A video of an NBC 4 Los Angeles reporter interviewing Dennis Quaid during his evacuation from the LA wildfires has gone viral, with many criticizing the reporter for being too pushy and insensitive.
Dennis Quaid was stopped for an interview while evacuating from the Los Angeles wildfires on Friday evening. The internet is focused on the 'overeager' reporter talking to him. In a now-viral news clip, the 70-year-old actor was interrupted by a reporter for NBC 4 Los Angeles and his cameraperson outside of his Brentwood home. While he was trying to pack up his car, the reporter, Robert Kovacik, started asking him questions and Quaid answered them politely.
At one point, he even got emotional during the interview despite hurriedly trying to pack up his family's belongings from their house and evacuate quickly. However, viewers of the news segment took to X, formerly Twitter, to slam the reporter for being 'obnoxious' as he 'bothered' Quaid. The news channel was also criticized for airing the segment for 15 minutes when people were watching in anticipation for critical wildfire updates and evacuation orders. The segment first began with the reporter introducing Quaid and saying, 'I'm going to walk with you if that's OK,' but the actor did not appear to respond. At one point, fans pointed out that the reporter even knocked on Quaid's driver's side window after he got into his car, shut the door and appeared to be getting ready to drive away. The reporter complimented his 'Quaid smile' and seemed to be trying to keep the interview going even with car horns honking in the background, sirens blaring at various points throughout the video and as members of the fire department keep walking around them and staring. During the interview, Quaid revealed he was returning to collect some more important items after he and his family already evacuated at some point earlier. 'Who would have thought? We've all had a really big lesson... that our experience of reality can change in a moment,' he said on the news. 'I came back just in case I hadn't shut off the gas, you know, all those little things you don't think of and just thought, maybe I could be there to put a hose on the roof if the embers come over at least. Something like that, or help out the neighbors.' The reporter was also roasted for how much he referred to the Substance star in the third person and for 'snooping around' at what Quaid was packing into his trunk. Even Quaid called him out for using his full name when addressing him but laughed it off. The reporter was also criticized for standing in his way while Quaid was holding a large hamper of clothes and trying to pack his car. One social media user called out one instance of the 'bizarre' interaction when the reporter said: 'It's nice to be able to watch Dennis Quaid trying to fit two hampers of his 17-year-old daughter's clothes into his Mercedes.' At one point, he even opened one of the hampers, pulled out a pair of Quaid's pants. The reporter was lambasted for making too many jokes while trying to find levity in difficult and devastating circumstances. At the end of the clip, he knocked on Quaid's window and had him open his car window for him to put his microphone inside the car interview him and his dog Peaches. Social media users said that Quaid was being kind and conversational even though he was 'frantically' trying to pack up his car and evacuate.
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