18 Times Celebrity Interviews Went Totally Wild And They Will Leave You Shocked And Amazed

Celebrity interviews can go from routine promotion to complete chaos in a matter of seconds. That is part of what makes them so memorable, especially when stars drop the polished act and the whole exchange starts to unravel.

In this roundup, you will see moments involving Sacha Baron Cohen, Burt Reynolds, Tom Cruise, Drew Barrymore, Joan Rivers, and more, all caught in interviews that took a sharp turn. Some clips are awkward, some are funny, and some are just plain shocking, but every one of them became impossible to ignore.

Here are 18 celebrity interview moments that went totally wild.

1. Moment when Sacha Baron Cohen spilled ashes on Ryan Seacrest while being interviewed

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2. Moment when Burt Reynolds poured his drink on Marc Summers after Marc mocked Burt's divorce on Jay Leno

That interview went off the rails fast.

3. Moment when Tom Cruise got water sprayed in his face during an interview

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4. Moment when Jim Everett attacked an interviewer who purposely kept calling him the wrong name

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5. Moment when Drew Barrymore stood on David Letterman's desk and then flashed him during her interview

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6. Moment when Jerry Lawler slapped Andy Kaufman on Letterman

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7. Moment when Courtney Love threw makeup at Madonna

And then went on to crash the VMA interview

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This one only got messier from there.

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8. Moment when a reporter called out Joan Rivers' fur, and Joan told the interviewer to "shut up"

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9. Moment when Harry Belafonte fell asleep during an interview

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10. Moment when Tony Goldwyn also fell asleep on Ellen

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11. Moment when Wendy Williams and Omarosa got into a back-and-forth plastic surgery catfight on Wendy

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Nobody was backing down in that exchange.

12. Moment when Tom Cruise iconically said this to Matt Lauer

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13. Moment when interviewers referred to Cara Delevingne as "exhausted," and she was like, um...

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14. Moment when an interviewer asked Paris Hilton, "Do you ever worry about your moment having passed?" and then she walked out

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15. Moment when Ryan Lochte said this during an interview

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16. Moment when Gene Simmons spoke about sleeping with other women in front of his wife, which made her walk off the set

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17. Moment when Nick Jonas destroyed an iPad as a way of pranking ABC's Josh Elliot...

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18. Moment when this happened while Ellen was interviewing Jeff Corwin on her show

Some interviews are unforgettable for all the wrong reasons.

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Which of these interviews left your mouth wide open in shock? Drop your replies in the comments below.

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