Shadowing Practice: When Rude Interviewers Get Destroyed By Celebrities - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Sometimes, celebrities have no choice but to put rude interviewers in their place.
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Like the time Joaquin Phoenix clashed with a reporter who opened with a bizarre backhanded remark.
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Economic environmental impact in these troubled times.
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Excuse me?
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Kidding.
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You're so much fun.
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You know what?
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I think our interviews will last about two seconds.
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So this movie is, it's such a heartworm.
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I cried three times during the course of it.
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I don't believe you've ever cried in your life well you
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know it's a cruel in the hard world being me
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but i like to lie things only got worse from there
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as phoenix spent the rest of the interview in an understandably
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sour mood before abruptly cutting things short what did you learn about yourself
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and your voice absolutely nothing yeah came out cold these things happen they do
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and besides enjoying themselves when people see this film what do you hope
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that people glean from it when they walk out of the cinema thank you And while Phoenix fired back with sarcasm,
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Adam Driver took a much harsher approach when dealing with a pompous movie critic.
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Yet this next reporter just wouldn't back off, repeatedly bringing up Mike Tyson's violent past just to provoke him.
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That's when the reporter crossed a line, bringing up the tragic death of Tyson's four -year -old daughter and nearly pushing him over the edge.
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But this next moment takes the disrespect to a new low, as Bill Burr was blindsided on Howie Mandel's podcast
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when Mandel brought out his half -brother from his dad's affair
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and look who's here oh hey what's up sit down asshole
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billy corrigan billy corrigan asshole i thought this would be great to bring bring a family together
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he didn't tell you he told me you were totally cool with me coming that's what he does
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that's what he does i thought it was so then like can this be like edited out
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or no i can i can go i mean i you
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told me bill was all right no i'll do it
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because that's the thing he's bringing in here not
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because he's trying to heal the
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that we went through growing up he's getting here just for the ratings
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and mandel didn't stop there he spelled out how he learned
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burr's dad had an entire other family turning it into a spectacle for laughs
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and clicks we've never met
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so billy corgan was nice enough on my podcast to talk about the fact
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that he told a story
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that he'd never told before my stepmother said to me do
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you know who bill burr is bill burr might be one of the children
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that your father sired in his days on being a traveling musician
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if you do the math he was a piece of with two kids this close together
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and he named them the same name he thinks it's different
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because he's billy and i'm bill like that's how he told the difference well i was bill
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when i was young
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but you're right i mean with all respect i just thought whatever you know it's it's it's not
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that i don't like him it's it's it reminds me of all of
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that so um you know it just seems more of the same from what i've been hearing
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so now what was supposed to happen are we gonna go
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play catch we're both in our 50s this next one got personal fast as the hosts joked
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that shane gillis looked like someone with down syndrome not realizing
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he had family with the condition shane actually has been working
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out dude let's see it hold on that's crazy oh my
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god oh you look good is this from west point
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that actually is you guys
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and i you know what that's his rival's profile can we
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click the video i just want to hear the sound i don't think that's funny
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but that's not me so yeah i don't understand it yeah yeah
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i don't get the joke yeah it's okay dude it's okay gillis hit his breaking point
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when the hosts laughed at a video of someone with down
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syndrome prompting him to finally put his foot down yeah these
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guys are awesome yeah they're having fun for you guys to sit here and be like, let's bring it up and mock them.
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That's f*, dude.
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That's a dude.
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By using them as an insult.
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Using?
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We're using you.
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So you're insulting them by saying I look like them?
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Or you're insulting me by saying I look like them?
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This is you backing your victim thing.
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No, no, I'm not being a victim.
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I'm saying the jokes you're doing is not, it's not like...
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It's not PC?
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That's not cool.
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This next confrontation was sparked when Bill Maher said the N -word on TV.
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Weeks later, Ice Cube showed up on his show to call him out
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face to face you got a great show thank you you know uh
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but you'll be bucking up against
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that line a little bit you know you got a lot of black jokes you know i'm saying you do well
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it's against racists not yes sometimes you sound like a redneck
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trucker no i don't yes you do no i don't
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that i gotta push back on all right it's my opinion okay it is my my thing never heard
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that opinion before but my thing is this you know
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and i'm cool with you i like your show to be honest
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I just want to know two questions what made you think
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that it was cool to say
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that you know I just that's one question I just explained
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it there was no thought put into it obviously I was telling dr. Dyson comedians they react
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and it was wrong and I apologized and you know
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that I more than that I can't do I know I understand the format
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and you know you guys say it's a comedian show but this This, to me, is a political show.
