Celebrities have long had a symbiotic relationship with the media.
Then, of course, there are those celebs who demonstrate poise and dignity when handling inappropriate questioning.
That brought them to Moscow, where they appeared together at a press conference.
“Wait, you’re asking why he wants to be in movies?”
Kunis fired back in Russian.
Kunis then proceeded to shut down the entire line of questioning.
“Well, what would you rather have him do?”
she queried, still in Russian.
When the journalist responded, “But isn’t showbiz enough?”
Kunis responded, “Well, if he wants to make movies, why shouldn’t he?
What kind of question is that?
Why are YOU here?”
Clearly flustered, the journalist insisted she was merely doing her job.
“Well so is he!”
Kunis said, still speaking Russian.
“It’s the same thing!”
After apologizing for the situation, Gzowski quipped, “But that’s life.
That’s showbiz.”
Pop responded icily: “Is it?”
“Well, I’ll tell you about punk rock,” said Pop.
“I was ill,” the singer explained.
Rickman then shoved a large microphone in Burr’s face.
“That’s your question?”
Burr asked incredulously, displaying an annoyed smirk.
Rickman then ordered Burr to perform his stand-up routine.
Bill took a pass.
“And I’m gonna do stand-up in front of nine people in a radio station?”
“No, I’m not doin' that.”
See, now I have the power."
Downey was seething when he finally cut the whole thing short.
“I’m sorry, I really don’t … what are we doing?”
Downey said, grimly smirking and offering a wave.
“Bye,” he announced, pulling off his mic and walking off.
The actor also regretted not pulling the plug faster.
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“I’m not biting,” Tarantino responded.
“I refuse your question.”
When Guru-Murthy asked why he wouldn’t answer, Tarantino fired back, “Because I refused your question.
I’m not your slave and you’re not my master.
it’s possible for you to’t make me dance to your tune.
I’m not a monkey.”
“I haven’t changed my opinion one iota,” Tarantino said.
“And I’m shutting your butt down,” the director declared.
This time, Lydon was promoting the launch of his new post-Pistols project, Public Image Ltd.
Continually bumming cigarettes from Snyder, Lydon managed to frustrate every line of questioning he attempted.
Exasperated, Snyder pithily summed up their discussion so far.
“Not a band, a company.
“It’s bound to be awful,” predicted Lydon.
“You really don’t care what your audiences think of you, do you?”
Snyder said, to which Lydon replied, “No.
It doesn’t matter.
It’s irrelevant.”
Understandably, this tragedy is a sensitive subject for the actor.
McDermott was clearly not keen on broaching that topic.
Norton and fellow comedian Doug Stanhope, however, were not reading the room.
Cruise is understandably surprised and put off.
“Now why would you do that?”
“What’s so funny about that?”
Cruise asked, staring down the interviewer.
“It’s ridiculous.
Do you like thinking less of people, is that it?”
At that point, the interviewer attempted to flee, but Cruise refused to let that happen.
“Hey, hey, no, no don’t run away,” Cruise told him.
“That’s incredibly rude.
I’m here giving you an interview and answering your questions … You’re a jerk.”
The interviewer finally slunk away, while a crowd of bystanders booed his exit.
Britain’s Channel 4 subsequently apologized, issuing a statement toThe Guardian.
Damon, however, vehemently disagreed with the entire thesis.
“So you think job insecurity is what makes me work hard?”
Damon then offered a scathingly perfect response that shut down the interview: “Well, okay.
But maybe you’re a s***ty cameraman, I don’t know.”
“Is this what you think girls have trouble choosing between?”
she replied with surprise.
“If you could fix one problem in the world, what would it be?”
one of the hosts said.
“I have a long list I’d like to change,” Grande responded.
“I think judgment in general.
Intolerance, meanness, double standards, misogyny, racism, sexism.
All that sh*t. There’s lots that we’ve got to start on.
That’s what we need to focus on.
We’ve got work to do.”
Rihanna’s demeanor instantly shifted from the appearance of interest to a look of sheer disgust.
“Wow, how disappointing was that question,” she said, shaking her head and chuckling humorlessly.
“No thanks,” deadpanned Seinfeld, sending the startled pop star scurrying away in tears.
“You’re not aware of this?”
Seinfeld asked King incredulously.
“You think I got canceled?
I thought that was pretty well documented is this still CNN?”
he continued, pointing out that “Seinfeld” was TV’s No.
1 show when it ended nearly a decade earlier, in 1998.
“Do you know who I am?
Seventy-five million viewers, last episode!”
“It’s a big difference between being canceled and being No.
