Jennifer Aniston fans relive an unpleasant interview that David Letterman did to the actress
The “Friends” star was a guest on the celebrity host's show in 1998 who suddenly grabs a lock of her hair and sucks on it. The video resurfaced on Twitter and thousands of users condemned the journalist's actions
The premiere of the documentary "Framing Britney Spears" has revived outrage at the macho treatment women receive in Hollywood. After seeing the "Princess of Pop" humiliated before the world by the journalist Diane Sawyer who questions her about her relationship with Justin Timberlake. Now the character pointed to is David Letterman, one of the most respected presenters in entertainment.
Letterman has come under fire after several of his past interviews with female guests who he gave a hard time to have resurfaced. But her interview with Lindsay Lohan just went viral because of Letterman's horrible and insensitive treatment of her, making jokes about her going through rehab for her addictions, and ultimately making her cry. Now it has been revealed that previously, Jennifer Aniston had something similar with Letterman, but more physical.
It was in 1998 when Aniston was already one of the most relevant actresses after the end of the comedy "Friends". She was promoting the movie "The Object of My Affection" and attends the Late Show with David Letterman. But the presenter, who is now 73 years old, suddenly says: "Forgive me if this is rude, I just want to try one thing." He then settles behind the actress with her chair, puts a hand on her neck and starts sucking on a strand of her hair.
In the midst of her strange behavior, Aniston lets out a scream and asks, “What are you doing?” as she looks extremely uncomfortable about the situation. She tries to get away from it, but she doesn't know how to react. Letterman then hands her guest a tissue, and she looks completely disgusted as she wipes the lock of hair he put in her mouth.
Letterman then joked that he would edit out that moment, and Aniston replied, "This is something I will never forget." In the following minutes, the presenter tells her that she seemed "traumatized" by what had happened. She replied, "I am."
Although the incident happened 23 years ago, fans have commented on it on social media. On Twitter, Letterman's behavior has been labeled "disgusting" and "disgusting." In addition to qualifying it as sexual harassment.
Some users wrote comments like: "How disturbing is the video of Jennifer Aniston with Letterman", "This interview from 1998 is still grotesque to watch" and "'Why did David Letterman suck Jennifer Aniston's hair? "That video of David Letterman live trying to kiss her and then take a piece of her hair and suck it on her .... it was literally sexual harassment", was another of the messages.
At that time, the popular actress did not make any further comments about it, but it is clear that she was surprised by the presenter's actions.
Other past Letterman interviews making the rounds on social media include one of her with Paris Hilton in 2007, in which he repeatedly grilled her about her time in jail, even though she said she didn't. I wanted to talk about it.
In the wake of The New York Times and Hulu documentary "Framing Britney Spears," which includes an analysis of the media's treatment of the pop singer during the height of her career, the treatment of other female celebrities has been It has become a topic of conversation.
The program premiered on February 5, lasts an hour and a quarter and was broadcast on FX in the United States and on Hulu in streaming. And since then, thousands of fans of the pop artist demonstrated - even with banners - under the #FreeBritney campaign, which was also joined by international celebrities and celebrities, such as Sarah Jessica Parker and Miley Cyrus.
