Top 10 Hilariously Out of Touch Celebrity Live TV Moments

10 Hilariously Out of Touch Celeb Moments on Live TV

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Welcome to WatchMojo, and today were examining the most infamous times a famous face showcased their detachment from reality when appearing on live TV broadcasts, social media streams, or talk shows that have live elements.

Toilet Racism

Sometimes, when a celebrity says something racist on a TV show, others on screen dont pick them up on it. Unfortunately for Kelly Osbourne, that didnt happen for her in 2015 on The View. As the group was discussing Donald Trumps immigration policy as he rose in polls, Osbourne chimed in with a tone-deaf comment she likely thought would inspire an applause break. Immediately, her co-hosts called her out, causing Osbourne to frantically backtrack. The outrage from viewers was just as intense as she was forced to apologise publicly. In 2024, when looking back at the incident, Osbourne regretted her comments, calling it the worst thing shes ever done.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Osbourne#2010%E2%80%932019:_Fashion_Police_and_other_endeavours - wiki entry mentions incident

https://edition.cnn.com/2015/08/04/politics/kelly-osbourne-donald-trump-latinos/index.html - 2015 article on incident

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-33782498 - 2015 article on Osbournes apology

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/kelly-osbourne-kick-latinos-out-backlash-memes-tik-tok-1235877091/ - 2024 article on Osbourne regetting incident

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/kelly-osbourne-regrets-if-you-kick-every-latino-out-video-1234948054/ - 2024 article on Osbourne regetting incident

The View (1997-)

4th August 2015

https://youtu.be/NJC_MNjw4E0 - clip of incident

Inside Edition (1989-)

4th August 2015

https://youtu.be/a8INEYLFWwc - news segment on incident

KTNV Channel 13 Las Vegas

https://youtu.be/xqtcxJOtxPI - 2015 news segment on incident

Cardboard Minion

Kim Kardashian is well known for being over-the-top when it comes to her excessive lifestyle. Even so, no one was expecting her to admit to one bizarre habit during her appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in 2024. The host asked Kardashian about a variety of rumors, including that she has someone else remove the cardboard sleeve from her Starbucks order, which she confirmed. Apparently, Kardashian despises the feel and sound of taking it off, comparing it to nails on a chalkboard. So, she hands it to whoever shes with to dispose of it for her. Apparently, it doesnt extend to all cardboard, just the coffee sleeves.

Sources:

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/kim-kardashian-disposable-cardboard-coffee-cup-sleeves - 2024 article on incident

https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/a/alex-ocho/kim-kardashian-admits-someone-take-cardboard-off-coffee - 2024 article on incident

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13341661/Kim-Kardashian-reveals-bizarre-ritual-drink-coffee.html - 2024 article on incident

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/25-times-kardashian-jenners-were-034602373.html - 2024 article on incident

https://pagesix.com/2024/04/23/entertainment/kim-kardashian-does-bizarre-task-before-drinking-coffee/ - 2024 article on incident

https://www.themirror.com/entertainment/kim-kardashian-mocked-entitled-behavior-905585 - 2025 article on her breaking water rules during wildfire

Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003-)

S22E93: Kim Kardashian/Ramon Rodriguez/Real Estate

https://youtu.be/QlBI5Q1Vn14?t=709 - timecode at cardboard sleeve incident

Daily Mail

https://youtu.be/cerzkgx_9jI - 2024 footage of Khardashian leaving Starbucks

Starbucks Singapore

https://youtu.be/jrYjdqU6HgY - 2021 video on upcycling the cardboard sleeve

Space Sing-a-Long

In 2025, the Blue Origin NS-31 mission, a trip involving several celebrity women, took off into spacefor 11 minutes. While this may have seemed like a milestone for them, it wasnt celebrated by more down-to-earth types. The trip was already criticized for cringey content in the run-up, the expense of it when most people are struggling financially, and damaging the environment, resulting in it not being well-received by the public and even other celebrities. It got worse when footage came out of Katy Perry singing Its a Wonderful World in space, showing her setlist for her tour, and treating the experience as a pivotal moment in human history. With all the backlash, Perry responded that she regretted the public spectacle of the mission.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Origin_NS-31#Reception - wiki entry on negative response to mission

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katy_Perry#2024%E2%80%93present:_143 - wiki entry mentions negative reaction to mission

https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/article/katy-perry-set-to-roar-into-space-on-all-woman-flight/ - 2025 article mentions Perry claiming it was for humanity and all women, also mentions singing

https://www.buzzfeed.com/natashajokic1/katy-perry-space-sing - 2025 article criticizing Perry for space singing

