Should Celebs Dictate Interviews?

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Should Celebs Dictate Interviews?

I’m sure you’ve heard about Billy Bob Thorton turning cry baby in a radio interview here in Canada last week after he said his acting career was not supposed to be mentioned in a music interview-and it was. I actually saw something similar after my recent Katy Perry interview; Katy was asked a personal question by another interviewer after being told by the publicist to NOT ask that question (about Josh Groben). Katy was not happy to say the least. I didn’t ask the question because I didn’t care that much about it-I thought it would be funny if it came up in our chat but as soon as I was told (before my interview started) she’d rather not talk about it I let it go because I respected that request…..…..but it raises an interesting question: Should people in the public eye be able to dictate what they are asked and what they are not asked in an interview?

Billy Bob’s blowup

Posted: April 14th, 2009 | Category: Daily Fix

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jennifer says:

April 14, 2009 at 7:21 pm

I think that when celebs sign that record deal or get that part in a movie they know what is coming. It’s no secret how fame works. It’s been around for quite some time now. Being famous is a choice you make, and you understand how it works. If I were to become famous tomorrow, I know for a fact I would no longer have a secretive personal life. They need to stop whining and wipe their tears with all their money. take a look around, they knew it was coming.

jennifer says:

April 14, 2009 at 7:24 pm

also, the other day i was watching much more in the morning, and a headline read hugh jackson was mad about the leak of his new wolverine movie to the internet. it’s hugh jackman, btw. as a broadcasting student, i was quite shocked as well as dissapointed by such a major mistake by a company such as your own.

matt says:

April 15, 2009 at 12:10 pm

…thanks for your comments jen!

I am really on the fence about this and think that if a celebrity is famous because they write music….and they wish to only talk about that we should respect it. But that’s just my vibe from doing interviews for a long time. If a relationship somehow relates to the music (or whatever the person has created and has promoted)then i think it’s fair game…i personally take every interview and treat it differently on that topic. However…a Billy Bob style cryfest is lame and just not cool on human level let along on a professional one.

fyi…..the hug jackson VS hugh Jackman thing i guess was a typo in the news feed. A long boring process of how we get those healdines but yes you are right …a mistake none the less.

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