Some interviewers used to really come out of left field with the things they would ask/say to Black celebrities. Here are 13 times the celebs weren't havin' it:
1. When Katie Couric asked an invasive question about trans model Carmen Carrera's genitalia, and Laverne Cox stepped in to educate Katie:
2. When Diane Sawyer asked Whitney Houston how much she weighed...
And Whitney said this:
3. When Mariah Carey clapped back at Rosie O'Donnell because she said she was dressed "trampy":
4. When this interviewer asked Mariah — the greatest vocalist of all time — if she planned on using backing tracks, implying she lip-synchs her songs:
5. When Simone Biles had the best response to being told to smile more in her post-dance interview:
6. When Rashida Jones was asked how she got so tan:
7. When Charlamagne tha God was super rude to Lil Mama and then they had this intense exchange:
8. When Beyoncé wasn't here for Wendy Williams repeatedly referring to Destiny's Child as "Beyoncé and the Girls":
9. And when Whitney got upset with Wendy's questioning too:
10. When Rihanna was asked a question about whether she was dating Ashton Kutcher, instead of her acting role in Battleship:
11. And again, when Rihanna shut down this reporter who wanted to know about her dating life:
12. When Nicki Minaj called out The Breakfast Club hosts for pretending they listened to her album before interviewing her:
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"Y'all need to start listening to people's music," Nicki told the hosts. "Why don't y'all have the songs queued up?"
13. And lastly, when Samuel L. Jackson called out this interviewer for confusing him with Laurence Fishburne:
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