“Walks out when asked about his past” Nope , he walked out because he was lied to and was told this was going to be about the film.

RDJ handled that fool like a champ.

Can’t blame him. He gave as many non-verbal warnings as possible and the man kept pushing.

I'm proud of him, sticking up for himself and walking away instead. The interview was supposed to be about the movie, not a therapy section, and it was a hard time in his life, and he didn't want to talk about it He handled it in a mature, respectful way, I think, I wouldn't know what to do tbh

Oh my god.. the look on his face and tears in his eyes when he started getting asked about the relationship with his father was heartbreaking.

His comment at the end "its getting a little diane sawyer there". RDJ is an absolute legend against a clown of an interviewer

His breathing got faster at the end. It was obvious that he was uncomfortable/angry. It’s the fight or flight response.

"I don't mean to pry" *Continues to pry*

“Your foots starting a jump a little bit you better get to your next question” RDJ was ready to fucking clock him hahahaha

I’m just impressed how quickly him and his team were able to figure out what was going on and take immediate action. And obviously the interviewer was trying to marinate him in his own opinions, and make him say something that he might actually regret.

At least he walked out like a gentleman with class.

Blame him for what? He just walked out, kept a smile, wasn't rude at any point. The journalist on the other hand kept twisting the question like it was a huge deal.

The old guys face at the end says everything

What I love is how Robert’s team are calling it off even before Robert says “bye” because they see how hurt he is about this horrible question.

"Getting kinda Diana Sawyer-y and youre kind of a schmuck." Exactly the type of thing these "interviewers" need to be told.

"None of us are our persona's" That's a golden statement that got overlooked.

I feel like I can feel rdj's heart pounding every second after the words "your incarceration" =(

"Oh I'm just asking questions" No, you are being highly intrusive and you can't take an easily identifiable hint. Your interviewee has the right to say or not say whatever they want to, you are on their time, not the other way around. Now in general, people can say or not say whatever they want, but in this specific scenario, it'd be in your best interest to be sociable and open, given that this is your job, mate.

Poor Robert. Celebrities are human, they have feelings, they’re exactly like us.

This interviewer guy is such a piece of work. He knew what he was doing! Glad Robert walked out.

I think Robert Downey Jr. is brilliant, hilarious, and so fun, and really good looking. He has it all.

When he mentioned RDJ taking drugs, you could see in his eyes the disgust, and anger.

Robert Downey jr- I have so much respect for you. I have watched this interview before. It has changed my life. To some extent. For the good. Now, I stand up for myself. And have boundaries. I wish as a teenager or in my 20’s I would have been able to do this. Thank you

As a PTSD patient I could sense and see the signs of negative trigger in him, in his mimic, his breathing etc. It's not a nice feeling to be triggered like that, I am glad the lady in the background helped him to stop the interview.

You could tell the interviewer was having an inward mental battle of whether or not he would ask the last question when he knows he shouldn't and he went and did it. What a failure

Funny thing, I don't think the interviewer Kirshnan has done an interview with anybody since this haha.

This interview is nothing short of a motivation. RDJ has been one of the most successful come back Stories himself.

RdJ handled this in such a mature and calm way. Shout out to him!

Dispite his heavy breathing towards the end of the interview, he remained calm and cool headed. He truely deserves to be where he is!!

What a guy. Robert is a legend.

He did not compromise his integrity, kudos to him! I am glad to see other people supporting this. Artists are not punching bags, they are a vital ingredient to the beauty of society!

this is so painful to watch because i genuinely feel bad for rdj. you could see that he was extremely uncomfortable but he tried his best to not be rude and be forgiving to the interviewer, which is why i love him so much

RDJ is such an inspiration to me as far as going through what he went through and coming out shining. I did some of the same things, got locked up for it, and am a better person today because of it.

I know this is an old interview but I am with RDJ and totally understand him. Why did the interviewer turn something that was supposed to be promoting the movie into a sort of "therapy session". Leave the personal questions out, dude. Robert's body language about that looked so uncomfortable and I don't blame him for walking out.

6:17...You can see how his mood changed when he started to talk about his father. His face went straight and his breathing went heavy. I applaud the fact that RDJ didn't start a fight or get nasty with him. He just left and removed himself from the situation.

Why would you ask about his past when thats exactly what he wants to forget?

this guy wishes he could be interviewing ex-convicts and war veterans but they got him interviewing celebrities 🤣

Notice how Krishnan tenses up a bit and hesitates before asking Robert the last question. He KNEW that what he was about to ask was inappropriate and over the line, yet he asked it anyway.

