[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Lostie!

As much as I agree that it was inappropriate to ask these questions when he's there to simply promote a movie, I think he could have just said "I don't want to talk about that" instead of the whole walk-out thing. Krishnan did say just before "You can answer them if you want to or not if you don't".

I also get the impression that he didn't really want to ask him about that, he was really hesitant and seemed nervous. I get the feeling he was told to do it tbh.

..maybe because he's done it before and got the same response, so he would be apprehensive about that happening again, which it did because it wasn't the appropriate time...it's not something that should have been done without Robert being asked and agreeing to it...

[Crimson Dynamo]

TIMELINE OF ROBERT DOWNEY JR'S DECADE-LONG DRUG DOWNFALL
1971 - Robert Downey Sr starts supplying his six-year-old son with marijuana
1991 - Breaks up with girlfriend Sarah Jessica Parker because of his drug issues
May 1992 - Marries actress/singer Deborah Falconer after 42-day courtship
September 1993 - Birth of Indio Downey
April 1996 - Arrested for possessing heroin, cocaine, and unloaded handgun while speeding down Sunset Boulevard
May 1996 - While on parole, a high Downey trespasses on neighbor's home and is found passed out in one of the beds. Sentenced to three years probation and compulsory drug testing.
1997 - Misses court-ordered drug test and spends four months in L.A. County jail
1999 - Misses another court-ordered drug test and spends the next year in California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and state prison in Corcoran, California
2000 - Released early from prison on $5,000 bail and goes on to secure celebrated role on Ally McBeal
Thanksgiving 2000 - Arrested at Palm Springs spa after police search his room and find Downey under the influence of a controlled substance and in possession of cocaine and Valium
2001 - Splits with Falconer, who gains custody of Indio
April 2001 - Officer finds Downey wandering barefoot in Culver City and arrests him on suspicion of being under the influence of drugs. Tests show he had cocaine in his system
July 2001 - Pleads no contest to Palm Springs charges, and avoids jail time. Is sent to rehab instead and put on three-year probation
January 2003 - Appears in film The Singing Detective, after friend Mel Gibson pays his insurance bond for the movie.
July 2003 - Downey achieves sobriety
August 2005 - Marries film producer Susan Levin
February 2012 - Son Exton Elias Downey is born
October 2013 - Indio Downey sent to rehab for prescription drug abuse


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...#ixzz3Y8eJVWFM

[GiRTh]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

not girth shoehorning in a ukip reference in celeb news?

Merely pointing out that you called Evan Davis a 'try hard', 'disgrace to the BBC' during his interview with a man who want to lead the country but you have no problem with an actor getting grilled about his past.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by GiRTh

Merely pointing out that you called Evan Davis a 'try hard', 'disgrace to the BBC' during his interview with a man who want to lead the country but you have no problem with an actor getting grilled about his past.

yes the parallels are quite compelling

i see what you did there

[GiRTh]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

yes the parallels are quite compelling

i see what you did there

And you called Evan Davis a'Metro tw*t. Why dont you tell us why its OK to grill an actor while he's promoting a film but Farage interview was such an outrage in an election cycle?.

[Calderyon]

Maybe Downey should have just said that "I´m not answering that" and then move on.

But i understand his reaction as the question was out of order.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Lostie!

As much as I agree that it was inappropriate to ask these questions when he's there to simply promote a movie, I think he could have just said "I don't want to talk about that" instead of the whole walk-out thing. Krishnan did say just before "You can answer them if you want to or not if you don't".

I also get the impression that he didn't really want to ask him about that, he was really hesitant and seemed nervous. I get the feeling he was told to do it tbh.

he did say that but if you watch the other video that Arista posted where he's interviewing Quentin Tarantino something similar happened and Quentin says to him numerous times (after the interviewer says he doesn't have to answer) that he doesn't want to talk about that yet he still keeps on and on

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Calderyon

Maybe Downey should have just said that "I´m not answering that" and then move on.

But i understand his reaction as the question was out of order.

..yeah it's a hindsight thing though, at the time he looked stunned and just reacted but he shouldn't have been put in that position in a film promotion interview...

[Scarlett.]

It's obvious he pushes interviewees for reactions. Reactions = More views.

[GypsyGoth]

Originally Posted by Ammi

..he goes to talk about a movie and Krishnan starts to ask him about depression/dark periods/his dad and drug past..I don't think he came across as arrogant at all but just stunned by the questioning...Krishnan is an idiot...

