Joaquin Phoenix on Letterman
Please tell me that Joaquin Phoenix’s appearance on the Letterman Show last night was some kind of joke. Phoenix, who has obviously done the talk show circuit before, acted like a totally clueless asshole, answering all of Dave’s questions with “Yes”, “No”, and “I don’t know.” He seemed offended that Letterman was even asking questions to begin with, and then pretended not to know a damn thing about the movie he was there to promote.
Phoenix’s behavior was so bizarre that people are already saying the whole thing was staged and was supposed to be some Andy Kaufman-like act or whatever. But I don’t get it. Why would Joaquin Phoenix deliberately want to look like a jerk here???
February 12th, 2009 14:35
Phoenix is certainly a weird character these days, I was wondering the same thing myself about him. Seems like he’s going through something . . .