These fawning, faux-friendly celebrity interviews make my teeth ache (opens original article in a new tab)

The article critiques the inauthentic and overly friendly nature of celebrity interviews, where interviewers and celebrities engage in exaggerated displays of camaraderie.

• The article criticizes the insincere and overly friendly nature of celebrity interviews.
• It discusses how interviewers often bring personal items or stories to create false intimacy with celebrities.
• The author questions the origin of this trend, linking it to social media pressure and media advisers' influence.