6:15AM Defamer Hollywood | Now that a week has passed since the viral proliferation of novice ABC News Now correspondent
Merry Miller’s inept interrogation of infinitely patient actress Holly Hunter, ABC is finally ready to share in the laughter enjoyed by untold millions of YouTube viewers, today running a lengthy explanation of the circumstances that transformed a simple satellite chat into (in their words) The Interview Seen Around the World. (We’ve helpfully re-embedded the clip above so that you can refresh your memory.) The fun began when Miller’s ear piece, which normally would allow her to digest each of her subject’s carefully considered words on how she came to play such an interesting character and respond with a thoughtful follow-up recognising the scarcity of good roles for actresses of a certain age,
failed:
Unfortunately for Miller and unknown to the crew, her IFB failed before she began speaking with Hunter. Another host might have known to alert the crew about the problem and delay the interview while the technical issues were worked out, but the inexperienced Miller gamely tried to speak with Hunter without hearing her responses.
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