a one-on-two interview, consisting of a host from a foreign TV outlet, our actress, and another actress with whom our actress recently costarred.

Our blonde actress is famous for starring in a TV series and for doing mainstream films. The other actress is more famous for indie films, and her comedic timing and her ability to improvise always make her fun to watch.

The film that the two actresses recently did together was directed by a very famous director with a quirky directing style. Unlike a typically scripted film where actors deliver memorized lines in a sequential and uninterrupted manner, this director likes to give his talent the outline of a scene and then allow them to improvise. This improvisation naturally lends itself to a lot of casual over-talking and interruption.

Now that you understand that, the interview will make more sense.

Here’s what happened: The host asked the blonde actress a question about her anatomy (which has changed recently) using a term that celebrities generally don’t like. Our actress had an admittedly awkward response, and then the two actresses began joking with each other about various parts of their anatomy to diffuse the awkwardness.

The confused host didn’t get it. She sat there completely stony faced.

The host then asked a question about the film. Instead of looking at the host and answering the question directly, the two actresses then faced each other and responded as if they were doing a scene in one of the director’s movies, improvising, over-talking, and interrupting each other.

Since we are familiar with this director’s work, we quickly recognized what the actresses were doing, and found it quirky and charming.

Unfortunately, the host did not get it at all! She was clearly annoyed and confused by the fact that the actresses were not looking at her and giving her the concise and straight-forward answers she was expecting.

She later lambasted the blonde actress as one the worst celebrities she had ever interviewed. Ouch!

So, in case you read a story about how “rude” and “crappy” our actress was in an interview –  and how the interviewer was left “embarrassed” and “angry” – know that the host’s shallow interpretation of events does not necessarily reflect what really happened.

The two actresses behaved just fine… and will hopefully go on to do similar interviews with a more appreciative audience!

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Blonde Actress:

Improv Actress:

Quirky Director:

[Optional] Do you think the actresses should have explained to the host that they were engaging in improv?

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  3. hollylottiew says

    Re: the Woody Allen guess, I remember an interview with Meryl Streep who specifically said that Allen does NOT like improvisation. She described when they shot Manhattan that he pulled her aside after a take and said something along the lines of “There’s a comma in that sentence for a reason so if you could just say it exactly as I wrote it, that would be great…”.

    He could have changed his style since 1979, I suppose.

  4. jbj2016 says

    In their defense: While BL is an experienced celebrity who should have known better, PP is funny, but prohibitively neurotic and unsophisticated when it comes to media. I think she has all but admitted that it has inhibited her once promising career. So, on BL’s part, it’s a bit cool that she chose to engage her partner’s strengths rather than have them both sit through an awkward interview. Still, I do sympathize that the humor did not translate for the interviewer.

  5. MonaLisa says

    Blake did come across as *, at the very beginning and very end. The middle where they were randomly talking about the clothes etc. was mostly fine. What’s wrong with the term “bump”? I don’t think Blake understood that the Norwegian interviewer didn’t mean it in a negative way – I think there was a slight language (intonation?) barrier there.
    Parker was lovely, the interviewer was fine…Blake was definitely * though.

  6. SilentStar says

    If this is the Kjersti Flaa interview with Blake Lively and Parker Posey, then yeah, I think the actresses were being pretty rude.

    • SilentStar says

      They seemed really catty and awkwardly dwelled on “misconceptions about Hollywood people” as though they were desperately trying to justify why they were working with a pedophile without the question even being asked. They passive-aggressively snickered about being asked about costumes as though they were just so above that sort of talk as “serious artists”, and Blake responded to the interviewer’s congratulations about her pregnancy as though she had just insulted her. Poor interviewer!

  7. Snoopydooper says

    Blake, Parker and Woody.
    I saw the interview video from TV Norway and I think they were rude. They were mostly ignoring the interviewer. I have seen people act like that many times. I guess they didn’t like the interviewer for some reason so tried to make her look a fool.

  8. jlynhope says

    No clue but I think it’s rude to behave like that. The interviewer was confused and it is bizarre to break into a scene during an interview.

  10. sherdinana says

    Blonde Actress: Christina Applegate (had mastectomy due to breast cancer)

    Improv Actress: Katherine Hahn

    Quirky Director: Jon Lucas, Bad Moms director

    [Optional] Do you think the actresses should have explained to the host that they were engaging in improv? She could have just explained it made her feel awkward and move the conversation on, there a language barrier in fairness.

