It is no secret that my husband and I love watching DL - "The Late Show with David Letterman" together. There is nothing funner (really?) and relaxing than sitting in front of the tv, eating ice cream while watching and laughing to Top 10 list or DL's conversation with his guests.
BUT.
Last week was different. DL had Joaquin Phoenix as his guest, and..... It was so awkward. I was totally shocked! I knew Joaquin has retired from acting and growing his hair and beard to rap. Okay, I take that back. He's not growing his hair to rap - He just decided to become a musician. Which is totally fine by me. Feel free and have a blast!
The thing is, he was soo bizarre, I didn't even know if I should laugh or angry or feel sorry. He has changed and I am kind of sad about this because I really like Joarquin. I have seen many of his films before and I truly adore him. It's something about him that always drew me to see his films. He always looks kind of sad. It seems he could never get over his brother River's death.
If you've seen him in previous DL's show or on Oprah which I digged some up from Youtube, you can totally see how different he's become.
This is him On Oprah.
Or arm wrestling with Kelly Ripa. He's so sweet..:(
And this is Joaquin two years ago on DL
Then Joaquin last week...
I can't bring myself to watch the last DL clip because it is so painful to see him like that. People, do you think Tom Cruise went nuts a few years ago??? He is nothing compare to Joaquin. I truly believe Joaquin is a very talented actor and I just hope that this is some mid-life crisis (pretty bad one) and he bring himself back to the normalcy. He may just wake up one morning and says, "Gosh, what was I thinking???" I hope that happens soon...
- Awesome movie!
And I truly would have loved to see his brother River acting still today...
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That is seriously traumatizing to watch!
Something is going on with that man and I don't like it either. He looked like he was messed up on some powerful drugs. Damn Hollywood!
So sad. :(
I thought it was hard to watch also. He is so talented. Maybe he's just burned out and wants to take abreak. The sad thing is that Hollywood won't let him be now that he's a train wreck. They will make him worse!
I can't bear to watch either. Hopefully he gets off of those drugs or whatever is making him that way.
Something needs to happen. Or someone needs to happen. Because it's very sad to watch him downward spiral like this.
How odd. I am hoping this is just a publicity stunt for the movie since he plays a hobo rapper. Maybe he's doing it to create a movie stir. It certainly has my interest piqued. For his sake, I hope it's an act.
I sooo know what you mean...if it's a joke or publicity stunt it's really not working, I feel really bad for him.
Amazing post...you can see him go from sweet NORMAL to insane. And I love all those movies. Yesterday we watched The Village and he is in that for a little and I was like WOW what happened to him...ha.
Love you pumpkin! xo
I will have to watch this clip when I get home. Just his appearance alone is disturbing.
Have to hope and agree with Dionne. Publicity stunt? Hope so.
Gosh, I used to be in teenage serious crush love with River....
It actually hurt to watch! He is such an amazing actor, and it is sad to see him so ... depressed.
I watched this as well and he definitely looked like he was on some fairly strong drugs. It was weird to say the least. I wonder if he's doing it on purpose, like trying to act like this for a certain reason or just saying FU to his peers...I dunno but it was weird!
Some people think it's a big joke...I have no idea!
gosh that was awful...sad.... man I hope some of you are right and it is just a publicity thing....so sad!
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Oh, my goodness. That is so sad!
i'm stunned! he even thought that the audience were on crack! so sad.
We saw that too...totally weird. I can't help but think it's an act. I hope so anyway.
It is a shame. My roommate and I were debating whether he was acting or not.
Oh wow, that was horribly awkward. But in a way, it was genius of him, it almost seemed he acted this way on purpose. Well, until you see him twitching. Crazy.
oh my gosh.... i missed the show. he looks different for sure.
It's just too painful to watch. I can't bring myself to do it. I loved him in Walk the Line and in just about everything he's done. This latest stuff is just too weird for me.
very extremely sad to see this happening to him....
Oh Joaquin what happened to you? I used to love him. He was so good and hot in Walk The Line. Poor guy. Obviously he is going through something, I just hope he can get help or whatever he needs and return to me.
Quite a difference. =/ Hopefully there are good people around him to bring him out of his funk.
I heard he's doing it as a joke. I love Joaquin though, I hope he gets through his phase and goes back to being the hottie we know and love!
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