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y4rvg04xvo - 2025 article on Perry responding to backlash to space trip

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/katy-perry-blue-origin-memes-reaction-backlash-b2735620.html - 2025 article on Perry regretting public spectacle of the mission

https://ew.com/olivia-munn-perplexed-gluttonous-blue-origin-space-flight-11709215 - 2025 article on Munn criticizing the mission due to people financially struggling

https://www.the-independent.com/life-style/emily-ratajkowski-blue-origin-space-mission-b2733688.html - 2025 article on Ratajkowski criticizing mission for environmental damage

LiveNOW from FOX

https://youtu.be/LQAUjKbvh8o - 2025 live news stream of the space launch

NBC News

https://youtu.be/OYNOdWOlNfM - 2025 news interview with Perry after trip

Access Hollywood (1996-)

14th April 2025

https://youtu.be/mcmrSsFxar4 - news segment on Perry singing in space

Quarantine Jail

2020 was a rough year. After all, the COVID-19 pandemic forced many to remain stuck in their homes during lockdowns and unable to see family and friends in person. But fear not, celebrities were there to remind everyone that they have it worse than we do. While filming an episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show at her abode, the host made a thoughtless joke that enraged viewers already frustrated by everything. DeGeneres compared being in lockdown in her home to being in jail. Yikes. People were livid that she was making such a comparison as she sat inside her large estate. Others pointed out that the virus was running rampant through prisons, making the comment even more distasteful.

Sources:

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-ellen-degeneres-criticised-after-comparing-mansion-quarantine-to-being-in-jail-11970796 - 2020 article on criticism

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/08/entertainment/ellen-degeneres-quarantine-jail-trnd - 2020 article on criticism

https://www.reuters.com/article/world/quarantine-like-jail-joke-brings-fierce-backlash-for-ellen-degeneres-idUSKCN21R07I/ - 2020 article on criticism

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ellen-degeneres-quarantine-jail-comparison-backlash/ - 2020 article on criticism

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/ellen-degeneres-coronavirus-jail-show-watch-a9453941.html - 2020 article on criticism

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ellen-degeneres-prison-covid-19_n_5ea31d83c5b6f963981456d1 - 2020 article by someone explaining their father was in jail and how the comments were offensive

Us Weekly

https://youtu.be/FA51dr0GimQ - 2020 news video on criticism for jail comment

The Young Turks (2002-)

10th April 2020

https://youtu.be/ODAmU-de5PE - news segment on the criticism of Degeneres

Tribute to Herself

In 2018, we sadly lost the great Aretha Franklin. In memory of the Queen of Soul, from one music monarch to another, the MTV Video Music Awards had the Queen of Pop, Madonna, do a tribute to Franklin as she presented the Video of the Year award. However, instead of providing a moving speech about the legend, Madonna decided she would focus on her own music career and accomplishments, barely touching upon Franklins life. With all the backlash involving accusations that Madonna had given a self-indulgent speech, she responded that her words weren't even meant to be a tribute. Instead, she claimed she was asked to provide an anecdote about Franklin.

Sources:

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/madonna-aretha-franklin-tribute-vmas-2018-white-privilege-a8501096.html - 2018 article on backlash

https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/awards/madonna-vmas-tribute-aretha-franklin-triggers-criticism-n902436 - 2018 article on backlash

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/aug/21/mtv-vmas-camila-cabello-wins-big-while-madonna-pays-tribute-to-aretha-franklin - 2018 article on backlash

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/vmas-madonna-tribute-aretha-franklin-prompts-backlash-charges-culture-appropriation-1136049/ - 2018 article on backlash

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/aug/22/madonna-responds-to-aretha-franklin-mtv-vma-tribute-criticism - 2018 article on Madonna responding to backlash

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-45255901 - 2018 article on Madonna responding to backlash

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/08/21/entertainment/madonna-aretha-franklin-vmas - 2018 article on Madonna responding to backlash

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aretha_Franklin - wiki on Franklin mentions Queen of Soul moniker

CBC News

https://youtu.be/B8LPBx1gBko - 2018 news segment on Madonna backlash

CTV News

https://youtu.be/crbsIkMWWVo - 2018 news segment on Madonna backlash

Good Morning America (1975-)

22nd August 2018

https://youtu.be/mojjx6ROxeY - news segment on Madonnas response to backlash

The Most Hardship Award

When you think of people whove lived hard lives and kept pushing back, Paris Hilton isnt a person who springs to mind. However, for her, no one has had it tougher. Appearing as a guest alongside her mom, Kathy, on Piers Morgan Live in 2011, the host asked her questions about her controversies, including the release of her intimate video and media scrutiny, which is a terrible situation to be in. However, after mentioning her thick skin, this sparked Hilton to state the phrase, Everything bad that can happen to a person has happened to me. Understandably, people who werent multi-millionaires and hadnt grown up in wealth like Hilton werent exactly feeling sympathetic.