I can imagine him saying “Jarvis can you help me out here”

He so clearly told the dude multiple times to cut it off, it's about a movie not his personal life, such a coward thing to do from the interviewer, just wanted to trap RDJ, and the tone in his voice making fun of him "well i'm just asking questions" as if he's entitled to demand an answer from him. RDJ is truly a hero. The dude not even worth knowing his name, so unprofessional gosh

As a recovering addict, I don't blame him at all for walking out. We don't need to explain why we have done what we've done in the past, we move past it and better ourselves and that is what RDJ has done. Also, this would be aired to the entirety of the world so a definitive no go for myself personally as well.

The fact that he held his integrity and didn't blow up and start yelling and screaming is REALLY impressive.

He was promoting a movie. And classic media tries to sabotage it, not for the movie or roberts sake but for their own personal gain and views 🤦‍♂️.

As someone who suffers with Father issues and addiction I can see why he walked off... He handled that way better than I would have..... Anyone who fights their demons everyday would react the same way to someone asking if they're over their struggles... Robert Downey Jr. Is a class act in my opinion.

His reaction to the question reminds me that no matter how good of an actor you are, its damn near impossible to hold back contempt.

So relieved to come on here and see majority of the comments are for Robert 😌 I felt so bad for him and my mood changed too at 4 minutes. It took a dark turn in a direction that was disrespectful and irrelevant to the interview and definitely none of their business! I applaud him for walking out!👏👏👏

Graceful exit from a legend.

Astonishing that this interviewer could have thought this was appropriate whatsoever.

You can tell Robert wasn't a fan of this guy from the jump. Trust your instincts.

Respect for Robert Downey Jr my man is a legend.

He is a class act. The interviewer was clearly trying to act like a douche, and rdj wasnt having it. There is a right way to ask questions, and a wrong way. He took a demeaning tone and looked down his nose at him, and as a former alcoholic, you don't demean them after they have changed. It isnt wrong to ask about the past and lessons learned but you dont do it the way he did. Downey had every right to be upset, but he kept his composure.

That was handled like class personified.

Robert Downey Jr is my all time favorite actor. I love the wolverine and iron man, and growing up, the 1st movie was just so awesome. And for a long time growing up as a kid I thought that Robert Downey Jr acted exactly like iron man off screen. He played it so well. And it wasn’t for awhile before I heard about the 90s and what not. But honestly the fact that he moved past that is all that matters.

yes, you can see him getting progressively more agitated after about the 4:00 point but what’s heartbreaking is visibly seeing him get more and more uncomfortable and his breathing get heavier while his stare zeroes in. I just wanna give him a hug in that moment.

Celebrities are people too; they deserve respect just like each one of us. If he cannot be respected, then they do not deserve his time and attention!

I would of walked out too!!! Robert Downey Jr. has came along way in his career and don't need to be reminded and asked questions about his past., we are in the PRESENT!!!!

The worst thing about this is that Robert Downey jr tried to save this interview a couple of times by diverting the attention away from his private life and back to his new movie. He also tried to play it off as a joke. He gave this interviewer so many outs and opportunities to read the room and change his course, it’s ridiculous. When he realised that that wouldn’t happen he set his boundaries. Good for him!

I noticed that his eyes started to get watery and just so stiff at the end I really felt bad for him and disgusted at the interviewer

He just looks so smug asking him this stuff

I really like how he paused to say "you're okay," it's just the way you're coming at me. Like that's really gracious that he went to the extra effort to make it clear he wasn't mad or hateful and he wasn't trying to fight.

Robert has left the building. Good on him!! He's so brilliant 👏

Calling Murthy a journalist, is like calling the National Enquirer a legit news source.

Dang dude, as a former addict/alcoholic myself, my heart broke while I was watching this. Especially when the interviewer brought up his dad. I am extremely embarrassed about my past and I can only imagine how rdj felt during this exchange.

C'mon man, you KNEW you were crossing a line. Thumbs down to interviewer and thumbs up to RDJ for walking out!

The guy could’ve stopped and move on after the first answer RDJ gave him about his past. He had no clue and just kept going.

Handled it like a true gentleman in a situation where the interviewer deserved to be punched in the face

4:00 you can tell this is the moment the interviewer went into questions that Downey wasn't privy to, Robert is just like "wtf is going on here, this isn't what I signed up for"

He was completely right to walk out. This questions were absolutely rude and definetely not what the interview was meant for. No one should get treated with such disrespect.

RDJ is a boss in this interview and destroyed this fool of an interviewer 👏👏👏

The interviewer is terrible. he tries to rile them up in such a manipulative way.

RDj is pure class, he exudes so much tolerance and grace, even when some berk is dredging up his ancient past history that no-one touches anymore. Robert is way beyond it now and has proven he is a stable, successful and classy individual ;a sheer lack of professionalism & pure rudeness on behalf of Guru Murthy and a complete lack of tact and good taste too. Robert behaves like a true gent with an open and honest heart, isn't it about time that this level of intrusive and hurtful " journalism " was consigned to the past ? I certainly think so, Robert will always be a Bright Shining Star !

