The whole world was left stunned when the video clip of Ashley Graham single-handedly trying to breathe life into a dead interview went viral, while the interviewee, Hugh Grant, made no effort whatsoever. Read more about their embarrassing exchange below.
Ashley Graham has finally spoken up about her champagne carpet interview with Hugh Grant at the 95th Academy Awards while the actor rolled his eyes at her questions.
The 62-year-old actor openly featured his disdain and disinterest towards the supermodel's questions with his short and bland answers.
Arriving at LAX on Monday, Graham shared a dignified response regarding the interview, saying, "You know what, my mama told me to kill people with kindness."
Grant's rude and brief answers to Graham's enthusiastic questions made the Internet brand their exchange as "the worst interview ever."
It all began when the high-spirited Ashley Graham excitedly asked Grant about his cameo in Glass Onion, "What was it like to be in Glass Onion? How fun is it to shoot something like that?"
Grant displayed mundane behavior and, in an almost cringe-worthy tone replied, "Well I'm barely in it, I was in it for about three seconds."
Trying to keep a visibly dead chat alive, Graham managed to throw another question in her quintessential cheerful tone, "It still must have been fun though, you had fun right?"
Failing to invest even a tiny bit of eagerness or interest in his responses, Grant replied with a dry and unprofessional response, "Erm... almost."
The worst reply was when Graham changed the topic and tried engaging Grant with another question, "What are you wearing?" to which the actor gave the most embarrassing answer, "My suit."
Viewers watching the ceremony experienced second-hand embarrassment at this disastrous exchange, with many branding it equivalent to the Will Smith slap at last year's ceremony.
One viewer wrote about the toe-curling moment, saying, "That made me want to crawl under a stack of chairs."
Another viewer praised how Graham handled the situation, saying, "Ashley Graham deserves an honorary Oscar for putting up with Hugh Grant. Don't walk the carpet if you don't want to talk about the actual event."
Another user wrote about Grant's repeated dry answers, and commented "Is Hugh Grant trying to give the most awkward interview possible?"
Grant's questionable behavior continued inside the ceremony as he reunited with Andie MacDowell, his Four Weddings And A Funeral co-star, on stage to present an award.
Grant, 62, and Andie, 64 shared the stage again almost 30 years after the two starred as love interests in the 1994 rom-com.
Appearing on stage with his former co-star to present the award for Best Production Design, Grant announced that they were there "to do two things."
Grant continued, "The first is to raise awareness about the vital importance of using a good moisturizer. Andie has been wearing one every day for the last 29 years. I have never used one in my life."
He then pointed towards Andie and commented, "Still stunning," then pointed back to himself and remarked, "basically a scrotum," to which the audience shared a loud uproar of laughter.
Grant appeared at the event alongside his wife, Anna Eberstein, who donned a full-length cutout gown with mesh inserts as the couple posed for photographs together before the mortifying interview.