Sources:

https://dailycaller.com/2011/06/01/poor-paris-hilton-everything-bad-that-can-happen-to-a-person-has-happened-to-me/ - 2011 article criticizing Hilton for comments

https://www.today.com/popculture/sex-tape-brings-paris-hilton-her-mom-tears-piers-morgan-wbna43240551 - 2011 article on the interview

https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/pmt/date/2011-06-05/segment/01#:~:text=HILTON%3A%20I've%20really%20grown,person%20has%20happened%20to%20me. - transcript of interview

Piers Morgan Live (2011-14)

31st May 2011

https://youtu.be/OxMZBGmPH9c?t=674 - timecode at the infamous comment

CNBC

https://youtu.be/B1OJeexYXx4 - 2021 news interview with Hilton on her investments

Gay Pop

In 2024, JoJo Siwa went from a child-friendly, colorful hair bow-wearing performer to a sparkly glam-goth rebrand, which was largely mocked. While chatting with Billboard, she commented that when she was talking with her record label, she told them she wanted to create a new genre of music, gay pop. People were livid at the implication that Siwa was seemingly alluding to being the first LGBTQIA+ person in pop music. They also pointed out the history of LGBTQIA+ musicians such as Elton John, Freddie Mercury, and Tegan and Sara. Due to the backlash, Siwa claimed she meant she wanted gay pop to be an official genre of music, and she desired to be its Chief Marketing Officer.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JoJo_Siwa#2024%E2%80%93present:_Rebrand_and_Guilty_Pleasure - wiki entry mentions incident and backlash

https://www.buzzfeed.com/kristatorres/jo-jo-siwa-gay-pop-tiktok - 2024 article criticizing comments

https://www.billboard.com/culture/pride/jojo-siwa-clarifies-gay-pop-comments-1235653806/ - 2024 article on Siwa walking back comments and asking to be CMO of Gay Pop

https://people.com/jojo-siwa-clarifies-comment-about-starting-new-genre-gay-pop-8634600 - 2024 article on Siwa walking back comments

https://www.them.us/story/jojo-siwa-gay-pop-controversy-explained - 2024 article explaining incident

Billboard

https://youtu.be/wCPD4xnC754 - 2024 news interview with Siwa claiming to have started gay pop

https://youtu.be/lzMhCf3_bsI - 2025 news interview with Siwa

SiriusXM

https://youtu.be/E6fYYIboBcI - 2024 news interview on Siwa walking back statement

Karma (2024)

Jojo Siwa

https://youtu.be/VZIm_2MgdeA - music video

Having a Hard Time

In 2007, actor Whoopi Goldberg joined the talk show The View. In 2016, she extended her contract that was reportedly worth up to $6 million, on top of having had a high-paying Hollywood career. So, when she compared her financial stability to those with a lower income, it didnt land well. In 2024, The View panel was discussing the theory that working-class voters chose Donald Trump for US President due to struggling financially. Goldberg proclaimed she understood that people were having a hard time, as she was too. After all, she doesnt have all the money in the world, so she has to work on The View. Understandably, viewers were baffled by the grossly out-of-touch statement.

Sources:

https://www.buzzfeed.com/stephaniesoteriou/whoopi-goldberg-is-having-a-hard-time-financially - 2024 article criticizing Goldbergs comments

https://ew.com/whoopi-goldberg-admits-leave-the-view-more-money-8743626 - 2024 article criticizing Goldbergs comments

https://pagesix.com/2024/11/13/entertainment/fans-slam-tone-deaf-whoopi-goldberg-for-saying-she-has-to-work-for-a-living/ - 2024 article criticizing Goldbergs comments

https://www.newsweek.com/entertainment/celebrity-news/whoopi-goldberg-backlash-financial-struggles-1985413 - 2024 article criticizing Goldbergs comments

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2024/11/14/whoopi-goldberg-the-view-working-person-backlash/76290204007/ - 2024 article criticizing Goldbergs comments

https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/whoopi-goldberg-the-view-contract-1201790733/ - 2016 article on Goldberg extending contract on the View alleges amount

