Everybody Is Having Different Reactions To Bobbi Althoff's Interview With Scarlett Johansson
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Have you heard of the sarcastic podcast interviews of Bobbi Althoff?
Bobbi is a social media personality who originally began as a mom influencer on TikTok.
The 26-year-old mother of two eventually pivoted to interviewing celebrities — like Tammin Sursok, who played Jenna Marshall on Pretty Little Liars — on her new show, The Really Good Podcast.
People quickly took notice of Bobbi's controversial interviewing style: deadpan humor and disinterest in her celebrity guests. This style of comedy isn't new and was popularized long before she entered the picture.
Zach Galifianakis on Between Two Ferns, Diana Morgan as Philomena Cunk on Cunk on Earth, Ziwe*,* and another internet star, Funny Marco (who was actually a guest on Bobbi's show), are all known for this style of uncomfortable and unconventional interviews.
I guess we’re meant to hate Bobbi Althoff bc she supposedly to Funny Marco’s style and gentrified it. But Funny Marco didn’t originate that style at all. I saw it first with Galfianakis and Between Two Ferns, and that’s prob not even the origin. Relax.
— Rae Sanni (@raesanni) October 3, 2023
Then, she gained more popularity after she landed an interview with Drake.
In an interview with Cosmopolitan, Bobbi explained that she landed the Drake interview by sliding into his DMs. "I decided to just go for it and shoot my shot," she said. "I DMed Drake and asked if he wanted to be on my podcast, and he said yes. He sent me his touring schedule, and I knew that I needed to make it happen fast, so my friend and I flew to Memphis two days after the original DM was sent to record the episode."
Bobbi also interviewed celebrity guests like Charlie Puth, Maluma, and Marc Cuban. However, folks really took notice of interviews with Shaq, Armani White, Tyga, Lil Yachty, and most recently, Offset.
I’m being so serious right now when I ask, why is she always near Black folk? Is that the only way her “humor” works? https://t.co/tse44Eux4F
— @ImaniBarbarin@disabled.social (@Imani_Barbarin) October 1, 2023
Then, a clip of Bobbi's interview with Scarlet Johansson went viral, and many fans quickly pointed out differences between her previous interviews.
What happened to gimmicks she was doing when interviewing others?
— Gubz (@VhoGubz) October 12, 2023
Where did her entire fake between two ferns energy go?
— The Saurus (@TheSaurus831) October 12, 2023
So she’s only awkward to men?
— $ ͪ ⷶ ͧ ᷠ_ ᷜ ͤ ꙷ ᷦ🕊️ (@_ShaunKeyz) October 12, 2023
oh now all of a sudden she’s not awkward
— Thabz (@justthabangbro) October 12, 2023
Aside from her alleged lack of "awkwardness" in the Scarlet interview, some people even questioned if the interview was different based on race.
Ooh she is only awkward with black people .
— Ms SthembiD❤💰📖 (@SthembiD) October 12, 2023
Bcse she’s not interviewing a black man
— $ ͪ ⷶ ͧ ᷠ_ ᷜ ͤ ꙷ ᷦ🕊️ (@_ShaunKeyz) October 12, 2023
black men *
— 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐨𝐲𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝.🇿🇦 (@supabhova) October 12, 2023
What a stark difference, I'm damn near disgusted. BRING REAL JOURNALISTS TF BACK!!!! #BOBBIALTHOFF pic.twitter.com/UJ341XEw6h
— QweenB_ (@OnleQueenB) October 12, 2023
There were other fans who saw no difference and came to the defense of the podcaster:
This is still awkward what do y’all be talking about out 😂
— MXEVIDEOS (@mxevideos) October 12, 2023
can someone please educate me on why people feel like bobbi is a problem because i really don’t see an issue of what she is doing
— 𝔉𝔬𝔵🀣 (@fox4sfive) October 12, 2023
Since it's only a snippet of interview with Scarlet, I think it's hard to say if there's truly a difference between her other interviews with predominately Black male celebrities, however, the conversation will surely make me look a little closer.
Let's stay tuned to see how the conversation plays out once the full episode is released.
