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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
Show: Canadian Morning News
Air date: February 2013
While demonstrating the use of an electric toothbrush, this news anchor also mimes something else.
Tracy Morgan, Shirtless and Pregnant
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
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
Show: This Morning
Air date: February 2012
Someone give this man a dictionary so he can look up prostitution.
Al Roker Wants Blood
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
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
Show: Good Morning America
Air date: December 2012
He brings up the heinous paparazzi photo taken of her private parts, and she makes him look like a dumbass for it.
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End of Interview
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
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
Show: Good Morning Texas
Air date: February 2013
Everything is bigger in Texas—even the fear.
Tom Cruise Has No Love for Psychiatry
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
Show: Good Morning America
Air date: June 2013
Fueling the flames of her own scandal, Paula Deen appeared on Good Morning America (after cancelling once) to talk about how upset she was. It's hard to watch.
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Mila Kunis Grabs the Interview By the Balls
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
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
Show: WGN Chicago
Air date: June 2013
Morgan Freeman knows how to spit some game. Direct quote: "You got magic written all over you, child." OK, maybe leave out the child part.
Ryan Lochte's Laughable Intelligence
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
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
Show: Good Morning America
Air date: October 2012
Good fucking morning, America!
Christina Hendricks Is Sick of Body Questions
Show: Sydney Morning Herald
Air date: October 2012
If only the interviewer could blame a language barrier.
David Blaine Creeps Out the UK
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
Show: Good Morning America
Air date: February 2011
Symptoms include: signs of bi-polar disorder.
Kathie Lee Gifford Drops the World's Cutest Puppy
Show: The Today Show
Air date: October 2012
The thud sound it makes on impact is simply heartbreaking.
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Dick Vitale Can't Hear Your Asinine Question
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
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
Show: The Today Show
Air date: May 2012
This is what happens when you don't do your research.
