Robert Downey Jr walks out of C4 interview

gold2040 · 22/04/15 - 21:11

First Quentin, now Robert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALBwaO-rAsE

Ah Krishnan, Krishnan, Krishnan

Isambard Brunel · 22/04/15 - 21:18

Concentrating on the positives, at least he didn't walk into a mosque and racially shit-stir using his lying teeth.

[Deleted User] · 22/04/15 - 21:42

You know, good for him. He was there to promote a movie but channel 4 are all about the lowest form of gutter journalism these days and are obsessed with the sleazy side of life so probably couldn't be decent about anyone/anything if their lives depended on it. They had no business asking him anything about his personal life but this is a station now controlled by a woman who bragged about how delighted she was to join them because like to "punch authority on the nose". What an embarrassment to broadcasting they are.

Sorcha_27 · 22/04/15 - 21:46

gold2040 wrote: »

First Quentin, now Robert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALBwaO-rAsE

Ah Krishnan, Krishnan, Krishnan

He's the new Martin Bashir. >:(

AoibheannRose · 22/04/15 - 21:46

I love the camera man's face when he turns and looks at CGM as Downey walks out. It perfectly conveys 'what a tw*t' (that's Downey), no words necessary. The awkward moments in gif form, camera man is the last one.

http://entertainthis.usatoday.com/2015/04/22/robert-downey-jr/

gold2040 · 22/04/15 - 21:49

sorcha_healy27 wrote: »

He's the new Martin Bashir. >:(

He learned from the best

Tassium · 22/04/15 - 21:55

I've really come to despise CH4 and everything it now stands for.

It's apparently not obvious to those with the authority to dismiss the CH4 executive that these people are running the reputation of CH4 into the ground.

CH4 News is just a trolling operation these days.

mounty · 22/04/15 - 23:31

Oh dear. Someone doesn't gush over the new film and massage the Downey ego so he throws his toys out the pram and stomps off.

[Deleted User] · 22/04/15 - 23:32

mounty wrote: »

Oh dear. Someone doesn't gush over the new film and massage the Downey ego so he throws his toys out the pram and stomps off.

It's not about the film at all. It's about the fact that he was there to promote a film and the interviewer tried to pry into his personal business. Would you be pleased in Downey's position?

AoibheannRose · 23/04/15 - 00:04

If I were him I'd welcome any change from the boring and repetitive questions asked by journalist after journalist at these junkets you are obliged to attend in order to promote your latest very average movie.

[Deleted User] · 23/04/15 - 00:05

Krishnan Guru-Murphy is the problem here. He still seems to be under the impression that he's a hard hitting investigative journalist. He's there to ask film stars their favourite colours. If he's not careful celebs will refuse to talk to him and he'll be out of a job.

EvieJ · 23/04/15 - 00:09

CGM behaved like an ass there. You could almost see the glee at at the response he was trying to provoke before he got it. Serious journalist? Not in that interview.

RDJ tried to stop that line of questioning and was clearly anxious/livid at what he knew was coming, I wouldn't blamed him if he'd walked out sooner.

jclock66 · 23/04/15 - 00:18

Sweetums wrote: »

It's not about the film at all. It's about the fact that he was there to promote a film and the interviewer tried to pry into his personal business. Would you be pleased in Downey's position?

It wouldn't bother me to be honest, he should be proud of the way he's managed to pull himself together.

nethwen · 23/04/15 - 00:32

gold2040 wrote: »

First Quentin, now Robert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALBwaO-rAsE

Ah Krishnan, Krishnan, Krishnan

Our British media are disgraceful. They don't care about anybody's feelings when they interview people, or write stories about them.

Just look at the emotion in Robert's eyes.:(

gold2040 · 23/04/15 - 00:36

There's an interesting KGM interview with Richard Ayoade it seems though I haven't watched the clip yet

nethwen · 23/04/15 - 00:47

And Krishnan's I don't want to pry but. . .I will do it anyway.

What did Robert say to him after the mike was removed?

And what were those things on Krishnan's tie?

gold2040 · 23/04/15 - 00:54

nethwen wrote: »

And Krishnan's I don't want to pry but. . .I will do it anyway.

What did Robert say to him after the mike was removed?

It's just getting a little Diane Sawyer in here."

FusionFury · 23/04/15 - 01:38

He wouldn't do that on Howard Stern if Howard asked him that.

Says it all. Easy to bully around the small time British C4 reporter.

dee123 · 23/04/15 - 01:42

mounty wrote: »

Oh dear. Someone doesn't gush over the new film and massage the Downey ego so he throws his toys out the pram and stomps off.

It's a press junket not a quote unquote serious interview. Neither the time nor the place.

FusionFury · 23/04/15 - 01:44

mounty wrote: »

Oh dear. Someone doesn't gush over the new film and massage the Downey ego so he throws his toys out the pram and stomps off.

Yup.

These celebrities are so use to getting told how great they are that they are too sensitive to anything else. But it is OK for them to use their so-called "private lives" for when it suits.. ok.

Whedonite · 23/04/15 - 01:44

FusionFury wrote: »

He wouldn't do that on Howard Stern if Howard asked him that.

Says it all. Easy to bully around the small time British C4 reporter.

That's a completely different scenario though. Nobody goes on Stern's show expecting to just talk about work and if they do, they clearly know nothing about him.

I don't see how RDJ is at fault here. He wanted to talk about the movie, not his personal life. If he wanted to do both, he'd be on Stern's show again.

Whedonite · 23/04/15 - 01:49

FusionFury wrote: »

Yup.

These celebrities are so use to getting told how great they are that they are too sensitive to anything else. But it is OK for them to use their so-called "private lives" for when it suits.. ok.

Well... yes. Everyone has the right to not talk about a personal subject when they don't want to. Why do some people seem to think that celebrities owe them something

FusionFury · 23/04/15 - 01:59

Whedonite wrote: »

Well... yes. Everyone has the right to not talk about a personal subject when they don't want to. Why do some people seem to think that celebrities owe them something

Because they can't use their private life when it suits and then complain when it is used by the press.. everyone knows that.

I mean would it have killed RDJ to just answer the question? I mean what is the worst that could come from it? all the interviewer wanted was for him to clarify comments he made.. which he was happy to do at that time. I don't think it was unreasonable. Couldn't he have just said "i don't want to talk about that, let's move on" until the time was up? they had 3 minutes left (the PR girl said) so it wouldn't of killed him.. getting up and walking out like a petulant school kid made RDJ look bad - and the interviewer got a reaction and world headlines because of it so RDJ lost..

Just think these celebrities need a reality check and there lives are not hard, they can be a bit more controlled.

grahamzxy · 23/04/15 - 02:09

KGM is a poor excuse for a journalist, he's a C4 newsreader who likes to antagonize Hollywood types, would he rake up the drug past of Mick Jagger or Paul McCartney if they had a film out?

FusionFury · 23/04/15 - 02:11

These "Hollywood types" shouldn't go on his show then. Plenty of other ways to promote their movie in the UK in a cushy buddy type interview where the interviewers will gush over them and the movie to massage their egos.

C4 should be known by now by these Hollywood types (or should be advised) unless they live under a rock.. they don't like up em'!

Radiomaniac · 23/04/15 - 03:41

KGM was the embarrassing one here, his reaction was cringey.

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