Another David Letterman interview has resurfaced for which he has been deemed ‘inappropriate’.
The clip is from 1998 and features the late night talk show host, now 73, interviewing Jennifer Aniston – and sucking on her hair.
This has begun circulating on social media amid the fallout of the recent bombshell documentary Framing Britney Spears, which scrutinized the way the young pop star was treated by the media.
‘Uncomfortable to watch!’ Another David Letterman interview has resurfaced for which he has been deemed ‘inappropriate’, in which the late night talk show host, now 73, sucks on actress Jennifer Aniston’s hair
As a result, several past interviews are coming under fresh scrutiny for how female subjects were mishandled.
Earlier in the week, a 2013 clip of Letterman reducing troubled actress Lindsay Lohan to tears was unearthed, with the Aniston interview the most recent.
The clip has been trending on social media and sees Letterman – 21 years Aniston’s senior – suddenly emerge from behind his desk and, unbidden, approach Aniston and grabs some of her hair.
He then puts it in his mouth and sucks on it.
Inappropriate: This has begun circulating on social media amid the fallout of the recent bombshell documentary Framing Britney Spears
‘Creepy’: Letterman suddenly emerges from behind his desk and, unbidden, approaches Aniston and grabs some of her hair
Weird: He then puts it in his mouth and sucks on it
Get off! With one hand on her neck, Letterman continues regardless of Aniston’s clear discomfort
‘Forgive me if this is rude. I just want to try one thing,’ David says to her in the clip.
With one hand on her neck, Letterman continues regardless of Aniston’s clear discomfort.
The Picture Perfect star even screams and recoils.
‘That was something that I’ll never forget,’ Aniston says in the clip after the strange moment. And when Letterman later asks if she was ‘traumatized’ by the interlude, she responds: ‘I am!
Unwanted: The Picture Perfect star even screams and recoils. ‘Forgive me if this is rude. I just want to try one thing,’ David says to her in the clip
She’s hating it! ‘What are you doing?’ she asks, to which Letterman mutters something about a steam room. Letterman is 21 years Aniston’s senior
Letterman then hands her a tissue in the clip and she, unamused, wipes his saliva off her hair.
‘What are you doing?’ she asks, to which Letterman mutters something about a steam room.
‘Don’t worry, we’ll take it out in editing!’ he adds, after Aniston notes that members of the crew and audience are watching, looking aghast.
Aniston, now 52, does her best in the video to appear unfazed, but many users on Twitter observed that she seemed very uncomfortable and deemed it difficult to watch.
Blowback: The clip met with a disgusted reaction from many Twitter users
‘Can’t get over how creepy and disturbing this clip of Jennifer Aniston on Letterman is,’ one person tweeted.
‘He DIDNT EVEN ADDRESS WHY HE DID IT!!!! He just gaslighted her by saying she is wrong for screaming and scaring him!’ one outraged tweeter posted.
‘The fact that he made her apologize was just so disgusting!’ someone else penned.
‘Gross, then he hands her a tissue to clean herself up!’ came another tweet.
Awkward: Soon after the Britney Spears documentary aired on Hulu, a 2013 clip from the show resurfaced on social media which featured Lindsay Lohan
Upsetting: The badgering, which started out jokingly, reached a point in which Lohan started to cry
Another penned: ‘This is so shockingly disgusting!’
Followed by: ‘What a misogynistic thing to do to a woman. And on national television!’
The snippet is only the most recent from David Letterman‘s tenure which is receiving blowback.
Soon after the Britney Spears documentary aired on Hulu, a 2013 clip from Letterman’s show resurfaced on social media which featured Lohan.
The former child star, frequently thrust into the public eye when dealing with personal troubles including drug addiction and DUI’s over the years, was grilled by the late night comedian.
Seen recently on The Drew Barrymore Show: The snippet is only the most recent from David Letterman‘s late night tenure which is receiving blowback
Traumatic: These interactions have drawn newfound attention after an early-2000s interview of Spears, conducted by Diane Sawyer, was featured in Framing Britney Spears
Awful: The end of the interview resulted in Britney breaking down and cutting it short. It inspired many Twitter users to speak up about how the superstar was mistreated at the time
The badgering, which started out jokingly, reached a point in which Lohan started to cry.
He was seen asking her how many times she had been to rehab and asked ‘what are they rehabbing you for?’
Lohan noted that she was not on the show to talk about that, after which Letterman pulled out a sheet of paper listing her woes.
He then joked that it was like reading a ‘menu’ of problems, leading Lohan to brand him ‘mean’ and start to cry – which Letterman laughed at.
These interactions have drawn newfound attention after an early-2000s interview of Spears, conducted by Diane Sawyer, was featured in Framing Britney Spears earlier this month.
That chat showed Sawyer insinuating that Spears had been the one at fault for her breakup with Justin Timberlake, and also asking the performer to answer to those accusing her of an over-sexualized image.
The end of the interview resulted in Britney breaking down and cutting it short, which inspired many Twitter users to speak up about how the superstar was mistreated at the time.