Nearly seven years ago, Dakota Johnson’s infamous 2019 interview with Ellen DeGeneres is still circulating online.
Some fans joke about it, while others say they can forgive it Fifty shades of gray actress for the disastrous failure of Mrs. Web.
Some people, especially DeGeneres’ critics, believe that Dakota caused the comedian’s “downfall,” referring to The Ellen DeGeneres Show that ended in 2022 following allegations of workplace harassment.
However, Dakota had nothing to do with what happened with DeGeneres. She only said something that damaged the host’s public image before the allegations surfaced.
In the 2019 interview, which immediately went viral, Dakota contradicted Ellen’s claim that she didn’t invite the host to her birthday party. Ellen joked that she wasn’t invited to Dakota’s 30th birthday. Dakota calmly replied, “Actually, that’s not the truth, Ellen.
You were invited,” after Ellen made the same complaint a year earlier. An employee of The Ellen DeGeneres Show even confirmed it off camera.
Commenting on the resurfaced clip, an X user wrote, “One awkward interview somehow became one of Hollywood’s most legendary moments.”
Another said: “I love that Dakota sat there like the daughter of a mob boss and coldly stared at Ellen like ‘you have no idea who you just offended by trying to twist the truth about me like that.'”
