Breakfast TV can be pretty excruciating, but this morning the Sunrise crew really outdid themselves with American actress Kristin Davis.
Davis, 50, who’s best known for her role as Charlotte on Sex and the City (which ended 12 years ago), is visiting Sydney as a special guest of the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, to speak about her important work with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
Of course, all Kochie and co wanted to talk about was Sex and the City, and peppered her with questions about the show, which Davis stoically answered.
Then Sam Armytage and Kochie threw to a clip of her in character as Charlotte York in a scene in which she suffered explosive diarrhea.
“No, no, no, no, no!” Davis protested.
Not only was it not funny, it was rude.
Is that any way of treating a guest? Davis actually had to ask them to stop playing the clip.
It got so much worse.
Watch the clip here… Post continues after video.
She was then led to another part of the studio where Sunrise hosts Natalie Barr, Edwina Bartholomew and Armytage were dressed in ridiculous wigs as the other Sex and the City characters.
Davis’s face, when they began reading through a scene from the show, was one of horror and bewilderment.
“I don’t know if this is a great idea, frankly,” she told them.
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It was excruciating. On The Project tonight, THAT was a great interview.
Umm did you actually watch the same segment as me? They talked about refugees for the first 5 mins of the interview (which is a long time in breakfast tv) and then asked her some perfectly normal questions about Sex And The City. The show made her famous and she hasn't been in anything much else since. She seemed happy to talk about the show, she must be used to it.
I didn't see the "skit" (the clip didn't work on my phone) but I'm sure it wasn't that bad.
It really was that bad. I was embarrassed for them, given they didn't seem to have the sense to feel embarrassed for themselves.
It actually was that bad.