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And I think you just have to not step on some of the political messages
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that you're saying with a joke because some things just ain't funny.
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You know what I mean?
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This is real right here that we're going through.
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And I'm not trying to get on your case, Bill.
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I'm telling you, I like your show.
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I like you.
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But I think this is a teachable moment, not just to you, but to the people that's watching right now.
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You know what I'm saying?
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dude i'm not i'm not i think the people watching right now are saying
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that point has been made not by me okay all right all right man
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but you but you made it i made it i made it i'm done
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and we can laugh now we can tell jokes
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but muhammad ali set the standard for checking disrespect shutting down
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a reporter the moment he heard something out of line a negro boy in the south.
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We say black now.
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All right, black.
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All right.
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Is it not the same thing?
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What?
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No, Negro.
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We are taught that all people are named after country.
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Chinese are named after China.
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Cubans are named after Cuba.
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Irish people are named after Ireland.
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Indonesians named after Indonesia.
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Japanese are named after Japan.
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Australians are named after Australia. But
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yet it was this next confrontation
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that almost had deadly consequences as what began as playful banter between kat williams
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and wanda smith quickly got personal what's your favorite thing to
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cook they like for me to i do a really nice broccoli they like my broccoli and they love my baked Hey,
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hey, right now look up your phone and see what it takes to make broccoli and tell me it doesn't say, she doesn't say heat up water.
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Is that the only step in broccoli?
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Simmer.
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Simmer.
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Have you ever heard of burned broccoli?
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Can you burn broccoli?
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You can't burn it because it's made in a pot of water.
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The mood shifted dramatically when Smith brought up Williams' past arrests, something he had specifically asked her not to mention before they went on air.
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I am a great cook.
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Whatever.
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Yes, ma 'am.
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You good at heating stuff up.
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You're good at telling us about what's going on in jail.
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I've never been to prison.
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19 felonies, no convictions.
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Knock it off.
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Prison and jail aren't the same.
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No, no. No, no, no. Calm down.
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Calm down.
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Only one of us has $12 worth of jewelry on.
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No, no, no. No, no, no, no. That all is available.
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If you want to have Wanda's jewelry, Please go to Sit -Go or Quick Trip at any point.
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If you buy two packs of Newport 100s, they will give you everything Wanda has on right now for $7 .99, and it comes with a free car wash.
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Won't you come on down?
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Yes, thank you.
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Absolutely.
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We appreciate it.
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The show starts at 9.
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Wanda gets to the stage at 9 .17.
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Please come on down.
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Go Shea, please come get Miss Cat into her hair.
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She's almost out of breath.
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Be careful now.
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Even on the radio, you can hear the fact that exercise has crept into her vocabulary.
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That's when things got unexpectedly dark, as that very evening, Wanda's husband allegedly confronted Williams at a comedy club,
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pulling a gun on him during the altercation.
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On the other hand, Prince didn't miss a beat when a reporter took a jab at his work.
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I think this is substandard, or it's not up to your normal standard.
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Let's see.
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Is that a substandard shirt that you have on?
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Is it my place to charge
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that? that's what's that's what it's about yeah jake paul however
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just couldn't keep his cool raging on air after feeling disrespected by piers morgan yeah
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but tyson peak tyson you wouldn't have lasted 10 seconds and
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and you versus going to the gym you're still a fat
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ass actually i've been in the gym the last two days
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like we can make up hypotheticals you should go to the gym if oh
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if you went to the gym you i've been twice this
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week okay well that's this is what we're talking about like
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i think you're saying i think i admire your work i
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admire your work you don't think i can be mike tyson
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i don't think you go to the gym okay well i do go to the gym
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and there's actual photographic evidence
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but here's my point to you i think you're a great
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youtuber a great influencer i admire what you've tried to do in boxing
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but i do think when you actually come up against a proper serious boxer
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and i suspect that julio cesar chavez jr may be
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that person you could it could all come crashing down is that you think that your opinion matters
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well why are you doing my show
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if it doesn't oh i'm just taking your audience to sell
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pay -per -views i don't give a about your dumb ass
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this is a business enterprise buy the pay -per -view on On Saturday, June 28th, me versus Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Thank you.
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Tune in, everybody.
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Cheers, Jake.
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Really enjoyed that.
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And good luck to Julio.
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Knock him out for all of us, will you?
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And while Paul went nuclear, a young Justin Bieber stayed cool and collected, handling a backhanded question with more poise than anyone expected.
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Critics will say that you are basically a product of marketing.
