look who's talking now
welcome to ms mojo and today we're
counting down our picks for the top 20
celebs who clapped back at talk show
hosts
for this list we're looking at moments
when famous people put talk show hosts
in their place
in a witty or poised manner
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number 20. carmen carrera and laverne
cox
let's talk about how this all started
when you were on drag race
and and still a man how did you decide
you wanted to fully transition
and become a woman well i've always
known growing up
were you when you oh god i was in
kindergarten when transgender model
carmen carrera went on katie couric's
short-lived tv show
she was subjected to an invasive line of
questioning it was the whole process
painful
couric who stated that the questions
came from a place of quote mystery
asked herrera everything from if
transitioning was physically painful
to if her quote parts are different now
while visibly uncomfortable with the
questions carmen gracefully shot down
kirk's inquiry by stating that she wants
to focus on what's going on with her
career
and her life post-transition i'd rather
talk about my modeling stuff rather talk
about being a w
and being you know maybe an italian
vogue as well when actress laverne cox
joined them on stage
she very eloquently explained to katie
that when the discussion revolves around
transition and surgery
it takes the focus away from the more
pressing issues that face the
transgender community
the reality of trans people's lives is
that so often we're targets of violence
we experience discrimination
disproportionately to the rest of the
um community number 19 michelle obama
you know you're really annoying it's
like taking a three-year-old to the
store
michelle obama is no stranger to ellen's
playful antics
after having appeared on her show
numerous times and
each time michelle seems to hold her own
this is most evident in a segment from
the ellen degeneres show
which followed the pair as they went on
a shopping trip to cbs
and you push the basket because nobody's
going to push it for you between ellen
constantly opening store items that were
not paid for
not helping at the self-checkout and
announcing to store-goers that michelle
needed cream for a rash
it was only a matter of time before the
first lady jokingly clapped back
not only calling degeneres out for being
annoying and acting like a child
but also shutting down ellen's request
to be featured on american money
you have to have done something grand
like harriet tubman
number 18 joan rivers it's not mean i
tell the truth i'm sure i say the same
things
that all your viewers say to their
friends sitting next to them on the
couch
joan rivers was known for holding
nothing back when it came to her comedy
and this interview with cnn newsroom
anchor federica whitfield was no
different
when whitfield started off the interview
by commenting on jones mean style of
humor
the veteran comedian grew increasingly
aggravated and it didn't take long for
rivers to start clapping back at the
anchor with her signature width
you know this whole interview is
becoming a defensive interview
are you wearing leather shoes yes
discussing everything from the hypocrisy
of whitfield calling her out for wearing
fur
to telling her that she is quote not the
one to interview a person who does humor
rivers undoubtedly got the last word
before storming out of the interview
you are not the one to interview a
person who does human
sorry number 17 chris christie
when chris christie appeared on the
tonight show starring jimmy fallon in
2015
he and fallon shared stories from their
summer vacations in wolfeboro new
hampshire
while the interview started out on the
right foot things quickly turned sour
when
fallon seemingly made a jab at
christie's weight after the then new
jersey governor mentioned going out for
ice cream
he's like okay let's go for ice cream
right all right
so we get off the boat and he turns to
me in here first of all you weren't like
all right
you were like yeah good night everybody
after fallon made the comment which
mentioned how excited christy must have
been for frozen dessert
christy took a bow before walking off
the stage while he did end up coming
back to finish the interview
he quipped that if i ever leave public
life
you're going to have to hire two writers
just to replace the garbage you say
about me
it's unbelievable number 16 lil kim
you want to talk about little kim
and that face of hers wendy williams and
lil kim are no strangers to
confrontational interactions with fellow
celebs
things were no different when they got
into a feud with each other following
comments made by williams on her show
william's remarks were made in response
to lil kim's accusations that news
outlets had photoshopped images of her
not only did williams disagree that the
images were photoshopped
but she also went on to poke fun at the
wrapper for her plastic surgery
going as far as to say that she should
blame your plastic surgeon girl
obviously this was not well received by
the rapper who took to twitter to clap
