These days, a disastrous celebrity interview is almost guaranteed to go viral, and there
have been more than a few in recent years.
But the biggest interview crash-and-burns happen when the host actually asks their star
subject to leave.
From cutting the chat short to physically removing the guest from the set, these interviews
did not go as planned, to say the least.
These are the celebs who were kicked out of interviews.
Stephen Miller
If you've paid even mild attention to CNN's State of the Nation host Jake Tapper, you're
aware that he's not a huge fan of President Donald Trump.
When he interviewed Stephen Miller, Trump's senior policy advisor, the fireworks were
bound to fly.
"Here's my question…
Stephen, Stephen, settle down.
Calm down.
I have a question for you about issues."
After repeated unsuccessful attempts to redirect Miller from criticizing CNN to answering policy
questions, Tapper shut the whole thing down.
"I think I've wasted enough of my viewers' time.
Thank you Stephen.
As Republicans lawmakers call for attorney general Jeff Sessions to resign…"
But it doesn't end there.
According to sources speaking with Business Insider, Miller refused to exit the set after
being asked to leave multiple times and ended up being escorted out by security.
"I was not expecting that.
I would not have booked him if I thought that was going to happen."
Omarosa
Wendy Williams is basically the queen of drama, so imagine what it took for her to be so offended
that she cut a celebrity interview short.
Apparently, reality TV villain and former Trump White House aide Omarosa found that
line in 2008, when she shaded Williams over her appearance.
"Now did you have a nose job?"
"No."
"It looks like you had a nose job…"
"No…"
"Oh, okay."
Then, after an already tense conversation, the claws really came out.
"I would suggest for you some Restylane… they said good black don't crack, she's cracking."
But Omarosa isn't exactly one to sit back quietly.
"And I would suggest a wig that doesn't sit off my head three inches."
Yeah...that was Williams' breaking point.
"You know what, Omarosa, and on that note, thank you for coming on MY show."
Michael Wolff
Author Michael Wolff's Fire and Fury paints a scandalous picture of President Trump, and
while the book made Wolff an overnight celebrity, the author quickly became a polarizing figure
himself.
One of the biggest issues was an unsupported implication in one passage hinting that President
Trump was having an affair with UN Ambassador Nikki Haley - a passage that he helpfully
pointed people towards during a controversial appearance on Real Time with Bill Maher just
in case they missed it:
"You say it's in the book."
"It's towards the end of the book."
Wolff then appeared on Morning Joe, where co-host Mika Brzezinski had a real problem
with both the claim and how Wolff was teasing it:
"You may be having a fun time playing a little game dancing around this, but you're slurring
a woman.
It's disgraceful."
Not only could Wolff offer no proof during the segment, but he even walked back his implication
of the affair, and Brzezinski wasn't having it.
"You're on the set of Morning Joe.
We don't BS here."
Eventually, Brzezinski shut the interview down.
"I'm sorry, this is awkward, you're here on the set with us, but we're done.
Michael Wolff, thank you.
We're gonna go to break now.
Bye everyone, we'll be right back."
Joan Rivers
The late great Joan Rivers made a name for herself by having no filter, but she apparently
crossed the line on the British show Loose Women — and got herself kicked out.
It all started when she described an unpleasant interaction with actor Russell Crowe.
"You want to say to the camera, he is a piece of — and get ready to bleep this — f---kin
s---.",
The problem?
Loose Women is a completely live show, with no bleeping ability.
"Sorry about that, we do apologize, Joan wasn't aware that we were absolutely live."
The hosts nervously laugh it off, but according to Rivers, all was not hunky dory.
Speaking with The Guardian, Rivers said she was then booted from the set during a commercial
break.
Was she upset?
Hardly.
She said,
"I have won an Emmy, been nominated for a Tony award, done every show and become an
icon.
And when people ask me what is left in my career I have always said I don't know, but
I have never been forcibly thrown out of a TV studio.
It is another milestone."
Norm MacDonald
KGO radio host Ronn Owens claimed he was a huge fan of comedian Norm MacDonald during
their on-air conversation, but he was somehow unaware of the low-key comic's lethargic schtick.
"You're wearing eyeglasses... "
"Wearing eyeglass yeah cause I swam for two days and got chlorine in my eye, and, I don't
know man."
After three-and-a-half minutes of mounting frustration with MacDonald's signature droning,
Owens finally threw in the towel.
"Don't be upset with me.
We're done, okay?
Okay, thanks Norm.
Next time, we'll catch ya next time…"
"Okay."
Apparently, Owens couldn't let it go.
According to Knot Move, he later called MacDonald "a dullard" and insinuated that he was potentially
inebriated.