Aussie star Naomi Watts abruptly ended a BBC radio interview about her role in the film Diana because she didn’t like the questions being asked by UK radio host, Simon Mayo.
Earlier this month, the 44-year-old actress, who plays Princess Diana in the controversial film, walked out of a British interview citing she was being asked to wind up, when in fact she whispered in her PR’s ear before deciding herself to end the interview.
Simon Mayo, the host of BBC Radio 5 Live, has denied asking any inappropriate questions, posting the full unedited version of the pre-recorded interview for his segment Kermode & Mayo’s Film Review online and saying he is a little bit “baffled” as to why she was so unconformable.
The UK radio presenter took to Twitter to share his surprise at the star’s reaction to his seemingly harmless questions.
“A first for me and @wittertainment as Naomi Watts walked out of an interview! She seemed a tad uncomfortable with the questions. Shame.”
The interview, which seemed to be flowing flawlessly, was curtly cut off when the UK DJ asked Watts if they needed to get permission to film outside of Kensington Palace.
“Yes, we had permissions. We did get permission, “ Watts was quick to explain.
When the radio host tried to continue the interview the actress spoke over the top of him, saying she was getting the wind up.
“I think we are getting the wind up. Sorry!” Naomi then repeated, “We’re getting the wind up, I’m really sorry – it’s nice talking to you.”
The Aussie star wasn’t perturbed when the radio host pointed out that he was given 10 minutes to interview the actress and had only used eight and a half minutes.
“Oh, well, I think we are running late, we’ve got to go to the next thing.”
However despite the PR rep chiming in to back up the star’s wind-up claims, a producer for BBC Radio 5 Live, who was at the off-site location where the star was being interviewed, said the actress was not being prompted to wind up but instead whispered to her PR rep before walking out of the room.
Despite the long-standing UK radio host coming to his own defence by releasing the uncut interview, the film company Entertainment One has denied Mayo’s claims and since banned him from interviewing any of the film’s other leading stars.
The King Kong star has had a nervous wait surrounding the release of Diana, Naomi’s main concern being the reaction from the Royal family itself.
Princess Diana’s ex-lover, Dr Hasnat Khan, has publically slammed the film’s credibility and many film critics have labelled it a royal flop after the London world premiere on September 5. The movie opens to the UK public on September 20, but Australians will have to wait until October 10 to get their first look at Naomi’s highly contentious role.
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