When actors kiss in the movies, it's often breathtaking. When they kiss outside of movies
it's… sometimes very awkward. Here's a breakdown of many uncomfortable kisses actors have shared
for the world to see.
Marlon Brando was notoriously reclusive in the final years of his life, but in 1994 he
allowed King to come to his home and interview him about his autobiography Songs My Mother
Taught Me on one condition: that they eat lunch beforehand. The actor and the talk show
host were playful with each other for most of their 90-minute interview. Their chemistry
peaked when the two started singing "Got a Date With an Angel" near the end of the interview.
The duet concluded with Brando turning to King, saying, quote, "Darling, goodbye," and
pecking him on the lips.
The unexpected kiss didn't seem particularly sexual, but it drew attention partly because
Brando's sexuality has been the subject of considerable interest throughout his career.
Just days after the interview aired, it was parodied with an over-the-top sketch on Saturday
Night Live, with John Travolta playing a very eccentric version of Brando.
Stephen Colbert had the honor of kissing Dame Helen Mirren on an episode of
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in 2016. The acclaimed talk show host was greeting
the British thespian when she kissed him on the lips and left him frozen in disbelief.
Mirren later explained to Colbert that the kiss had been a longtime goal for her.
"If I didn't do it then, I'd never get to do it. So, you know. I have been dreaming
about doing that for about 15 years."
After admitting that he suddenly forgot his questions, Colbert called her gesture one
of the, quote, "nicest" greetings he'd ever received on the show. Other celebrities, including
Sally Field and Andrew Garfield, have kissed Colbert, but none left him as speechless as
Mirren.
The only thing most people remember from the 2010 Critics' Choice Awards was the unexpected
lip-lock between Sandra Bullock and Meryl Streep, who tied for the Best Actress award
that night. As the second person to accept her award, Bullock became fixated on Streep,
who was still on stage, and the two stars launched into a sort of pretend fight over
the award. Then, Bullock and Streep went in for a kiss to seal the deal. Bullock would
later comment that the kiss made headlines because people simply don't know how quote,
"fun" Streep can be in real life.
Bullock offered even more detail about the kiss with Streep on a 2013 episode of The
Graham Norton Show. It turns out the whole thing started because the pair had been part
of a good-natured rivalry throughout the entire 2010 awards season, as Bullock's performance
in The Blind Side and Streep's performance in Julie & Julia went head-to-head for the
same trophies.
Winners of the MTV Movie & TV Awards' Best Kiss accolade are expected to recreate their
kiss during the ceremony, and the steamy smooch between Canadian actors Ryan Gosling and Rachel
McAdams during the 2005 show was no exception.
As the real-life couple went up to accept their award, they walked in opposite directions
before McAdams took off her sweater to reveal a black strapless top. Gosling then seductively
signaled to McAdams with his finger, and they slowly walked towards each other; McAdams
finally jumped into Gosling's arms and they recreated their kiss from The Notebook. Maroon
5's "She Will Be Loved" played in the background, and the camera even cut to the stunned reaction
of Lindsey Lohan while the kiss occurred. After they finished, Gosling carried McAdams
to the podium and dropped her off so that they could give their acceptance speech. The
kiss was so sultry that it was a little uncomfortable. It also became an iconic moment in MTV Movie
Awards history.
Jessica Chastain was only one of the celebrities who Diane Keaton, the acting veteran who starred
in such classics as The Godfather and Annie Hall, kissed on the lips during a 2017 episode
of The Graham Norton Show.
For context, the Irish talk show host asked Keaton if she enjoyed on-screen romances and
she responded,
"It's the best. I mean quite frankly, it doesn't get better than on-screen romance because
frankly, you know, think of all the men you get to kiss and you don't pay the price."
To prove her point, she offered to kiss Norton, who happily accepted. Keaton then asked if
she could kiss fellow guest Kevin Bacon, and he also happily accepted. Then it was Chastain's
turn, who stood up looking all giddy before she was kissed. It was meant to be silly and
fun, but it seemed a bit awkward and forced in its goofiness .
Most parents kiss their children on the cheek or the forehead. Actor Will Smith instead
smooched his son Jaden on the lips — and during a live TV interview, no less. The two
stars appeared on a Thai talk show called The Woody Show in 2013 to promote their new
movie After Earth when their host, Woody himself, asked if there was, quote, "a distance" in
the way they showed affection, similar to the father-son duo they played in the film.
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Will responded that they are, quote, "very affectionate," and Jaden chimed in that his
dad tried to kiss him once, which prompted Woody to ask if Will had ever tried to kiss
his son on Thai television before. Will then kissed Jaden, who physically resisted. Although
it was probably just a weird joke, it definitely grossed Jaden out — and he probably wasn't
the only one.
Speaking with HipHollywood not long after, Jaden went to explain that kisses such as
the one on The Woody Show are actually commonplace in the Smith house. He explained that it happens,
quote, "all the time," and that while he wouldn't kiss his father on set, he would kiss him
off set or just about anywhere else. So, it turns out the acting legend and his son are
nothing like their After Earth characters.
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