David Letterman is getting some backlash on social media over a resurfacing interview with Lindsay Lohan, in which he seemingly mocked her for going to rehab.
The interview came from a 2013 episode of “The Late Show,” in which the star was on hand to talk about her new movie and TV project ahead of a very public bout in rehab. The troubled star had been on and off treatment since 2007 amid a wave of public blunders and addiction problems.
Saturday, a Twitter user named Trey Taylor uploaded a video with excerpts from the interview where Letterman seems to go outside the book and highlight Lohan’s addiction, despite her being clearly uncomfortable.
“Shouldn’t you be in rehab now?” the host asks.
“Aren’t you watching what’s happening?” a seemingly irritated Lohan tells him. “What are you a tabloid now?”
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Despite her frustration, Letterman continues to put pressure on Lohan, repeatedly asking questions such as “How long are you in rehab?” “How many times have you been in rehab?” and “How will this time be different?”
At the time, she agreed to spend 90 days in rehab to avoid jail time for a car accident the previous year.
David Letterman gets backlash over a surfaced interview with Lindsay Lohan.
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What are they rehabilitating first? What’s on their list? What are they going to work on when you walk in the door? ‘ he asks.
“We didn’t discuss this in the pre-interview, just said it,” Lohan says, looking at someone outside the camera.
Lohan continued, “I think, to be honest, I am happiest when I work and the healthiest and I think this is an opportunity for me to focus on what I like in life and I don’t think It’s a bad thing. I think it’s a blessing. ”
Undaunted, the clip shows Letterman continues to push the actress to talk about rehab and her wild lifestyle. She keeps trying to playfully close the line of questions by telling him they’ve discussed this in the past.
“Really? When did we do that? Now I’m the one with blackouts. I should be in rehab for the love of God,” he says.
“We are here for a movie,” said Lohan. “Let’s stay positive.”
Letterman then tried to kick things off to a pre-planned segment, but the actress snatched his notes from him to inspect them first after the surprising rehab questions. When Letterman retrieved them and tried to start the segment minutes later, Lohan put her foot on the floor.
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“You can’t kid it, it’s so mean,” she said. ‘No you will not do that. We don’t. No, it’s my show now. ‘
While both celebrities kept it playful, Lohan finally started crying when the host kept urging her on with drug addiction jokes. The re-surfaced clip elicited some extreme reactions from people on social media as his name started to evolve on Twitter.
“Ugh, this makes me so sad. Shame on David Letterman and ashamed of his show for clapping and laughing during the interview,” one user wrote
There to discuss a movie and be interviewed about a movie and David Letterman ignores this to focus on her personal struggles, knowing she’s still dealing with it. I have no interest in this kind of journalism, I am publicly ashamed and make someone uncomfortable “. wrote another
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“I want to say that David Letterman can make mistakes, but he’s been on TV forever. I want to say this could be a norm in 2013, but it’s painful to watch. Let’s all just learn from it,” a third person wrote
“I never cared about David Lettermàn. I hope he has learned and grown since then,” someone else wrote
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Letterman representatives did not immediately respond to Fox News’s request for comment.