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/whoopi-goldberg-the-view-contract-1235018876/ - 2021 article on Goldberg extending contract on the View

Entertainment Tonight (1981-)

14th November 2024

https://youtu.be/pmmJ7Pc-wL0 - news segment on criticism to Goldbergs comments

E! News (1991-)

13th November 2024

https://youtu.be/0o2dREk0hb8 - news segment on incident

Writer Blame

You know what makes employees feel super good? When their wealthy boss chucks them under the bus in a public setting(!) Well, for writers who helped devise Jo Koys opening monologue at the 2024 81st Golden Globe Awards, thats what happened. After bombing with one awkward and outdated joke after another, gathering groans from the audience, Koy needed to save himself. As well as mentioning only getting the hosting job 10 days before, he uttered that he only wrote some of the jokes. After a brief rant, he went further and claimed the ones people were laughing at were devised by him. Yikes. With all the backlash to that comment, Koy apologized to his writers publicly.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Koy#2023_Golden_Globe_Awards - wiki entry on incident

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/81st_Golden_Globe_Awards#Criticism_of_Jo_Koy's_opening_monologue - wiki entry on incident

https://www.indiewire.com/features/commentary/joy-koy-golden-globes-monologue-opinion-1234941462/ - 2024 article criticizing the monologue

https://www.vulture.com/2024/01/golden-globes-2024-jo-koy-monologue-writers.html - 2024 article criticizing Koys comments about writers

https://decider.com/2024/01/07/golden-globes-host-jo-koy-monologue-not-funny/ - 2024 article criticizing Koys comments about writers

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/golden-globes-jo-koy-monologue-writers-b2477295.html - 2024 article on Koy apologizing for writers comments

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jo-koy-courage-hosting-golden-globes-writers-joke-1235786136/ - 2024 interview with Koy mentions his apology for writers comments

81st Golden Globe Awards (2024)

https://youtu.be/KvSHHnucouo - Koys opening monologue

ABS-CBN

https://youtu.be/avEiSh9vx9I - 2024 news segment on Joy responding to criticism

KCAL News

https://youtu.be/FO0TK98IocY - 2024 news interview with Koy prior to Golden Globes

Pseudo-Psychiatry

Tom Cruise has had plenty of interviews that havent made him look great. But his one in 2005 with Matt Lauer on "Today" wouldve likely destroyed anyone elses career. The host questioned Cruise on his previous criticism of Brooke Shields for taking antidepressants to combat postpartum depression. So, Cruise stated his belief that psychiatry is a pseudoscience, despite the evidence to the contrary and the lives saved by it and other similar treatments. Cruise went further by essentially comparing psychiatric medicine to illegal substances and claiming a chemical imbalance in the brain doesnt exist. This, mixed with other erratic behaviors, saw Steven Spielberg fall out with Cruise for many years, and caused Paramount to split with the star for a while.

Sources:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2005/06/25/a-couch-tom-cruise-wont-jump-on/9d6aa68c-3c7c-4b5a-9864-069539e93426/ - 2005 article on incident

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna8344309 - 2005 article on incident

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/hollywood-flashback-15-years-tom-cruise-clashed-matt-lauer-today-1299755/ - 2020 article looking abc at the infamous interview

https://web.archive.org/web/20151113165647/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1067822,00.html - 2005 article on Shieldss response

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/us-celebrity-news/tom-cruises-beliefs-cornered-him-29552106 - 2023 article on the Brooke Shieldss response

https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/tom-cruise-and-steven-spielberg-on-good-terms-now-after-decades-long-feud-heres-what-we-know-566501 - 2020 article on Cruise and Spielberg reconciling

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Cruise#Break_with_Paramount - wiki entry on the issues

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Cruise#Criticism_of_psychiatry - wiki entry on issues

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5244449/ - study showing psychiatry being useful

https://www.noclor.nhs.uk/news-events/psychiatry-saved-my-life-its-lowest-moment-stephen-fry-lends-his-voice-rcpsych%E2%80%99s - hospital article with examples of people, including celebrities, whose lives were saved from psychiatry

Today (1952-)

23rd June 2005

https://youtu.be/tFgF1JPNR5E - archive footage of the infamous 2005 interview with Cruise

Entertainment Tonight (1981-)

9th February 2016

https://youtu.be/Kyl5sgGfMqQ - news segment on Lauer asking Katie Holmes about Cruises beliefs

Who do you think is the most out of touch celebrity around? Let us know below!

Vogue

https://youtu.be/b7Plu03Fp7I?t=588 - timecode at Bella Hadid stating she didnt get Louboutins until high school