{"id":2397983,"date":"2026-05-01T17:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T17:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2397983"},"modified":"2026-05-01T17:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T17:00:15","slug":"15-famous-women-mistreated-by-interviewers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/15-famous-women-mistreated-by-interviewers\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Famous Women Mistreated By Interviewers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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15 Famous Women Mistreated By Interviewers<\/p>\n
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When Matt Lauer<\/a> asked Anne Hathaway<\/a> an inappropriate question about a revealing paparazzi picture of her, and victim-blamed Hathaway by saying, “What’s the lesson learned from something like that?”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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When David Letterman<\/a> ignored Janet Jackson’s boundaries after she vocalized she didn’t want to talk about her performance at Super Bowl XXXVIII with Justin Timberlake<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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And when he mocked the serious issues Oprah<\/a> tackled on her own TV show in the late ’80s, and refused to stand up for her when she was being heckled by one of his audience members.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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When Barbara Walters totally crossed the line and asked Courtney Love if she was on drugs during their interview.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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When Diane Sawyer nagged and nagged and nagged<\/i> Whitney Houston about her weight, putting herself in a place she definitely didn’t belong.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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When Dick Cavett, Barbara Walters, and everyone and their mother badgered Yoko Ono for “breaking up the Beatles” for DECADES. And, in reality, one woman couldn’t dismantle an entire band…just something to think about.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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When Howard Stern insulted Rihanna in 2012 for refusing to answer a question about her personal life during a press conference, stating that she’s “lucky someone’s [even] at your press conference, you fuck.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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When Piers Morgan criticized a picture Jesy Nelson uploaded on her Instagram in the most disgusting way, calling it “one of those grim pictures you get on those weird, adult dating sites. The really cheap ones.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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When various interviewers throughout DECADES refused to stop asking Tina Turner about her abusive marriage to Ike Turner, making her relive the trauma<\/a> over and over again.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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And when David Letterman wouldn’t stop commenting on Tina Turner’s scent when she visited the show in the mid-1990s, he even made a joke about it to lure people to see her concerts.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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When Barbara Walters totally disregarded Judy Garland’s feelings, and insisted that she led a very sad and “tragic life.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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When Diane Sawyer defended Justin Timberlake over Britney Spears after their infamous breakup, and she seemingly blamed Britney for it.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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When Isaac Mizrahi groped Scarlett Johansson’s breast during an interview on the red carpet at the 2006 Golden Globe Awards.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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When David Letterman repeatedly asked Madonna to kiss a random stranger in the audience, and every time she said no, he continued to badger her about it.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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And when Michael Parkinson was supremely ignorant toward Helen Mirren in a 1975 interview, questioning how she could be taken seriously as an actor if she had “large breasts.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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