back at williams by referencing her
alleged hookup with the notorious b.i.g
number 15 jane fonda but you look
amazing
do you have you why did you say i read
that you said you felt
you're not proud to admit that you've
had work done why not
we really want to talk about that there
are some questions you probably
shouldn't ask during interviews while
promoting her movie our souls at night
on megyn kelly today
legendary actress jane fonda took issue
with the line of questioning from the
host
megan began asking fonda if she was
proud to have had work done
while jane has previously been open
about her relationship with plastic
surgery
it's clear that she believes there is a
time and a place for these kinds of
questions
and a promotional interview is not one
of them visibly stunned
jane asks megan if they quote really
wanted to talk about that right now
before graciously shutting kelly's
question down and quickly changing the
discussion back to the movie
well thanks good attitude good posture
take care of myself but let me tell you
why i
i love this movie that we did our souls
at night
number 14. nikki diacer also known as
nikkietutorials
and i feel like his entire goal was with
this
to destroy my life um a plot twist
that didn't happen no it did not while
being on the ellen degeneres show is a
lifelong dream for some people
it might not live up to its expectations
just ask youtuber nikki tutorials
after nicki diago was blackmailed into
publicly coming out as transgender
she was invited on ellen's show to speak
not only about the situation
but also to discuss her experience as a
transgender woman
while she was praised on screen by ellen
for her strength and courage
nikki revealed a few months later that
it was a different story behind the
scenes
she called out ellen for her coldness
and accused the show of treating her
differently compared to the other more
a-list guests
number 13 cher i don't know because i
thought that i would never want to do
this show with you now why
it's no question that cher is able to
hold her own when appearing on talk
shows
this was no different during her
long-awaited and now infamous interview
with david letterman
while the whole segment is a gold mine
of hilarious banter between the two
one of the best moments happens when
david awkwardly spends the first few
minutes of their talk
asking cher about her perfume to which
she eventually replies
quote is this as good as it gets
cher doesn't hold back for the rest of
the interview as she goes on to tell
dave that she only came on the show
because she wanted him to pay for her
hotel bill
as well as of course calling him a
certain word
because you thought i was uh
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number 12 mark ruffalo and susan
sarandon
after ellen found herself in controversy
after she appeared to be chummy with
former president george w
bush at a football game she defended
herself on her show by saying
here's the thing i'm friends with george
bush in fact i'm friends with a lot of
people who don't share the same beliefs
that i have
however ellen's response furthered the
backlash online
including from some of her fellow
celebrities notably
mark ruffalo made a post on twitter
stating that kindness could only be
discussed once
george w bush is brought to justice for
the crimes of the iraq war
while actress susan sarandon shared a
quote from an out magazine article
that criticized ellen for her response
number 11.
james corden i was like oh man somebody
needs to say something about this
if only there was someone with a
platform who knew what it was actually
like to be overweight
and then i realized ah that'll be me
bill maher isn't known for being the
most politically correct of talk show
hosts which can sometimes get him into
trouble
marr found himself in controversy after
he suggested that fat shaming doesn't
need to end
needs to make a comeback one of his
biggest critics was fellow talk show
host james corden
who clapped back at marr on a show
stating that because fat shaming never
went
anywhere while also pointing out the
detrimental effects it can have on
people's mental health
while james spent most of the segment
rebutting bill's argument and poking fun
at the controversial host
he also made sure to teasingly joke
about his own weight struggle
while suggesting that mar take on a more
productive approach to the problem
number 10 aziz ansari not only is aziz
ansari ridiculously funny
he also uses his platform to advocate
for better representation of minorities
in the media
so when the late show host stephen
colbert brought this up in an interview
with the comedian
and jokingly added that with the two of
them on his show the very center of the
people on
tv are not white yeah and sorry did not
hesitate to shoot back that indeed
such diversity was and this is like an
all-time high for cbs
their discussion of representation
didn't end there though as they went on
to joke about how a fact-checking
mistake that led to steven calling
aziz's book by the wrong name
would likely lead to someone getting
