15 Completely Bizarre Celeb Interviews That Will Forever Live In My Head Rent-Free
Some highlights: David Lynch's haunted Woody Woodpecker toys, Ezra Miller's "Goat Birth" song, Terrence Howard's definitive proof that 1x1=2, and Robert Pattinson's failed pasta-related business idea.
1.First, I'm going to start with my absolute favorite, which is this 2017 interview of director David Lynch talking about his Woody Woodpecker figurines. The story goes that in 1981, Lynch saw five Woody Woodpecker toys hanging up at a gas station and "rescued" them. "I screech on the brakes, I do a U-turn, go back, and I buy them and I save their lives," he recounted. "I named them Chucko, Buster, Pete, Bob, and Dan, and they were my boys and they were in my office. They were my dear friends for a while, but certain traits started coming out and they became not so nice." The interviewer noted that Lynch then looked "straight ahead" and said "with a grim finality," "They are not in my life anymore." To which I say...WTF???
2.Not bizarre enough for you? Let's talk about Robert Pattinson's GQ profile, where he talks about his business idea for "pasta which you can hold in your hand," which he's named Piccolini Cuscino. He decides to try to make it for the interviewer because “maybe if I say it in GQ, maybe, like, a partner will just come along.” He then shows the interviewer an old box of cornflakes, a giant novelty lighter, nine packs of presliced cheese, and sauce. He puts on latex gloves and bends tinfoil into a sort of sphere that he dumps sugar, crumbled-up cornflakes, sauce, and the presliced cheese into. He tries to cook pasta in the microwave, then takes it out and says, "No idea if it’s cooked or not," but puts it in the foil anyways.
“I mean, there’s absolutely no chance this is gonna work. Absolutely none," he tells the interviewer, then tops his creation with half a bun, which he burns a "PC" into with the novelty lighter, accidentally burning his hand in the process. He then wraps it up with more foil, squeezes it a few times, and decides to put it in what looks to be a microwave, but he claims is an oven, for 10 minutes. According to the interviewer, while in the oven/microwave, "a lightning bolt erupts" and "Pattinson ducks like someone outside has opened fire," then crouches and giggles "as the oven throws off stray flickers of light and sound." The oven/microwave goes dark and he stares at it, saying, “Yeah, I think I have to leave that alone. But that is a Picco
