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Actor and possible future rap superstar Joaquin Phoenix took a seat across from David Letterman last night (to "promote" Two Lovers), finally pushing Farrah Fawcett out of the top slot for all time most incoherent interview subject (Farrah video!). Incase you missed it, here's the five minutes of teeth pulling:
Viewers are now left questioning the appearance—is Phoenix trying to channel Andy Kaufman, or is he battling a substance abuse problem again? Either way, only time will tell if he can rise from the ashes left on the Late Show studio floor. He promised to come back to perform a song, if invited—and hopefully he'll study up on how Andy did it before taking the mic.
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Wow.
Yikes.
Letterman is a bore. If anything, this interview showed just how sucky his show is. Bunches of tourists given free passes to giggle when they flash the laughter sign.
There is no way anyone could have interviewed that.
I have to disagree. Letterman has been on his A game the last couple of months. Did you see the Blagovich interview? He also did a great job with John McCain a couple of months ago.
I agree with you Jack. I watched last night, i thought Letterman was great, i watched specifically to see how he handled it & like with the Blagovich interview(which was hysterical an Dave's part) I think he has been bringing in the people everyone else is worried to interview and giving them a run for the money, asking ALL the questions we really think about & calling everyone out on their BS. I've def been tuning into Dave much more recently & will continue.
I have to disagree with you disagreeing with me... I am disagreeable today
I watched this interview and laughed at what an a** JP made of himself. DL was on his "A" game as ussual. Granted he could of really hammered JP into the ground but he showed enough restraint to still be funny as can be.
Looks like Letterman was flummoxed by Phoenix.
www.forgotten-ny.com
oh. my. what happened dude? so uncomfortable and i couldn't finish watching
Could be drugs.... could be that's he's just a prick.
He reminded me of a wookie on some sort of drugs
Who does an interview with sunglasses on?
People riding the subway with sunglasses on annoy me but this guy....wow.
"Sorry you couldn't be here tonight" - Wow.
RP looks like he's nervous and resents having to be there while DL thinks he's being dissed from the get go. Not a Farrah/Crispin Glover moment. That's just two show biz guys who really dislike each other.
Letterman was mocking him at every move. What was he supposed to do?
"Can you tell us about your days with the unibomber?"
Ha.
I'd put money on some mushrooms being involved in that interview, and not on Letterman's side.
"Joaquin, I'm sorry you couldn't be here tonight." HA!
I say hoax. Giving up acting for hip-hop. Really. He's a bored, maybe high, slightly talented actor having fun with the media.
check this:
Casey Affleck helming Joaquin Phoenix doc
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i989acc6090241ec6ca07cef669efc87a
Can you say mockumentary
I think you might be right, but unfortunately for Phoenix, no one cares enough about him to find this amusing.
I've always liked Letterman.
I think Joaquin is up to something though. Who knows what he's up to? It's probably all an act.
Yeah, he's up to killing his movie career. He's pulling a "Rourke."
I thought Letterman handled it pretty well. The awkward silences were used to good effect. I found the whole thing pretty amusing.
Looks like a bad act to me. This was nothing compared to Crispin Glover's appearance.
I'm still looking forward to "Two Lovers". Not so much to see Joaquin and/or Gwynnie, as much as the sight of those two riding on the Q train and living Brighton Beach.
he seems inconvenienced...
Late Show. Letterman's show has been The Late Show for quite a while now. Even Conan O'Brien is leaving Late Night in a week or so.
Joaquin is a genius. He's totally subverting The Hollywood System. It's totally Glorious. I can't wait for Casey Affleck's documentary of this Historic performance art piece.
Or...
Perhaps he's just a big douche who erroneously thinks that he's doing something special when, in fact, you can see similar, but better performances by panhandlers on the NY subway everyday.
Whoa, the most disastrous appearance I've ever seen on a tv show... and so freaking hilarious!
This first commenter must be out of his mind, I've never seen anyone that handles this sort of stuff better than Letterman, the man is a living legend!
Just keep watching, he's there pushing the guys button and for all we know he's got his eyes closed thinking of getting back to the stuff he left back in the dressing room. Hopefully, this will serve as a wake up call.
It looked like he was interviewing a Joaquin Phoenix impersonator they found at Grand Central. Seriously hilarious!
I went ahead and watched the Farrah Fawcett video, and she definitely has got nothing on this guy! At least she talked and reacted.
Please tell what was so funny? Joaquin was out of it, so Letterman pulled out some great material about the unibomber? Yeah that was a real knee slapper. Poking fun at impaired people is just lame-it isn't funny to me. I must be out of my mind feeling sorry for Joaquin.
Maybe it's just cause i've been following JP and his weirdness lately, his Andy Kauffman-esque, wanna be demeanor last night was all i saw. If you watch it and focus on JP, numerous times throughout the interview, like when he would pause and look down, or look away, it honestly looks like he himself is trying very hard not to crack up(i just watch the video here, you can't see that on such a small scale here, need to see a bigger/closer look)because DL was just flat out funny w/those questions. Many stars have put things in writing about what they will/will not talk about in an interview, so even if he was doing the interview to promote his movie as a possible contractual obligation, he could have easily said, this and that is off limits, i will only discuss the movie.
Well I guess the Hip-Hop Rabbi has competition ......
i loved this
They do rehearsals for these things to make sure they hit their punch lines and talking points in the allotted amount of time. Even though I like him as an actor, the blame's got to be on JP for not holding his end up. Dave was totally justified for digging on him.
Or it's all some kind of Kaufman-esque ruse that only these guys are in on.
He is clearly acting and it is one of the funniest things I have seen in a while. His timing is too perfect for it to be an accidental effect of a drug induced haze (i.e. taking a drink of water just as Letterman asks him a question.) Even though the glasses and facial hair make it difficult to see his face clearly, you can still catch him smiling and almost breaking character. Plus, he is wringing his hands throughout the interview, something liars do when they are not confident in their performance.
Good observations, esp about liars. My Dad interlocks his fingers and rubs a palm with his thumb; that's how I know he's lying.
Another interpretation is that JP is simply bored as shit with his own career and is playing the media out of boredom.
Dave's an asshole, though, and it's not funny anymore, because it's no longer self mocking
totally a hoax, and a pretty good one
hes s bore
Could be JP any more clueless, aside of totally self involved.
I do like the dude, but this face that he's on is sooooo self indulgent that he seems to be just out of touch with reality.
What a very sensitive soul making a clown out of himself!
Does he even realize he wasn't going to fkn Charlie Rose?!
This was a prime time variety show for the very mediocre masses,where you have to be willing to amuse people to be praised.
Wrong TV show JP, get a clue!
I didn't see the interview, but he doesn't look like a rapper. More like ZZ Top ...
Did anyone watch last night as they re-aired the interview? Watching a second time around it was even more obvious JP is up to something, unfortunately his acting in this role, is rather lackng.