{"id":360182,"date":"2021-10-30T03:50:41","date_gmt":"2021-10-30T00:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/journalist-claimed-bruce-willis-made-her-wait-9-days-for-an-interview\/"},"modified":"2021-10-30T03:50:41","modified_gmt":"2021-10-30T00:50:41","slug":"journalist-claimed-bruce-willis-made-her-wait-9-days-for-an-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/journalist-claimed-bruce-willis-made-her-wait-9-days-for-an-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"#Journalist claimed Bruce Willis made her wait 9 days for an interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Journalist claimed Bruce Willis made her wait 9 days for an interview<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Definitely not a good look for Mr. \u201cDie Hard\u201d himself. <\/p>\n<p>A reporter claimed that Bruce Willis made her wait nine days for an interview back in 1996. The journalist also alleged that the 66-year-old actor didn\u2019t even tip the waitstaff at the restaurant they went to to conduct the interview. <\/p>\n<p>In the latest episode of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/105-ridiculous-history-28588696\/episode\/introducing-haileywood-88498480\/\">iHeartRadio\u2019s new original podcast, \u201cHaileywood,\u201d<\/a> host Dana Schwartz spoke to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/marthafrankel.com\">writer Martha Frankel<\/a>, who revealed she had a bad experience with the \u201cExpendables\u201d star 25 years ago. <\/p>\n<p>Frankel received an assignment to interview Willis for the site <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/movieline.com\/1996\/08\/01\/planet-willis\/\">Movieline<\/a> in London at the time. She described the experience as \u201ca nightmare\u201d on the podcast.<\/p>\n<p>Frankel revealed that Willis agreed to talk to her after nine days. Instead of meeting in London, the \u201cDie Hard\u201d star wanted to see her in a town called Windsor, an area about 30 miles west of London.<\/p>\n<p>She added that she tried to alleviate Willis\u2019 uneasiness about the interview by suggesting meeting over a poker <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> with his management team. However, he wanted \u201cno part of\u201d any of the techniques Frankel tried to use to make him feel safer.<\/p>\n<p>Frankel explained: \u201cHe didn\u2019t really want to talk about anything. It was just a drag and he wasn\u2019t fun and he wasn\u2019t funny. And I know he\u2019s all of those things. I had seen him in action. I know he can be that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She then divulged that Willis made the restaurant where they ate during the interview shut down \u201cso that nobody would come over for his autograph.\u201d The father of five then didn\u2019t tip their waitress at the end of their lunch. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/bruce-willis-776.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Bruce Willis\" class=\"wp-image-19972615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/bruce-willis-776.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/bruce-willis-776.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/bruce-willis-776.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Frankel explained, \u201cIt was just a drag and he wasn\u2019t fun and he wasn\u2019t funny.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">LightRocket via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAnd then he didn\u2019t throw $300 bucks on the table for the waiter,\u201d she said, \u201cso I did.\u201d\u00a0Telling Schwartz, \u201cI want rich people to be more generous than not rich people. But you know what was the best thing? He walked in and out of that hotel and nobody said a word to him, nobody recognized him.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first time a reporter has found Willis to be rude during an interview. He <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2013\/07\/24\/bruce-willis-labeled-rude-painful-and-completely-uncooperative-during-awkward-interview\/\">sat down for a chat<\/a> with Britain\u2019s Magic 105.4\u2019s Jamie Edwards in 2013 to promote his movie \u201cReds 2\u201d with co-star Mary Louise Parker.<\/p>\n<p>Edwards described the exchange as \u201cthe most awkward interview ever\u201d after he claimed that the German-born actor could \u201chardly keep his mind\u201d on it.<\/p>\n<p>Edwards tried to be nice and engage with Willis to keep the talk running smoothly, but the star <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared bored and uninterested in the five-minute talk.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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A reporter claimed that Bruce Willis made her wait nine days for an interview back in 1996. 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