“He didn’t say anything.”
Hoda Kotb has interviewed tons of celebrities as a Today host, and she’s here to tell you, they’re not always as entertaining as you might think.
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Just to clarify, I am in no way referring to Harry Styles, because he’s an angel.
In fact, during a recent episode of Watch What Happens Live, Hoda revealed her absolute worst celebrity interview and it didn’t take long for her to figure it out.
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Hoda was surprised with a game of “Plead the Fifth” by her former Today cohost, Kathie Lee Gifford. Kathie asked Hoda who she thought her least favorite guest of all time was.
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“I know exactly who that is. It’s Frank Sinatra Jr. It was the worst guest we’ve ever had, bar none.”
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“He came for a book, he had a book he was promoting, and he didn’t want to talk about it, so he didn’t say anything.”
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Well, after hearing that, the only sensible thing for me to do was to find that interview and see for myself! AND NOW I GET IT!
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Frank Jr. came on the show to promote Sinatra 100, a personal archive book of rare photos and interviews to celebrate the life of legendary singer and actor Frank Sinatra, aka his dad.
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Charles Pignone is a co-author for the book, along with Tony Bennett.
Unfortunately, this was Frank Jr.’s demeanor for practically the entire interview.
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When Hoda asked, “What made you decide to do this?” Frank Jr. responded, “I didn’t decide. That was done by a committee.”
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She then followed up by asking, “Why was it important, do you think, to do something like this?” To which he responded, “Ugh, I think you better ask Charles that question.”
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And so they did. Charles went on to give a lengthy answer about Frank Sinatra’s personal tapes that they found, which made bringing the book to life even more special.
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Then, when Hoda and Kathie shared photos from the book, thinking Frank Jr. would provide an interesting story to put the photo into context, that didn’t go as planned either.
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Hoda: Tell us a little bit about this one, Frank.
Frank Jr.: “I don’t know anything about that one, because I was not present.”
Kathie Lee added, “But you said your best memories were during the holidays. That’s what someone told us.” Frank Jr. replied, “When I was a young person, they used to refer to it as Christmas time. Of course, now, it has to be politically correct and called the holidays.”
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Thankfully, I think for everyone involved, they were able to end the interview there, but boy was that hard to watch!
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To hear more from Hoda, check out her full WWHL “Plead the Fifth” segment.
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