Conan O'Brien says director Abel Ferrera was his worst interviewee ever
'It was entertaining, in the way that if you ate 15 cloves of garlic, you wouldn't say it was a great experience'
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Your support makes all the difference.Conan O’Brien has revealed his worst interviewee in 25 years as a late night talk show host.
Having, by his own estimation, spoken to over 12,000 guests on his shows Late Night, The Tonight Show, and Conan, the host told Dax Shepard on his podcast Armchair Expert that the director Abel Ferrera still counts as his worst.
O’Brien said that Ferrera, best known for his films Bad Lieutenant and Dangerous Game, fled the set of his show before the interview was set to begin, running out of NBC’s New York headquarters. The show’s staff had to drag him back in.
“He came on camera against his will,” O’Brien said of Ferrera’s 1996 appearance. “And then came out, and I think he started yelling at me.”
The host added that he thinks the director may have been intoxicated, but added that he couldn’t be sure.
“It was entertaining, in the way that if you ate 15 cloves of garlic, you wouldn’t say it was a great experience. But you would remember it,” O’Brien said. “It was what we call ‘compellevision.’”
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