Celebrity shade is the best shade, and its purest form comes in off-the-cuff moments.
Whether it's Taylor Swift hissing at an ex or Leonardo DiCaprio throwing the eyebrows
of doom at Lady Gaga, we're here for all of it.
Here are some of the shadiest celeb reactions caught on live TV.
Drake
Drake is a Toronto Raptors superfan who took full advantage of his courtside seats one
night when Indiana Pacer Rodney Stuckey went out of bounds and lost the ball.
Leaping out of his seat, Drake sarcastically applauded the turnover right next to Stuckey's
ear.
This isn't the first time Drake has gotten heated during a game, either, as he's developed
a reputation for his trash talk and other courtside antics.
There was the epic staredown he gave Kevin Durant after the Raptors scored a three-pointer
on the Warriors.
Then there was the time he trash-talked Justin Holiday so hard while he was trying to throw
the ball inbounds, forcing a five-second violation.
Obviously, when it comes to defending his Raptors, Drake doesn't hold back.
As he told ESPN,
"I've supported the franchise through our ups and downs.
More than anything, I'm a Toronto guy.
I'm a city guy.
I care about the city more than anything in the world."
Anderson Cooper
Ten minutes of interviewing White House counselor Kellyanne Conway was clearly enough for Anderson
Cooper, who famously rolled his eyes at her on camera during an episode of Anderson Cooper
360.
Conway had stopped by to talk about President Trump's recent firing of FBI Director James
Comey.
Cooper played several clips of Trump actually praising Comey during his presidential campaign,
to which Conway sarcastically responded:
"You're conflating two things that don't belong together.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
I was on your show often last fall saying we were going to win Michigan and how we were
going to do it, so that was fun."
The CNN host later told Andy Cohen on Watch What Happens Live that he regretted the moment,
and that he never wants anyone to feel disrespected on his show.
But that didn't stop Conway from accusing him of sexism during an appearance on Fox
& Friends.
"Could you imagine rolling your eyes having a male anchor on a network roll eyes at Hillary
Clinton?"
Aretha Franklin
During an interview with The Wall Street Journal in 2014 to promote her latest album, the late
Aretha Franklin was asked to give her "one-word reactions" on various singers in the business.
Despite her diva reputation, Franklin actually had glowing things to say about just about
everyone, including Adele, Alicia Keys, and Taylor Swift.
But when Nicki Minaj's name came up, Franklin completely sidestepped.
"Nicki Minaj.
Hmm … I'm gonna pass on that one."
We may never know if Franklin really meant to diss Minaj, or she had just literally never
heard of her.
Either way, Minaj eventually got the R-E-S-P-E-C-T she deserved a few years later, when she ended
Franklin's 40-year reign for most Billboard 100 hits for a female artist in any genre.
Joan Rivers
When the late Joan Rivers went on CNN in 2014 to promote her new book, things got tense
pretty quickly between her and anchor Fredricka Whitfield.
Honestly, it was hard to tell who was shading who, as Whitfield made several comments that
put Rivers on the defensive, which Rivers expertly volleyed back.
For example, when Whitfield said Rivers' red carpet fashion routine was "mean," Rivers
quipped:
"These ladies make 28 million dollars a picture.
You really think that Nicki Minaj cares I didn't like her dress?"
By the time Whitfield oh-so-casually noted how Rivers wears fur on the cover of her book,
even though she "knew there would probably be animal rights activists" reading it, Rivers
lost it.
"Are you wearing leather shoes?"
"Yes!"
"Shut up."
Rivers then proceed to get up and storm off the set.
Amazingly, Whitfield seemed unfazed, smiling and telling viewers afterwards that Rivers
was indeed "serious."
"Rivers didn't return to the interview but off-camera she kept her microphone on and
she continued to talk and drop some rather unflattering four-letter words."
Samuel L. Jackson
When an interviewer disrespects famous people, some celebs immediately return the favor.
Take, for example, when Samuel L. Jackson stopped by KTLA morning news in 2014 to promote
the RoboCop remake.
Reporter Sam Rubin couldn't wait to ask him all about his career, but the problem was,
he confused Jackson with another African-American actor, Laurence Fishburne.
Right after asking Jackson about his Super Bowl commercial that actually featured Fishburne
and then seeing the confused look on Jackson's face, he realized his flub and apologized
for the mix-up.
Jackson, of course, didn't let this go by without totally taking him down.
"You're the entertainment reporter for this station, and you don't know the difference
between me and Laurence Fishburne?"
Rubin sputtered apologies, and later ended the interview by saying:
"I'm probably going to get spanked in the most extraordinary way, with good reason."
A month later, Jackson still wouldn't let it go, tweeting a photo of himself wearing
a shirt saying, "I’m not Laurence Fishburne."
Fishburne, for his part, has noted that this is a common mistake.
"Once upon a time, people used to confuse Al Pacino and Dustin Hoffman.
It's not a bad problem to have."
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