It's not unheard of for celebrities to get some strange questions by reporters. But sometimes those questions can be inappropriate especially when posed to minors.
Anne Hathaway recently came out about a creepy question she got from a reporter when she was only 16-years-old.
Hathaway talked about the uncomfortable situation at a Q&A session following the premiere of her new movie, Eileen.
“I just remembered one of the very first questions I ever got asked when I started acting and had to do press was: Are you a good girl or a bad girl? I was 16. And my 16-year-old self wanted to respond with this film.”
Interestingly—yet not exactly unexpectedly—the internet was torn.
Many people saw the comment just as creepy as Hathaway did.
\u201c@TMZ @TooFab Hollywood has a perversion problem.\u201d— TMZ (@TMZ) 1674415204
\u201c@Variety thats kinda weird\u201d— Variety (@Variety) 1674414900
\u201c@THR @SheaWhighamFan I swear some reporters are just farking clueless with bait questions like that! \ud83d\ude21\u201d— The Hollywood Reporter (@The Hollywood Reporter) 1674365547
Others didn't think there was anything wrong with the question.
\u201c@TMZ @TooFab Considering she came on the scene around the same time as \u201cvirginal\u201d (lol) Britney Spears and \u201cbad girl\u201d Christina and \u201cwild child\u201d Paris, etc\u2026 for the time, I don\u2019t really think that is a weird question. People constantly trying to make something out of nothing these days\u2026\ud83d\ude44\u201d— TMZ (@TMZ) 1674415204
\u201c@TMZ @TooFab Honestly people? This is news? Food prices soaring, uncertainty in the market, homelessness and hunger and this is what people want to focus on? Who cares? Hollywood is gross. I\u2019m not blaming TMZ because they are also Hollywood, but these actors are all \u201cacting\u201d outraged. \ud83e\udde2\u201d— TMZ (@TMZ) 1674415204
\u201c@THR she gives no context to the question yet says it was when doing press. so I assume it was to do with a role she played. context is always essential its not like some sleazy director whispered it in her ear in an elevator.\u201d— The Hollywood Reporter (@The Hollywood Reporter) 1674365547
One commenter pointed out a very interesting point.
\u201c@TMZ @TooFab first two comment i saw were men saying \u201cwho cares\u201d basically. i pray men wake up. they have no idea how this question would make a girl or woman feel. it\u2019s disrespectful. it would make me feel uncomfortable and gross if someone asked me that & i am 29.\u201d— TMZ (@TMZ) 1674415204
Eileen is based on the 2015 novel of the same name by Otessa Moshfegh.
It is set in Boston, Massachusetts in the 1960s and follows a woman who is working at a prison. A woman named Rebecca, played by Hathaway, joins the staff and changes Eileen's life.
Hathaway talked about her excitement about working with director William Oldroyd.
“I saw a study of female complication that hit me really, really deep, and I felt like Will was a filmmaker that could be trusted to tell complicated stories, especially about females.”
At the end of the day, Hathaway is the only person who can decide if something creeped her out or not.
If she—16-years-old at thd time—was made uncomfortable by the question then that is all that needs to be considered.