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Okay.
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That when it comes down to it, it's all the YouTube hype.
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It's all the attention you get online.
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Okay.
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Do you see yourself as a product of marketing hype?
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I think that everything happened organically.
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It wasn't something that the record label was pushing.
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It basically happened because my fans liked me.
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And I think that coming from Stratford,
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Ontario, and just like, it basically gave others hope because I come from basically somewhere that nothing really comes from there.
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Like, nobody's ever came out of Stratford, Ontario and been famous.
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Wait, Lloyd Robertson has come out of Stratford, Ontario and been famous.
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He anchors the national news on CTV.
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I'm just saying there hasn't been somebody to come out and be known worldwide.
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Okay.
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Do you agree on that point?
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Well, you know, it's hard to say
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because i think lord robinson is known in in a little town in germany probably not
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because he anchors the national news in canada
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so you're saying you've got international appeal that's the point you're making but
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when whitney houston sat down with diane sawyer it didn't take
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long for things to get tense the questions were invasive
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and condescending and houston wasn't having it i'm gonna show you the picture well that's a bad shot
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but that's not just then No, what is it?
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Diane, tell me.
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Do you know?
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It's scary, Thin.
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But do you really know?
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Do you really know?
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No, you know.
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Thank you.
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Anorexia?
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No way.
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They've written it.
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No way.
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Bulimia?
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No way.
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That it's because of drugs?
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No. Uh -uh.
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Whitney dying crack rehab fails.
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First of all let's get one thing straight crack is cheap
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I make too much money to ever smoke crack let's get
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that straight okay we don't do crack we don't do that crack is whack.
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Tom Selleck would also reach his breaking point
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when he appeared on the Rosie O'Donnell show to promote a
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romantic comedy only to be interrogated about his position on gun control.
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you're going to do an ad for the NRA.
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you can't say
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that do you think you can is it i didn't come
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on your show to have a debate i came on your
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show to plug a movie that's that's what i'm doing here
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and that's what we do it's proper to have a debate
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about the nra i'm trying to be fair with you i'm
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trying to serve a similar clash would take place on the view after joy behar accused ricky gervais of sexism
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and gervais wasn't about to back down referring to sex in
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the city too i said i was sure the golden globe would go to the team
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that airbrushed that poster yeah a little sexist no it's not why is it sexist well
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because the girl is saying that the girls are older
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and they need to be no no no i think they
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look great at their age why hide it oh i don't think i don't think
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that you lose your sensuality or beauty
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because you hit 53 i'm saying why are they hiding it oh i see
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but the drama didn't stop there the hosts of the view
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kept pushing criticizing gervais for participating in a male -only comedy panel.
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Things got even more intense when Behar tried to corner Gervais by asking if he thought women were funny.
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Vince McMahon's reaction, however, was far more explosive as the former WWE CEO snapped
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when a reporter implied he was partly responsible for the deaths
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of his wrestlers i would accept no responsibility whatsoever for their untimely deaths none whatsoever as far as
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and you've got that little look on your face like yeah well
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but none whatsoever i mean they wrestled for you they were
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part of your organization they worked a couple of hundred nights
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a year for you they lived this lifestyle oh my god you can't you can't believe
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but when a reporter trampled someone just to reach Amy Winehouse, the singer wasn't having it.
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She called him out, but he only made things worse.
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Meanwhile, Chapel Rhone confronted a red carpet reporter she recognized from a previous rude encounter.
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This next reporter would go out of his way to get a rise out of UFC fighter Conor McGregor, with McGregor quickly putting him in his place.
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and ronnie james dio proved that even rock legends have a limit
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when it comes to ridicule snapping
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when an interviewer mocked his height how tall are you pretty short huh i'm actually seven foot nine you look
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so sure i can't believe that you didn't realize
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that you always seem so much bigger not short
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so don't me off or you won't get a good interview no i'm not saying
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that it's a bad thing short that pisses me off right away how old are you anyway rodney ronnie Ronnie?
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Yeah.
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You're really f*ing stepping.
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You're putting this one, aren't you, mate?
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Look, if you want me to beat the f* out of you, I'll be more than happy to.
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No, I don't want you to.
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Just clear the fing ass for you.
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If that's what you want, no problem for me.
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No, I don't want that.
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I'm good at that.
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I don't want that.
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I'm just a*.
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Fine, let's go.
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F* him on out.
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Meanwhile, Russell Brand's appearance on a morning show turned into a chaotic showdown after he felt disrespected by the hosts.
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All right, joining us now, he's a really big deal.
