Twitter watched through their fingers as Ryan Tubridy and Nigella Lawson battled their way through a dreadfully awkward interview on last night’s Late Late Show.
The pair seemed to get off on the wrong foot, after Ryan referred to the in-house band’s cover of Sugar, Sugar, commenting on how much Nigella likes the sweet stuff.
There was a chill in the air as she answered stony-faced: “Well, not particularly.”
Yikes.
Poor oul Ryan was grasping at straws after that, as the pair chatted about weight issues, Nigella’s late mother and her new book.
He even pulled out two Nutella jars with their names on them side by side, joking: “I thought we could be jarred together. That’s the last time we’ll be side by side like that”, to which she replied “that’s really nice.”
Wow.
Not surprisingly, Twitter was quick to vent about the “awkward” “awful” interview…
#LateLateShow interview with Nigella Lawson was weird. Very awkward, seemed uncomfortable in the company of a confident attractive woman.
— MBA Tosser (@MBATosser) December 5, 2015
Nigella Lawson is so fed up looking. #LateLate — Pádraig McCann (@Padraig_McCann) December 4, 2015
Tunbridy is 15 seconds into an interview with a drunk Nigella Lawson and I already want to leave the planet #latelate
— Shane Mulhall (@ElSkip8) December 4, 2015
awkward tension between Tubs & Nigella since this interview started & as for this segment with the food… She couldn’t care less #latelate — Gerard Hannon (@rettiwt5463) December 4, 2015
Cant help thinking that if this is what it takes to sell a book, Nigella is going to declare herself illiterate….. #latelate
— #rtv (@ReclaimTheVoice) December 4, 2015
Nigella seems really interested #Latelate — Aidan Tierney (@tierneytalks) December 4, 2015
So you gave up the cake then? Avocado on toast, that’s mad Ted! And the pickling trend! Another awful interview. Poor Nigella! #latelate
— Cranky Ciara (@crankyciara) December 4, 2015
Watch the interview on the RTE player here.
