Hugh Grant

Hugh Grant's viral Ashley Graham interview on the Oscars 2023 red carpet has divided the internet. Was he being rude?

[Oscars](https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/oscars-2023-jamie-lee-curtis-memes),” Graham begins dramatically, but even that seemingly innocent icebreaker prompts an awkward laugh as you can see him trying to guess what she actually means. [Academy Awards](https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/oscars-2023-jamie-lee-curtis-memes) last night. [At Oscars 2023, Jamie Lee Curtis was our meme queen once again](/culture/article/oscars-2023-jamie-lee-curtis-memes) During a [red carpet](https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/fashion/article/oscars-2023-best-dressed-men) interview with Ashley Graham, Grant found himself trapped inside a thousand yard-stare, cue the [Curb Your Enthusiasm](https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/curb-your-enthusiasm-season-10) music, kind of encounter. “What is your favourite thing about coming to the Oscars?” she continues, at which point you can actually hear Grant's inner monologue asking himself why he isn't in bed. For Hugh Grant this moment arrived, right on time, at the

Experts advise how leaders can deal with questions that may seem beneath them without making people feel small.

“Vulnerability is the buzzword of 2023, and there’s simply nothing more vulnerable than not being ‘perfect’ at work.” “Well, I’m barely in it,” Grant retorted. “Even at a junior level, it’s important to show that you know your worth and you’re not willing to be pushed around or patronized at work—especially if you’re a woman in the workplace,” she adds. “It’s crucial to understand that a junior’s question will come from a place of less experience and possibly knowledge,” Cotton says while advising leaders actively listen and frame their responses in “an encouraging manner so that the person is educated, rather than belittled.” “Everyone has a part to play in their industry, right from those at the top, to those at entry level, a point where all of us, including Hugh Grant, have been,” Trice added. “Yes, he is a big star and maybe having to talk to the press might seem like a task as times, but it kind of goes with the territory, and it’s also about his personal brand and reputation,” she says.

The Academy Award for most awkward red carpet interview at the 2023 Oscars goes to ... Hugh Grant and Ashley Graham.

“No one in particular.” Who made his tuxedo? “Hugh Grant steps forward to be interviewed at the Oscars, then gives most awkward, painful interview ever,” tweeted former NBCUniversal executive Mike Sington. It’s ‘Vanity Fair,’” Grant responded, chuckling and raising his eyebrows. “You know what, my mom has told me to kill them with kindness, so there you go,” Graham said. “Ugh, it’s fascinating. [Jared Christopher tweeted](https://twitter.com/JaredLChris/status/1635107391476989952) that Grant had “the greatest Red Carpet interview of all time.” [cringe-worthy](https://twitter.com/InLessThan30/status/1635073784205168640) enough, the exchange concluded with Graham asking Grant about his brief appearance in Rian Johnson‘s [“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.”](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-12-29/netflix-glass-onion-janelle-monae-talks-about-plot-twists) My tailor.” “Um, I can’t remember. [ceremony](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2023-03-12/oscars-2023-winners-list), Grant stopped by [Graham’s spot on the red carpet,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RWralYpElI) where she asked him about his “favorite thing about coming to the Oscars.” [ share of memorable moments](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2023-03-13/oscars-2023-must-see-moments-highlights-takeaways), but the “Love Actually” actor’s pre-show chat with Graham made the internet rounds Sunday and split viewers. “Kudos to Ashley Graham for trying to get him to talk and being a pro.”

Ashley Graham rolled with the punches during her awkward Oscars exchange with Hugh Grant, and she's carrying on with just as much grace afterward ... take a ...

All you can do is your job and try to get some engagement -- and she certainly attempted ... As our cameraman pointed out -- and Ashley agreed -- you can't control how someone else is going to react. and you could argue Hugh didn't. In other words, she took the high road ... who did not provide any easy answers on the red carpet for the relatively standard softball questions AG was lobbing his way. Ashley Graham On Hugh Grant Interview ...

His career sits atop a pyramid of others, even lowly showbiz journalists, who could not do the same without risking their jobs.

It is fine for Grant to break the rules, but his career sits atop a pyramid of others – production staff, runners, caterers, agents, publicists and, yes, showbiz journalists – who could not do the same without risking their jobs. To be rude in such circumstances is, in a nutshell, very unfair. It is all too easy for those at the top of an industry to “skewer its norms” by being rude to those at the bottom. In fact, Grant actually chose to accept a role presenting awards at the Oscars. A video clip of Grant being rude to his red carpet interviewer at the Oscars last night has gone viral, and plenty think it shows him in a good light: skewering the banality of showbiz journalism. Next, the interviewer, the American model Ashley Graham, tried a question about who might be up for an award (the Oscars, Hugh was sensing, was some sort of awards “ceremony”).

Presenter Ashley Graham struggled to get much out of the British actor on the champagne carpet yesterday. The interview took a turn for the worse when she ...

"Hugh Grant rolls his eyes after his awkward interview with Ashley Graham. She tried!" The awkward interview ended shortly after, with Grant raising his eyebrows after Graham finished with "nice to talk to you."

Model Ashley Graham was on red carpet (or, this year, champagne carpet) duties for the official Oscars feed, and tried a few innocuous underarm pitches to Grant ...

When the shoe is on the other foot we like to see ourselves not as party-poopers as such, but a dose of reality in unreal scenarios. It's not much of a surprise that there was an instinctive move to protect one of the most conspicuously English Englishmen around – a defender of the oh-crikey-blimey school of Englishness – against being dragged just for calling a vacuous moment out for being vacuous. The idea that Britain is the blasé older brother to America's extremely earnest younger sibling is one we like over here. There are a fair few Americans who thought it was funny, and a fair few Brits who thought Grant was being a prig. Rolling Stone magazine summed up the American response in a tweet: "Why stop to do an interview on the red carpet if you’re going to be a dick on live TV?" Model Ashley Graham was on red carpet (or, this year, champagne carpet) duties for the official Oscars feed, and tried a few innocuous underarm pitches to Grant when he passed by.