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He's a big deal.
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I know.
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I'm told this.
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I'm not very pop -cultured.
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I'm sorry.
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Comedian, movie star, author, and host of the show, Brand X, Russell Brand.
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As if that dismissive intro wasn't bad enough, another host then made a sly comment about Brand's accent.
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Very, very intelligent, but the information gets manipulated a lot, and people like to cause fake stirs and stuff.
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You know, funny, the accent, you know, when I see him in person, it's totally fine.
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Forgetting Sarah Marshall or the TV show, it's fine
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but on satellite radio in the car i can't understand a single joke you can't understand it that's
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when brand completely took over the interview leaving the hosts flustered beyond belief that's basically good manners
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that is where willie is heading who is willing i don't know the people of america to come
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and see me do stand -up go to russellbrand .tv where
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you can purchase tickets to see me these people i'm sure are typically very very good at their job
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “When Rude Interviewers Get Destroyed By Celebrities”. This video has 304 sentences and 3040 words to shadow. The speech runs for 20:13. The speaker talks at a natural 150 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| broccoli noun | /ˈbɹɑ.kə.li/ | A plant, Brassica oleracea var. italica, of the cabbage family, Brassicaceae; especially, the tree-shaped flower and stalk that are eaten as a vegetable. |
| disrespect noun | /dɪsɹɪˈspɛkt/ | A lack of respect, esteem or courteous behavior. |
| burr noun | /bɝ/ | A sharp, pointy object, such as a sliver or splinter. |
| comedian noun | /kəˈmiː.di.ən/ | An entertainer who performs in a humorous manner, especially by telling jokes. |
| admire verb | /ədˈmaɪɹ/ | To regard with wonder and delight. |
| whatsoever adverb | /ˌ(h)wʌtsoʊˈɛvɚ/ | In any way; at all; whatever. |
| insult noun | /ɪnˈsʌlt/ | Action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude; (countable) a particular act or statement having this effect. |
| backhand noun | /ˈbækhænd/ | A stroke made across the chest from the off-hand side to the racquet hand side; a stroke during which the back of the hand faces the shot. |
| korrigan noun | /ˈkɒɹɪɡən/ | A long-haired nocturnal and often malevolent Breton fairy princess; such creatures considered collectively. |
| simmer verb | /ˈsɪmɚ/ | To cook or undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point. |
| substandard adjective | /ˌsʌbˈstændɚd/ | Of inferior quality; not meeting the minimum quality requirements. |
| interviewer noun | /ˈɪntɚvjuɚ/ | One who interviews. |
| sexist adjective | /ˈsɛksɪst/ | Unfairly discriminatory against one sex in favour of the other. |
| confrontation noun | /ˌkɑn.fɹənˈteɪ.ʃən/ | The act of confronting or challenging another, especially face to face. |
| jewellery noun | /ˈd͡ʒʊ-/ | Collectively, personal ornamentation such as rings, necklaces, brooches and bracelets, made of precious metals and sometimes set with gemstones. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| bring up verb | To mention. | |
| calm down verb | To become less excited, intense, or angry. | |
| come out verb | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | To be discovered; to be revealed. |
| go through verb | To travel from one end of something to the other. | |
| back down verb | To take a less aggressive position in a conflict than one previously had, or has planned to have. | |
| back off verb | To move backwards away from something. | |
| bring out verb | To elicit, evoke, or emphasize (a particular quality). | |
| close together adjective | Near each other in time or space. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- You know what I mean?
- You know what I'm saying?
- Have you ever heard of burned broccoli?
- Won't you come on down?
- You're putting this one, aren't you, mate?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on | i've been hearing · has been working |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | you've ever cried · we've never met · has been made |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | was blindsided · was sparked · has been made |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 114 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: stepmother /ˈstɛpmʌðə/, hypothetical /ˌhaɪpəˈθɛtɪkəl/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: confrontation /ˌkɑn.fɹənˈteɪ.ʃən/, clash /ˈklæʃ/, altercation /ˌɔltɚˈkeɪʃən/, sensuality /ˌsɛn.ʃuːˈal.ɪ.tiː/, showdown /ˈʃoʊˌdaʊn/
- Long words — get the stress right: comedian /kəˈmiː.di.ən/, whatsoever /ˌ(h)wʌtsoʊˈɛvɚ/, confrontation /ˌkɑn.fɹənˈteɪ.ʃən/, altercation /ˌɔltɚˈkeɪʃən/, anorexia /ænəˈɹɛksi.ə/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like broccoli, disrespect, burr.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.