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by GiRTh

And you called Evan Davis a'Metro tw*t. Why dont you tell us why its OK to grill an actor while he's promoting a film but Farage interview was such an outrage in an election cycle?.

i have no problem with either grilling but trying to troll someone as evan was doing and so badly was just bad tv


oh and nigel did not storm off or get mad he was very, very tolerant

[GiRTh]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

i have no problem with either grilling but trying to troll someone as evan was doing and so badly was just bad tv


oh and nigel did not storm off or get mad he was very, very tolerant

This isnt what you were saying at the time. Posting positive comments to the interview just minutes after it ended and sometimes during.

[Livia]

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm Robert Downey Jr...

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Livia

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm Robert Downey Jr...

Thor is better though rawwwwr

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Livia

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm Robert Downey Jr...

..and this really...

[Kyle]

Give the guy a break ffs, he nearly died saving us from a hostile alien race.

[Livia]

Yeah, Thor's okay... but RD Jr... he could have me tonight.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by GiRTh

This isnt what you were saying at the time. Posting positive comments to the interview just minutes after it ended and sometimes during.

i posted nothing positive about the style of interview or the chap who conducted it. It was a let down - Andrew Neil would have been much, much better

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Livia

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm Robert Downey Jr...

Get out

we are discussing his dreadful druggy past and his petulance

neem is taking her kids to see this train wreck tonite

Its nothing short of a disgrace. Even Girth is horrified

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Livia

Yeah, Thor's okay... but RD Jr... he could have me tonight.

Seriously though

[GiRTh]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

i posted nothing positive about the style of interview or the chap who conducted it. It was a let down - Andrew Neil would have been much, much better

I didnt find it a let down I found it very entertaining.

Anyway on topic, I dont think an actor should have to justify their past in an interview where they are promoting a film. I dont get why Krishnan keep doing this after his Tarantino interview but I reckon if he does it one more time it will be the last time C4 news get an interview like this. To grill an actor like this is just plain stupid. Its just silly point scoring. I think the film companies will start to deny c4 news access to their stars and Krishnan can ask himself if his style of questioning was really worth it.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by GiRTh

I didnt find it a let down I found it very entertaining.

Anyway on topic, I dont think an actor should have to justify their past in an interview where they are promoting a film. I dont get why Krishnan keep doing this after his Tarantino interview but I reckon if he does it one more time it will be the last time C4 news get an interview like this. To grill an actor like this is just plain stupid. Its just silly point scoring. I think the film companies will start to deny c4 news access to their stars and Krishnan can ask himself if his style of questioning was really worth it.

Well you can bet both Tarantino and Downey Jnr won't want to be interviewed by him again anyway

[GiRTh]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Well you can bet both Tarantino and Downey Jnr won't want to be interviewed by him again anyway

Agree., Next time they have a film out they'll do the Graham Norton Show, Jonathon Ross but strangely no interview with C4 News.

[Lostie!]

Originally Posted by Ammi

..maybe because he's done it before and got the same response, so he would be apprehensive about that happening again, which it did because it wasn't the appropriate time...it's not something that should have been done without Robert being asked and agreeing to it...

Originally Posted by Niamh.

he did say that but if you watch the other video that Arista posted where he's interviewing Quentin Tarantino something similar happened and Quentin says to him numerous times (after the interviewer says he doesn't have to answer) that he doesn't want to talk about that yet he still keeps on and on

Yeah, very good points. This is at least the second time it's happened and, like Ammi said, they should have run this past him before starting the interview.

I just think a "No, I'm not here to talk about that" would have been better than the walk-out, but of course if he continued pressing after that then I'd have no problem with him ending the interview. But yeah, I definitely think it was inappropriate. It also seems that C4 are a little proud of the controversy they've courted with this with their upload of the clip online.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Lostie!

Yeah, very good points. This is at least the second time it's happened and, like Ammi said, they should have run this past him before starting the interview.

I just think a "No, I'm not here to talk about that" would have been better than the walk-out, but of course if he continued pressing after that then I'd have no problem with him ending the interview. But yeah, I definitely think it was inappropriate. It also seems that C4 are a little proud of the controversy they've courted with this with their upload of the clip online.

...hmmm, I'm not sure Lostie whether they would be proud of it because they didn't actually get the interview with him walking out whereas other channels will so they kind of lose out and will they keep paying a high salary which I presume he gets to an interviewer who keeps getting 'non interviews' if he keeps on doing it...so basically giving them nothing..