Summary
- Fans criticized the audience for laughing when Ryan Gosling revealed he lived in a trailer park with his mom.
- Gosling seemed unusually nervous during the David Letterman interview, with fans noticing signs of anxiety.
- Several A-list guests, like Julia Roberts, admitted to feeling nervous on David Letterman's show but later thrived.
In terms of entertaining guests, it is hard to beat Ryan Gosling. Who can forget the time he walked out of Stephen Colbert's Late Show during his interview with Russell Crowe? It was one of the many great Ryan Gosling moments.
However, at the start of his fame, Gosling was a work in progress when it came to interviews. That was on full display over a decade ago when he appeared on David Letterman's Late Show. The atmosphere was always a nervous one for guests, including someone as polished as Gosling.
We'll take a look back at the interview, and what fans had to say. We'll also take a closer look at a moment that was deemed inappropriate as the audience laughed at a heartbreaking Ryan Gosling story.
In addition, we'll reveal other A-list guests that initially struggled with Letterman. Let's take a look.
Fans Were Upset That The Audience Laughed After Ryan Gosling Revealed He Lived In A Trailer Park With His Mom
We turn back to July of 2011 for this memorable chat between David Letterman and Ryan Gosling. At this point, Gosling was working his way up the ladder in Hollywood, becoming one of the more prominent faces. However, in this particular chat, Gosling wasn't his usual laid back, hilarious self. Instead, he seemed oddly nervous, which was common for all actors during their interviews with Letterman on the Late Show.
Things take an awkward turn during the interview when Gosling talks about his troubled past, which he revealed including living in a trailer park. For whatever reason, the audience on-hand decided to laugh at this. The moment upset lots of fans.
Gosling said, "I went with my mom, and we moved to a trailer park called Yogi Bear Park," Gosling tells Letterman about his road while moving to Hollywood. For whatever reason, the audience laughs, which catches Ryan by surprise.
He adds, "There's a class system in living in a trailer park. If you have wheels on a trailer, you are looked down upon. And if your wheels are stationary, you're really living it up, living the dream. And that's what we lived in."
Gosling added that he had just moved to New York at the time.
All fans could talk about looking back at the interview was how nervous Gosling was, which comes as a surprise looking at the talented actor and his many entertaining interviews today.
Fans Noticed That Ryan Gosling Was More Nervous Than Usual During The Interview With David Letterman
Throughout the interview there are multiple signs of Gosling being nervous. He seemed to be overly serious at times, while he would often lose his train of thought during a story. Fans also noticed Gosling shaking while naming the people in his throwback Mickey Mouse Club photo.
Fans had a lot to say. Some of the most liked comments on the post read, "The audience is so rude for laughing that he had to live in a trailer… love him and his story!" Another fan wrote, "I’ve never seen him nervous like this in an interview before."
"He was shaking like crazy." Another fan justified Gosling's nervous behavior. "This was back in 2011, it was pretty much the beginning of his mainstream career and his tv appearances, you'll hardly find him being a guest star anywhere before 2011 outside the notebook press junkets."
Another fan stated that Gosling was also "shaky" while promoting Barbie, but it was due to his caffeine intake.
Regardless of what took place, it was common for guests to be nervous alongside David Letterman. Several former guests admitted they blacked out when stepping through the curtain. The same held true for a major A-lister, who didn't even want to go on the show to begin with due to her nerves. She then turned into his best guest of all-time.
Ryan Gosling Was Far From The Only A-Lister To Be Nervous During An Interview With David Letterman
During her final interview with David Letterman, Julia Roberts remembered her nervous first interview on the Late Show. Roberts admits she hesitated to appear, despite her fandom for Dave.
“The first time I was on this show was to promote ‘Mystic Pizza,’ and as a fan of the show, did not want to come on because I had seen you absolutely dismember young actresses of my kind of peer group,” shared the star, 47. “And I thought, ‘I’m going to go on, and he’s going to know within 10 seconds what my IQ is, and you are going to, like a samurai, just sort of like Benihana me into pieces and I’ll be left for dead and forgotten.”
Roberts' concerns proved to be an afterthought as the actress thrived during her Late Show interviews, and shared an emotional final kiss with Letterman in her last appearance.
