Vanity Fair: That Awkward Hugh Grant Interview at the Oscars

If you watched “Countdown to the Oscars” on ABC this year, you saw the notoriously awkward interview between model Ashley Graham and Hugh Grant.

If you missed it, you may wonder why so many people were suddenly talking about a William Makepeace Thackeray novel.

This is not what I had in mind when I said I wanted to be on the cover of Vanity Fair. (Source: Wikimedia, public domain.)

What Happened, and How Did a Dead Victorian Novelist Get Involved?

Model Ashley Graham was one of the hosts of the pre-show event. Yes, it’s frivolous, and yes, some people can’t stand watching that sort of thing. To her, it’s a job.

As part of her job, she was interviewing people on the red carpet. (It was a champagne-colored carpet this year, so I’m glad I didn’t have to clean it.)

Then, she saw started to interview Hugh Grant. He was not engaged in the interview at all, so the whole thing got awkward.

You can see the short yet infamous exchange on YouTube or in the ET article Hugh Grant Rolls His Eyes at Ashley Graham After Awkward 2023 Oscars Red Carpet Interview. Or aptly enough, you can watch it on the Vanity Fair Twitter post.

Now we come to the Victorian novelist…