I'm surprised about how channel 4 had the nerve to post this on KZfaq. If I was the owner of this channel I'd be utterly embarrassed.

One tip, never mention a person past

God what an absolute scumbag to do RDJ like that

Robert already had a difficult childhood and youth because of his father. This dishonor is bleeding the man's bleeding wound again for the sake of rating. Robert still remained calm, but his eyes filled with tears. We love you JR.

I hate it when reporters abandon the main subject and poke the actor for controversial answers so that they can milk the interview. Really disrespectful

Always remembered him from his first film from 1984 with James Spader in Tuff Turf,in real life he went through a period like the character he played in the 1987 film Less than Zero,which also starred James Spader.Marvel movies revived his career,made him almost as wealthy as the most successful young actor from the 80s,Tom Cruise.

Such a badass at 5:58 with his comment about the guy’s jumpy foot. Horrible interviewer and somehow he’s still beloved in UK all these years later. Crazy.

RDJ was chill when the dude was asking stuff related to movies like Iron Man's comic history, stuff about Ultron but when he deviates from it and goes too much personal, that's when RDJ shuts off

I love how calm rdj was when bro was so nervous to even ask the question

He honestly didn't walk out angry. He actually patted him on the shoulder on his way out. I believe he actually got the light from his pr. Which is why he nicely said, "Bye" before standing up.

"Walks out because was lied to by media outlet about what the interview was for." I fixed it

handled with class and manners! sad that we seem to move away from that civil form of dealing with rude people!

As a kid I never understood why reporters would be attacked or why celebrities lost their cool. As I've gotten older, I wonder why it doesn't happen more often. Good for RDJ.

Good for him walking out that is his power and boundary.

At 6:20 you can clearly see that RDJ's heart was racing and the tears filling up in his eyes as soon as the interviewer asked him about his past, it honestly would have been horrifying for him...

Perfect example of how to not interview ANYONE.

As the years go by I've noticed that people often begin to look like on the outside what they are inside. Master class by RDJ!

I love how Robert Downey Jr. knew where the interviewer was going and was hoping the interviewer wasn’t going there. He’s just so smart about people!

3:50 Laughs, slightly nervously 4:03 Smile vanishes, looks at publicist for reassurance, publicist says keep rolling, nothing too weird right now. Smiles again, more nervously, just for the camera. 4:18 Starts to breathe faster. Gives a close-ended answer and hints the interviewer to move on. 4:58 "Are we promoting a movie?" Looks at publicist silently: "Where is he going with this?" Agent's like yeah RDJ, this guy's going off tangent. 5:37 Coughs nervously, fidgets in his seat, looks around the room. "You have as much time as anyone else." Tight closed smile. Eyes staring hard. (At this point interviewer should have apologised gracefully and continued to talk about the movie instead of dwelling on RDJ'S personal past, which is ancient history to the rest of the world.) 5:50 Looks around the room again. It's obvious RDJ doesn't want to be there anymore. 5:57 "Your foot's starting to jump a little bit", you better get to your next question." Stares harder. Smile all but gone. Point of no return for the interviewer - there's no graceful way out of this. 6:15 Obviously hyperventilating now. Belligerent face that says "Dude you're this close to getting punched in the nose if I had my way. We're done here." 6:30 "I'm sorry, I really don't...w-what are we doing?" Looks at publicist, "let's end this". "Right...bye!" 6:40 Interviewer looks at him like a complete lemon as he gets up. 6:48 "You seem okay, it's just getting a little Diane Sawyer in here." Awesome repartée insult. In short: Krishnan has no clue how to read body language. The man has the interviewing skills of a peanut. I'm surprised he still has a job in the broadcasting industry as at 2022.

Say what you want but the fact that Krishnan asked Robert rude/ controversial questions is the main reason why this video has so many views. If it was a normal boring interview it would have barely had 1 million views.

That interviewer thought he was Wayne Gale.

“You seem a little okay it’s just getting a little Diane Sawyer-y” RDJ humor is untouched 😭😭😭

The interviewer is in the same team with the lady who interviews jordan peterson, no wonder it’s a joke. You can see how much Robert was holding back by his puffing his chest

The way that dude looked at him at the end of the video like "You fcking mron..."

RDJ has so much emotional intelligence. I applaud him for knowing his own limit and standing up well before it was over. Good for him. Much respect.

"I'm just asking questions..." has to be the most disingenuous reply I've ever seen to RDJ's hard line in the sand. He was right to walk.

This went from a avengers/ Ironman interview to therapy..

In spite of how rude this interviewer was, Robert handled this very well. He had every right to get angry at him about his demeanour but he kept cool and professional all of the way through and left respectfully, hats off to him.

A gentlemanly journalist would have known when to flush the crapper and move on. This guy didn't.