This resurfaced video of Jennifer Aniston and David Letterman is
going viral and it has outraged fans
The sexist, misogynistic treatment of women in the media is still a subject that is showing no signs of wearing down, particularly when it comes to the resurfacing of
90s content. We saw it on the Framing Britney Spears documentary and during countless interview clips from famous TV chat shows. Who can forget in 2013, when
David Letterman brazenly asked Lindsay Lohen about her experience of rehab and addiction, digging deeper and deeper while she was clearly protesting. “We didn’t discuss this in the pre-interview,” she responds and yet he continued to pry, making jokes about her struggles with addiction. It makes for awkward viewing, and so it should. It reminds us just how bad things really were
The latest to pop up? An interview from The David Letterman Show again (according to People, the show had no female writers and it’s kind of obvious). This time it’s a 1998 interview with Jennifer Aniston and it’s making fans seriously uncomfortable. Aniston was on the show to promote her film, The Object of My Affection and the star was telling Letterman about running into fans in her gym’s steam room and then Letterman decided to do something seriously creepy.
He moved his chair behind Aniston and told her: “Forgive me if this is rude, I just want to try one thing,” he says. Aniston seemed apprehensive about what as going to happen next. Letterman then placed a tendril of her hair into his mouth, YES REALLY. Sucking it before pulling away. She is sat there wondering what the heck was going on and jumped as he moved in closer. “What are you doing??” she asked, laughing behind gritted teeth. He then rolled his chair back and handed her a tissue to dry her hair of his saliva. ‘I’m sorry” he said, “Something to do with the steam room.”
Oh wait, he’s blaming her – course, she was the one who brought up the steam room incident.Naturally, fans coming across the clip for the first time were just as angry.