  11. thisisdanni says

    Blonde Actress: Christina Applegate (presumably asked about her double mastectomy)

    Improv Actress: Kathryn Hahn (is mostly comedic indie films)

    Quirky Director: Jon Lucas (director of Bad Moms which this fits – though I wouldn’t say he’s super famous)

    Do you think the actresses should have explained to the host that they were engaging in improv? No, especially given that the movie they’re promoting is a comedy. She sounds a bit stuck up and rude to ask such a personal question.

  12. THOneyT says

    Blonde Actress: Blake Lively

    Improv Actress: Parker Posey

    Quirky Director: Woody Allen

  13. mpizzle says

    Blond – Margot Robbie

    Improv – Cara Delevigne

    Director – David Ayer (are we talking about the Suicide Squad director?)

  14. Dirty Squirrel says

    Actress: Blake Lively

    Improv Actress: Kristen Stewart

    Quirky Director: Woody Allen

  16. janemare says

    Blonde Actress: Blake Lively

    Improv Actress: Parker Posey

    Quirky Director: Woody Allen

  21. Monysmom says

    blonde actress – Kristen Wiig
    Improv Actress: Melissa McCarthy
    director Paul Feig

  25. TrevorB says

    Blonde Actress: Blake Lively (she’s currently very pregnant)

    Improv Actress: Parker Posey

    Quirky Director: Woody Allen (for Cafe Society)

    Optional: I might have explained it after seeing the interviewer’s reaction. Comedy often gets lost in translation!

  27. BosLos says

    Jennifer Coolidge (doesn’t completely fit but goes with the rest of my theory/guess)
    Parker Posey
    Christopher Guest

    Film: MASCOTS

  28. lulloun says

    Blonde Actress: Blake Lively

    Improv Actress: Kirsten Stewart

    Quirky Director: Woody Allen

  30. katycatfan says

    Blonde Actress: Blake Lively.
    Improv Actress: Paker Posey.
    Quirky Director: Woody Allen.

    No. Because it got the movie a lot more PR. I love Blake Lively and knew it had to be a reason. The woman doing the interview is from my home country Norway.

  31. ToadKisser says

    Blonde: Gillian Jacobs
    Improv: Kate Micucci
    Director: Mike Birbiglia
    Optional: Nah, the host can get over it. I bet it was very funny.

  38. maggie may says

    Blake Lively

    Parker Posey

    Woody Allen

    Don’t know. Would have to watch the interview first and then decide.

  39. MissStyles123 says

    Blonde: Blake Lively
    Improv: Parker Posey
    Quirky Director: Woody Allen and the film Cafe Society

  40. Shamrox says

    Blake Lively (hints “shallows”) – presumably the term “baby bump”
    Parker Posey or Kristen Stewart
    Woody Allen

  41. Napoleon says

    Blake Lively and Parker Posey promoting Cafè Society and sorry I watched the interview and I found them rude, not charming or funny at all.
    To each his own I guess.

  44. oyevey says

    The Bad Mom’s press tour? The blonde could be Kristin Bell who just had a baby. The comic actress could be Christina Applegate. Or, the other way around LOL.

  46. Lurky Lynx says

    Long time lurker, first time poster! 🙂 This is Blake Lively and Parker Posey doing press for Cafè Society with a reporter for Norwegian TV2. Director is Woody Allen.

  49. MommyPalooza says

    Blake Lively, Kristen Stewart, Woody Allen.

    No, I don’t think they should have to explain . I’d expect the interviewer to understand or figure it out .

  52. irissarcasm says

    Blonde Actress: Blake Lively
    Improv Actress: Parker Posey
    Quirky Director: Woody Allen

    No, they shouldn´t have to explain. A journalist should do their research. Besides, who isn´t familiar with Woody Allen´s style.

    • Ohmysmh says

      Ughhh I hate Woody Allen who marries their daughter? & everyone’s ok with it rich and powerful

  54. buttersmom says

    Blonde Actress: Christina Applegate

    Improv Actress: Annie Mumolo or Kathyrn Hahn

    Quirky Director: Jon Lucas

  56. melrose71 says

    Blake Lively
    Parker Posey
    Woody Allen

    I suppose they could have mentioned the improv, but the host could have asked for input from other people for their interpretation of what the actresses were doing if she wasn’t getting it.

  59. lovefifteen says

    Blonde Actress: Blake Lively (in Café Society)
    Improv Actress: Parker Posey
    Quirky Director: Woody Allen

  60. heartbreaker says

    think blonde actress is blake lively, don’t know improv one, and woody allen? Though I didn’t think he was much into improv