"Did You Enjoy Being Ugly" — 27 Questions I Can't Believe Interviewers Asked Celebs

    The 2010s were a wild time for Lady Gaga...

    1. When Tom Hardy was asked if he was put off by the amount of women who co-starred with him in Mad Max, and if he thought it was "supposed to be a man's movie."

    The question is at 9:55:

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    The reporter told BuzzFeed: "My question to Tom Hardy was intended as the opposite of sexism. I was congratulating him for his willingness to share the screen with so many strong women in a franchise and genre more inclined to celebrate the male over the female."

    2. When Cara Delevigne was asked about having sex on a plane (the questions continued even after she stated that her dad was in the audience).

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    3. And when she got misnamed and was asked if she had read Paper Towns, AKA the book which the movie she starred in was based on. She was then told to take a nap. Yes, really.

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    4. When Janet Jackson was asked about her Superbowl wardrobe malfunction in a (very unrelated) interview for the movie Why Did I Get Married Too?. The question seemed to come from nowhere.

    The question comes at about 2:00 in:

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    5. When an interviewer asked Scarlett Johannson A LOT of questions about whether or not she wore underwear under her Black Widow catsuit in The Avengers.

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    6. When Carmen Carrera was asked invasive questions about her body, her medical history, and even her genitals on TV. After she shut the questions down, Laverne Cox came out and joined Carmen, and the graphic questions continued.

    It all starts around 2:42 for Carmen:

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    And you can see Laverne talking about it from about 4:25 in this clip:

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    "I learned that [questions relating to one's genitals are] very, very upsetting to the transgender community because they feel that people are too often fixated on this, and that your anatomy actually has very little to do with your gender identity", Couric has said since.

    7. When Ellen DeGeneres asked the members of BTS if they'd slept with any of their fans.

    These faces said it all:

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    8. The time Victoria Beckham was asked to step on some scales in front of a live audience to prove she'd gone back to her pre-baby weight (two months after the birth of Brooklyn, mind you). "Is your weight back to normal?", the host asked (WHAT DOES NORMAL MEAN HERE), before adding "Can I check? Do you mind?".

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    9. When Larry King asked DJ Khaled about how he "gained the weight", seemingly out of nowhere.

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    10. When David Letterman asked Lindsay Lohan, "aren't you supposed to be in rehab now?" and then refused to let it go.

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    11. When Nicki Minaj was asked by Andy Cohen who had the biggest d*ck in the music industry (YEP, she was asked that).

    The question comes at around 1:05:

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    12. Any of the many times Lady Gaga was asked about her genitals (the 2010s were a wild time).

    She had the perfect response, IMO:

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    13. And any of the million and one questions people had about Britney Spears' alleged breast implants or virginity in the '00s.

    Bear in mind, she was 16 in this interview:

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    14. When Anne Hathaway was asked about her body and fitness regime for The Dark Knight Rises (but like, A LOT).

    The question starts at 0:36:

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    15. And she was asked about her suspected weight loss for One Day, too (love 2 b a woman xx).

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    16. When Dylan McDermott was asked about his mother's death seemingly out of nowhere on a radio interview.

    The complete about-turn happens at around 31:49:

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    17. When Demi Lovato was asked "if [Joe Jonas] is so awesome, why [did she] dump him?", and was then asked if she punched Selena Gomez in the face.

    The clip starts at 8:14ish:

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    18. When Taylor Swift was asked if she was going to be going home with "lots of men" after an awards show.

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    19. When Mila Kunis was asked if she enjoyed "being ugly, for once". Because "generally, you know... [she's] hot."

    I mean, the whole interview is, uh, notable, but the question comes at around 12 seconds in:

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    20. When an interviewer wondered if Fifth Harmony would shame a band member for sleeping with people.

    The question comes at 5:22:

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    21. When Cillian Murphy was asked if they have Lucky Charms in Ireland (and if the leprechauns hid them).

    It starts around 20 seconds in:

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    22. When Kanye West was asked if his recently deceased mother would be ashamed of him for his actions towards Taylor Swift at the VMAs.

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    23. When Brie Larson was asked how she felt about the Cannes film festival opening with Jeanne du Barry, which featured Jonny Depp, for no apparent reason.

    Brie Larson was surprised to be asked about Johnny Depp's opening film: "You’re asking me that? I’m sorry, I don’t understand the correlation or why me specifically." https://t.co/5Ec2S23051 #Cannes pic.twitter.com/QPfO1Yb4qS

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    24. When Rihanna ended an interview because of questions about her dating life (from an interviewer who knew she didn't like talking about the topic).

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    25. When an interviewer flat-out asked One Direction who got the most action (or more specifically, who was the "main fucker").

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    26. When Rashida Jones was asked how she looked so tanned and "tropical" before replying, "I'm ethnic".

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    27. When Ariana Grande was asked whether she'd choose her makeup or her phone, and she wondered if the interviewers would ask a man the same question.

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    Can you think of any other examples? Let us know in the comments below!