Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Greg James reflected on some awkward celebrity interviews he conducted during his time presenting the breakfast show. He admitted that he wasn't always well-prepared, leading to cringeworthy exchanges with A-list stars like Leonardo DiCaprio and Denzel Washington. James revealed that he once laughed at DiCaprio's answer about saving whales and rainforests, unaware of the actor's environmental activism.
, where he reflected on some of the celebrities he spoke to during his stint presenting the breakfast show to host Elizabeth Day.I cringe at some of them because if it was someone, like, our age, I’d be unprepared and they’d expect it,” he admitted.
“So, if you were interviewing a member of One Direction or Katy Perry or Adele, they’re like your friends. You’d be like, ‘what have you been up to?’. And then they’d be like, ‘not much. What have you been up to?’. You’d be like, ‘Ooh, don’t you have a song out?’ And they’d be like, ‘yeah’ and then that was it.
“I cringe that that would be the interview that I’d be doing with people who were like Denzel Washington. Or I’d go and interview actual movie stars with that level of prep, like not watch the film. But it was of the time.
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