fired and that's someone being white
since aziz quipped there are a lot of
white guys back there yeah there are
number nine little mix when releasing
the video for their song strip
little mix featured themselves and other
women of all body shapes and sizes in
little to no clothing in an effort to
promote body positivity
this didn't go over well with good
morning britain host pierce morgan
who claimed that if men did this they'd
be arrested and that the nudity was just
a ploy to sell records
come in all of you girl power and camera
swear to my face
uh and explain to me why you stripping
your clothes off
it's not about selling records but it's
actually about something a little bit
more profound
when the comments were brought up to the
girls in an interview band member jesse
called him
language jesse to which morgan responded
with demands that the group apologized
to him directly
on international men's day which is
today i have an equally empowering image
which i don't want to share with the
nation
uh here it is while the group never
ended up going on gmb
they included the clip of morgan's
demands in the intro to a song during
the lm5 tour
number eight nicki minaj wendy williams
is
known for spilling all the tea even if
it gets her into controversy
um there are some naysayers who say why
did you marry this guy
kenneth penny petty so she's nicki minaj
petty this was no different when the
host commented on nicki minaj's marriage
to kenneth petty while including details
of his criminal past
nicki minaj's husband's name is kenny
petty
and he's a registered sex offender after
seeing william's comments
minaj called wendy out in a separate
radio interview for her hypocrisy
claiming that williams has rappers on
her show that talk about shooting and
killing
and that petty had paid his debt to
society do you mention gucci man's body
every time you you mention him
or when you discussing his wife do you
mention his man down
his charge she also brought up wendy's
now ex-husband kevin hunter who had an
affair that resulted in his mistress
having a baby
saying that the money williams makes
from being quote vicious paid for his
mistresses shopping sprees
hotels and medical bills it's not about
about you doing your job
there are people who report the news and
there are people who do it with an evil
intent in their heart
viciousness and i pray for you because i
know you're hurting and i know you must
be sick and humiliated
number seven john legend and chrissy
teigen
following the death of legendary boxer
muhammad ali host pierce morgan
him again tweeted out that the former
boxer had said quote
far more inflammatory slash racist
things about white people than donald
trump ever has about muslims
and that he quote hopes people don't
make me sound too perfect when i die
chrissy and her husband john legend were
less than pleased with the talk show
host
with jon taking to twitter to tell
morgan that quote you could test us by
announcing your retirement
while chrissy informed her husband that
quote trolling isn't a job
legend and tegan aren't the only
celebrities who've taken shots at the
host as sophie turner has also schooled
him on twitter about the importance of
mental health awareness
number six hassan minhaj while ellen
mispronouncing hassan minhash's name
during his appearance on her show in
2019 may not have been adele dazeem
level bad
it was enough to have the patriot act
host caller out on it i'm a huge fan of
you
thank you and it's hassan minaj
yes no really well my name is hassan
minhaj
oh i want to do this i actually want to
do this on on national television good
please because
everyone that says your name says hassan
minaj yeah
not only is minhash clapping back at
ellen but also with anyone who has ever
mispronounced his name
as he goes on to call out the hypocrisy
of those that mispronounce his name
while being able to pronounce the names
of other celebrities with odd names
quipping that there's an actor just
named ansel elgort and we all just walk
around pronouncing it
completely normally yeah minhaj also
joked that when ordering starbucks
he goes by the pseudonym timothy
chalamet to keep things simple
zing and what do they do at starbucks
what do they do at starbucks i just go
by timothy chalamet
i just keep it simple yeah and they
usually do it right with like they're
like timothy with two e's
and i'm like yeah that's me number five
anne hathaway
when anne hathaway appeared on the today
show to promote les miserables the
interview took an
odd turn as later disgraced host matt
lauer got weirdly invasive
and hathaway good morning nice to see
you matt seen a lot of you lately
sorry about that i'd be happy to stay
home but
uh the film let's just get it out of the
way a little wardrobe malfunction
lauer started off the interview in an
extremely inappropriate fashion
by saying that he'd seen quote a lot of
her lately referring to an incident
where paparazzi took a photograph at an
angle where you could see under
hathaway's dress
lauer then went on to ask what she had
