Anne Hathaway Forced To Apologize For A Horrible Interview From 10+ Years Ago
Ever look back at some something from a decade or so ago and really regret what you said? Yeah, me neither. But that’s not the case for Anne Hathaway right now who had to issue an apology for an interview she gave years back because the video is making the rounds on social media. And it isn’t exactly painting her in the best light. Such is the nature of celebrity.
All of our interactions are just lost in the annals of time. But not these folks. They never know when something seemingly forgotten could come back to bite them in a bad way.
Anne Hathaway sent an apology email to Kjersti Flaa, a Norwegian journalist
According to Deadline, Anne Hathaway sent an apology email to Kjersti Flaa, a Norwegian journalist, who 12 years ago interviewed the former during the press tour for Les Misérables. During that interview, Anne Hathaway didn’t come off in the best light, providing single-word, monosyllabic answers to Flaa’s questions and just generally coming off as someone who didn’t want to be there.
The reason she’s sending this apology all these years later isn’t because of a video released on Kjersti Flaa’s YouTube channel where she called the interview “Top notch cringe”. She isn’t wrong. You can see the video for yourself where she takes you through everything that went wrong and Anne Hathaway’s general attitude.
Yikes. The key issue at hand here was that Kjersti Flaa decided to ask the interviewees to go a little sing-song with their responses to her questions. A little weird and a risk to take? Sure, but this was for a musical, after all. Most of the folks, like Russell Crowe and Hugh Jackman, were on board. Anne Hathaway was not. Not at all.
Anne Hathaway went so far as to say, “Well, I won’t be doing that, but you’re more than welcome to sing.” So, out of the box things weren’t going well, but after that it really never recovered. Hathaway gave one-word answers to questions and it was very clear she no longer wanted to be there even in the slightest. It was a mess.
Flaa said she felt Anne Hathaway was dismissive throughout (no kidding) though if we were to defend the actress a little here, these press interviews and probably the last thing the talent wants to do as part of the process. That being said, the interviewer should probably understand this and maybe stick to the script. It’s close.
Flaa said she felt Anne Hathaway was dismissive throughout
Anne Hathaway apparently sent an email apology to Flaa in which she explained what she was going through at the time of the interview. A small gesture, but meaningful nonetheless considering how poorly this went.
Anne Hathaway could easily have drummed it up to a bad day and moved on. It’s not like she’s hurting for work or getting canceled over the interview in any way. And maybe there’s a lesson here for other celebrities in that you never know when something like a bad interview will come back to bite you even years later.
Source: Deadline
