Celebrity Jennifer Aniston A Resurfaced Jennifer Aniston Interview Has Fans Disgusted With David Letterman "This jennifer aniston interview on David Letterman in 1998 is still disgusting to watch." By Isabel Jones Isabel Jones Instagram Twitter Isabel is an Oregon-born and Brooklyn-based writer and editor with a special interest in pop culture. InStyle's editorial guidelines Published on February 19, 2021 @ 11:54AM Pin Share Tweet Email As we continue to reckon with the TV media's unfair treatment of celebrities — inspired in part by Britney Spears's Diane Sawyer interview, which was excerpted in the documentary Framing Britney Spears — more and more cringe-inducing segments are resurfacing. One of the clips featured Lindsay Lohan on the Late Show with David Letterman in 2013. The talk show host ambushed Lohan with questions about rehab. She clarified "we didn't discuss this in the pre-interview," and yet he ambled on, continuing to make jokes about her struggles with addiction, continuing to ignore her many protestations. In another problematic Letterman segment, the host sat down with America's reigning sweetheart, Jennifer Aniston, who visited the show in 1998 to promote her film The Object of My Affection. After the Friends star shared an anecdote about running into fans in her gym's steam room, Letterman scooted his chair behind Aniston's and told her, "Forgive me if this is rude, I just want to try one thing." He then placed a tendril of the actress's hair into his mouth (!!!), sucking on it as he slowly pulled away. Aniston played along gamely, laughing through the act, but she couldn't hide her disgust after Letterman handed her a tissue and she had to dry her hair of his saliva. It's Naive to Think the Creepy, Abusive Treatment Britney Spears Faced Isn't Still Happening to Young Stars Twitter users rediscovering the clip were (justly) outraged. Can you imagine a media personality pulling something like this today? Though the boundaries between celebrities and the media are more clearly delineated today than they were 20 years ago, the passage of time should not give anyone a pass for literal harassment. This treatment of women was disgusting in 1998 and it's disgusting in 2021.