David Letterman receives more backlash for a 1998 interview with Jennifer Aniston in which he sucks her hair… after his troubling chat with Lindsay Lohan from 2013 resurfaced
In the fallout after the recent bombshell documentary Framing Britney Spears, several past interviews are coming under fresh scrutiny for how female subjects were mishandled.
One such case has arisen from a 1998 chat between Jennifer Aniston – then at the height of her fame thanks to Friends – and late night host David Letterman.
The interview clip has trended on social media, since Letterman, now 73, randomly comes out from behind his desk and, unbidden, approaches Aniston and puts a section of her hair in his mouth.
In the fallout after the recent bombshell documentary Framing Britney Spears, several past interviews are coming under fresh scrutiny for how female subjects were mishandled: One such case has arisen from a 1998 chat between Jennifer Aniston and David Letterman
‘Forgive me if this is rude. I just want to try one thing,’ David says to her in the clip.
Then, approaching her and putting his hand on her shoulder, Letterman takes strands of the actress’s hair and places them in his mouth, even though at one point she screams and recoils.
The comic superstar, now 52, does her best in the video to appear unfazed, but many users on Twitter observed that she seemed weirded out by the whole bit.
Inappropriate: The interview clip has trended on social media, since Letterman comes out from behind his desk and, unbidden, approaches Aniston and puts her hair in his mouth
Blowback online: The clip met with a disgusted reaction from many Twitter users recently
‘That was something that I’ll never forget,’ Aniston says in the clip after the strange moment.
And when Letterman later asks if she was ‘traumatized’ by the interlude, she responded, ‘I am.’
The snippet is only the most recent from David Letterman‘s tenure which is receiving blowback.
Seen recently on The Drew Barrymore Show: The snippet is only the most recent from David Letterman‘s late night tenure which is receiving blowback
Soon after the Britney Spears documentary aired on Hulu, a 2013 clip from the late show resurfaced on social media which featured Lindsay Lohan.
The former child star, frequently thrust into the public eye when dealing with personal troubles including drug addiction and DUI’s over the years, was grilled by the late night comedian.
The badgering, which started out jokingly, reached a point in which Lohan started to cry.
Awkward and uncomfortable: Soon after the Britney Spears documentary aired on Hulu, a 2013 clip from the late show resurfaced on social media which featured Lindsay Lohan
These interactions have drawn newfound attention after an early-2000s interview of Spears, conducted by Diane Sawyer, was featured in Framing Britney Spears earlier this month.
That chat showed Sawyer insinuating that Spears had been the one at fault for her breakup with Justin Timberlake, and also asking the performer to answer to those accusing her of an over-sexualized image.
The end of the interview resulted in Britney breaking down and cutting it short, which inspired many Twitter users to speak up about how the superstar was mistreated at the time.
Trmautic: These interactions have drawn newfound attention after an early-2000s interview of Spears, conducted by Diane Sawyer, was featured in Framing Britney Spears
The end of the interview resulted in Britney breaking down and cutting it short: It inspired many Twitter users to speak up about how the superstar was mistreated at the time