The 25 Most Awkward Morning Show Moments

Some of us just aren't morning people.

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Maybe it's the lack of morning coffee, or just a case of chronic late-night partying, but some people just aren't morning people. While the rest of the world can skate by on being grumpy and discombobulated until lunch, others don't have that luxury. Namely, everyone on television between the hours of 5 a.m. to noon. Those people have very little wiggle room.

Compounding that, these people are often tasked with interviewing celebrities and other atypical humans. This often takes strange turns. Case in point: the 25 most awkward morning show moments

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Oh, Oral Care—Got It

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Tracy Morgan, Shirtless and Pregnant

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Show: WGN Chicago
Air date: August 2007

And the line between Tracy Morgan, the man, and Tracy Jordan, the 30 Rock character, gets slowly erased. Any by slowly, we mean not the opposite of slowly.

St. Patrick's Day Smooches

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Show: WGN Chicago
Air date: March 2010

When you rub a balloon leprechaun's belly and wish for a kiss, make sure to specify the gender if you have one in mind.

Host Suggests Sex Addict Make A Business of Her Addiction

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Show: This Morning
Air date: February 2012

Someone give this man a dictionary so he can look up prostitution. 

Al Roker Wants Blood

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Show: Good Morning America
Air date: June 2009

Al Roker's entire interview with Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag after the couple quit I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! is a cringe-inducing train wreck, but jump to 4:15 if you want to see things get real uncomfortable.

Yep, That's a Duck

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Show: Australia Today
Air date: July 2011

Too much morning television hinges on putting stereotypically attractive people in corny situations. For instance, this segment. This Australian journalist wasn't fishing for ducks. And yet.

Anne Hathaway, Matt Lauer, and the Wardrobe Malfunction

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End of Interview

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Show: Sunrise Australia
Air date: April 2012

When an Australian journalist asks Rihanna about finding love in a hopeless place, RiRi makes her realize that ain't shit sweet.

Chris Brown Is a Child

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Show: Good Morning America
Air date: March 2011

After giving a brief interview to Good Morning America's Robin Roberts, Chris Brown performed a song and then, because he's Chris Brown, destroyed his dressing room. He was upset because Roberts asked him questions about his other acts of violence. Boo hoo, CB.

Cable Snakes

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Show: Good Morning Texas
Air date: February 2013

Everything is bigger in Texas—even the fear.

Tom Cruise Has No Love for Psychiatry

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Show: Good Morning America
Air date: January 2007

Tom Cruise let his Scientology flag fly in this '07 interview, where he dismissed psychiatry. Cool story, bro.

Paula Deen Is Distressed

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Mila Kunis Grabs the Interview By the Balls

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Show: BBC Radio 1
Air date: March 2013

What's meant to be an interview about Oz the Great and Powerful turns into an account of a scrawny British man telling Mila Kunis all about his life with his lads. He also asks her out multiple times. 

Russell Brand Makes Morning Joe Anchors Look Like Idiots

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Show: MSNBC Morning Joe
Air date: June 2013

After talk about employees googling pornography and Brand's indecipherable British accent, the comedian takes control of the interview, explains what he's promoting, and tells the people of America they will be all right, despite their incompetent broadcast journalists. 

Morgan Freeman Gets His Flirt On

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Ryan Lochte's Laughable Intelligence

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Show: Good Morning Philadelphia
Air date: April 2013

Breaking news: a case of the giggles has just spread over the entire city of Philadelphia.

Jonah's Suspect Package

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Show: This Morning
Air date: September 2012

This is an interview with the man who supposedly has the world's largest penis. Of course everything about it is nuts. So to speak.

Tom Hank Drops the F-Bomb

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Christina Hendricks Is Sick of Body Questions

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Show: Sydney Morning Herald
Air date: October 2012

If only the interviewer could blame a language barrier.

David Blaine Creeps Out the UK

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Show: This Morning
Air date: August 2011

We know what you're all thinking: "Is he stoned?"

The Birth of Bi-Winning with Charlie Sheen

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Show: Good Morning America
Air date: February 2011

Symptoms include: signs of bi-polar disorder.

Kathie Lee Gifford Drops the World's Cutest Puppy

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Dick Vitale Can't Hear Your Asinine Question

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Show: WGN Morning Show
Air date: May 2012

To sum up the awkwardness of the interview, here are some quote highlights:
"Morning Dick!"
"Hooters!"
"He's not talking to us."
"Chicago, baby!"

Paris Hilton vs. Her 15 Minutes of Fame

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Show: Good Morning America
Air date: July 2011

Otherwise known as Intervention: I'm Addicted to Fame

Kathie Lee Gifford Forgets Martin Short's Wife Died of Cancer

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