quote learned from the incident
placing the blame not on the
photographers who had invaded hathaway's
privacy but instead on the actress
herself
what's the lesson learned from something
like that other than that you keep
smiling which you always do
while lauer continued to push the
invasive line of questioning hathaway
shut him down with incredible decency
and grace
well it was obviously an unfortunate
incident
i think it kind of made me sad
on two accounts one was that i was very
sad that we live in an age when someone
takes a picture
of another person in a vulnerable moment
and rather than delete it
and do the decent thing sells it number
four jerry seinfeld
when jerry seinfeld joined larry king on
his cnn show larry king live
things quickly turned very awkward as
the conversation turned to the seinfeld
finale
well it's only a year that's not so bad
we'll be out in a year and then we'll be
back
could be fun don't have to worry about
your meals or
what you're gonna do saturday nights and
they do shows yeah we
we could put on a show maybe uh uh
bye-bye birdie king who asked the show's
namesake if the show was canceled or if
jerry had quote canceled them
quickly retracted the inquiry as
seinfeld began questioning if king even
knew who he was
and asked to see the longtime host's
resume so you gave it up right
i did they didn't cancel you you
cancelled them
you're not aware of this while it's
uncertain if the comedian was actually
hurt by larry's lack of knowledge or was
just joking
we can be sure that no one will ever ask
jerry if seinfeld was canceled again
don't most shows go down a little most
people do also
but number three zendaya
i want to say to zendaya and anyone else
out there that i have hurt
that i am so so sincerely sorry
this really has been a learning
experience for me i've learned a lot
today
and this incident has taught me to be a
lot more aware of cliches
and stereotypes while ease fashion
police provides a platform for fashion
commentators to discuss the stylistic
choices celebrities make on the red
carpet
the commentary went too far when host
giuliana rancic said some less than
appropriate things about actress zendaya
at the 2015 academy awards zendaya
showed up with her hair styled in
dreadlocks
a choice that didn't go over well with
rancic who said the style made her feel
like zendaya she smells like patchouli
oil
or weed yeah maybe weed not only did
rancic's comments spark outrage with
viewers and online but
zendaya took to instagram to clap back
at the host stating that quote
certain remarks cannot go unchecked
while calling the comments quote
outrageously offensive
and quote a large stereotype and i took
my time and
crafted something that i felt like was
the right way to respond to something
like that while making it something
positive
making it something that would educate
people number two
jimmy kimmel it probably wasn't the best
idea to bring jimmy kimmel a longtime
friend of fellow talk show host conan
o'brien on the jay leno show
in the midst of a major feud between
leno and o'brien but it sure was
entertaining
during one of the show's segments 10 at
10 jimmy kimmel joined as a guest via
webcam to answer what appear to be easy
questions
we have 10 questions question number one
you had fun impersonating me tuesday
night on the jimmy kimmel show
what is the secret to doing a good jay
leno impression
well um i hate to give away my secrets
but it's part
sylvester the cat it's part curly from
the three stooges
and part scrappy do however jimmy took
every opportunity he could to throw
shade at leno
commenting on everything from his
appearance to his cancelled show to
of course the conan feud i think the
best prank i ever pulled was
i told the guy i told the guy that five
years from now i'm gonna give you my
show
and then when the five years came i gave
it to him and then i took it back almost
instantly
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number one dakota johnson when dakota
johnson appeared on ellen
things turned awkward very fast as the
longtime host questioned johnson for not
inviting her to her 30th birthday party
you turned 30. i did and um how was the
party i wasn't invited
actually no that's not the truth ellen
you were invited despite ellen's
protestations the actress insisted she
had indeed invited her
and had never actually gotten a reason
as to why ellen didn't attend
it wasn't until after ellen's producer
stepped in and informed the host that
she had been invited that ellen gave in
choosing to change the subject to
dakota's favorite comedian
spoiler alert it's not ellen yeah but i
did invite you and you didn't come
so this time you invited me yeah are you
sure yeah
how do you know i don't think so ask
everybody this isn't the first time
dakota johnson has clapped back at a
talk show host
she also hilariously called jimmy fallon
out for talking over her during an
appearance on the tonight show
well no they i sort of
do they allow dogs at the hotel aren't
you supposed to let people talk on the
show
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