{"id":97789,"date":"2023-08-18T11:06:45","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T11:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?p=97789"},"modified":"2023-08-18T11:06:45","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T11:06:45","slug":"michael-parkinson-offered-apology-to-meg-ryan-after-awkward-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/celebrities\/michael-parkinson-offered-apology-to-meg-ryan-after-awkward-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Parkinson offered apology to Meg Ryan after awkward interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Michael Parkinson offered apology to Meg Ryan after awkward 2003 interview and said: &#8216;I wish I hadn&#8217;t lost my temper&#8217;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The iconic presenter has died aged 88 on August 16, 2023<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He previously boiled down her bad behaviour to her film&#8217;s poor performance\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Sleepless in Seattle star branded him a &#8216;nut&#8217; after their frosty interview<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The broadcaster who has died aged 88, previously revealed he should have been &#8216;more courteous&#8217; during his infamous interview with Meg Ryan,<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I wish I hadn&#8217;t lost my temper with Meg Ryan. I wish I&#8217;d dealt with it in a more courteous manner,&#8217; Sir Michael Parkinson told Radio Times in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I was quite obviously angry with her and it&#8217;s not my business to be angry towards the guests. I came across as kind of pompous and I could have done better.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The infamous interview is among the no-nonsense broadcaster&#8217;s best-known moments.<\/p>\n<p>In 2003, Sleepless in Seattle star gave a series of short answers, whilst promoting her film &#8216;In the Cut&#8217; on Sir Michael Parkinson&#8217;s BBC talk show.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/18\/10\/35384630-12420207-_There_was_very_good_reason_she_was_in_a_film_that_didn_t_do_ver-a-1_1692350986752.jpg\" height=\"479\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The talk show veteran told Australia&#8217;s Stellar magazine that he believed Meg Ryan (right) was icy in her 2003 interview because her &#8216;In the Cut&#8217; film was performing poorly. He also told Australia&#8217;s Stellar Magazine that she was rude to his guests<\/p>\n<p>The Hollywood actress seemingly desired to be elsewhere while promoting her film &#8216;In the Cut&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>During the icy discussion, Parkinson asked if her apprehension of journalists gives her insight into what they want, Ryan defensively replied: &#8216;Now that I am wary of them?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Parkinson answered: &#8216;Yes, you are wary of journalists, you are wary of me, you are wary of the interview. You don&#8217;t like being interviewed.<\/p>\n<p>He later asked: &#8216;If you were me, what would you do now?&#8217;, to which Ryan ordered him to &#8216;Just wrap it up.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Parkinson branded &#8216;beautiful Meg&#8217; as an &#8216;unhappy woman&#8217;, while she hit back labelling him a &#8216;nut&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He also later claimed in an interview with Australia&#8217;s Stellar Magazine that she was impolite to the guests on his show.<\/p>\n<p>The talk show veteran boiled Ryan&#8217;s irritated facial expressions and stand-off-ish behaviour down to her film&#8217;s poor performance.<\/p>\n<p>in 2020, the iconic journalist stated: &#8216;There was very good reason; she was in a film that didn\u2019t do very well and was at the end of a long tour and couldn\u2019t wait to get home.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/18\/10\/35384632-12420207-Best_known_for_hosting_his_own_talk_show_Parkinson_from_1971_to_-m-4_1692351045808.jpg\" height=\"696\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I wish I&#8217;d dealt with it in a more courteous manner&#8217;: Parkinson regretted losing his temper with the Sleepless in Seattle star.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/18\/10\/74466263-12420207-image-m-23_1692352068725.jpg\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Sleepless in Seattle Star (pictured) labelled Sir Michael Parkinson &#8216;a nut&#8217; and also stated that he spoke to her like &#8216;a disapproving father&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>But in a chat with Marie Claire, the star of When Harry Met Sally placed the blame on Parkinson for the frosty interview.<\/p>\n<p>She stated that she felt Parkinson was criticising her for being nude in the movie, saying that she was &#8216;so offended by him&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>In 2006, Ryan said: &#8216;I don&#8217;t even know the man. That guy was like some disapproving father! It&#8217;s crazy. I don&#8217;t know what he is to you guys, but he&#8217;s a nut.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He said something like, \u201cYou should go back to doing what you were doing\u201d. I thought, \u201cAre you like a disapproving dad? Back off, buddy\u201d. I was so offended.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Whilst the Sir Michael had previously jested the pare don&#8217;t get in touch during the festive season, there is no deep-rooted hatred there either.<\/p>\n<p>When questioned about what interview he would re-do given the chance, the broadcasting juggernaut told Good Morning Britain:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I would like to get the Meg Ryan one right. I mean we were both in a fairly grim mood I think.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There was another way to handle that and extract more fun from it.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The presenter who hosted his own show for nearly two decades shared he would have been axed off air in the present &#8216;ultra sensitive world&#8217;.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He stated: \u2018In this ultra-sensitive world I doubt I could do an interview nowadays without being sent off. There are so many pitfalls and booby traps.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-12420207\/Michael-Parkinson-offered-apology-Meg-Ryan-awkward-2003-interview-wish-hadnt-lost-temper.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Parkinson offered apology to Meg Ryan after awkward 2003 interview and said: &#8216;I wish I hadn&#8217;t lost my temper&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97788,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Michael Parkinson offered apology to Meg Ryan after awkward interview - Celebrity Cover News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/celebrities\/michael-parkinson-offered-apology-to-meg-ryan-after-awkward-interview\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Michael Parkinson offered apology to Meg Ryan after awkward interview - 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