Amy Adams really has nothing to do with the Sony hack and its fall-out, but the Today Show insisted that she still talk about it. When she said she wouldn’t, the show refused to interview her, a decision that has left the acclaimed actress confused and surprised.
Adams was supposed to be on Today Monday to promote her latest film, Tim Burton’s Big Eyes. However, NBC pulled the plug on the four-minute segment just before she was about to go on because she didn’t want to say anything about the situation going on at Sony.
The only mention of Adams in leaked emails from Sony is the fact that she was paid less than her male co-stars for 2013’s American Hustle. But Adams really wanted to spend time on her new film, not something that happened in the past.
First, in an interview with Deadline on Tuesday night, Adams said, “The events that have occurred have been really surprising and very confusing for me, and it’s not normal conversation we would be having.”
Adams explained what had happened Monday morning, just days after she hosted Saturday Night Live for NBC. She says that she was going to say “No comment” when asked about the situation and then asked the producers if they would just not ask her about it, which they wouldn’t agree to.
“I was actually up on the stage when they pulled the interview,” the actress explained. “But I had already agreed to what they said and I just said ‘well OK I will say no comment’ and that had been my plan. Due to my relationship in the past with everybody, I can just only see this as some strange, blown-out-of-proportion miscommunication. It’s hard to understand how these things happen.”
The Man of Steel actress added that she’d rather lend her voice “to the Rape Crisis Center or to St. Jude’s,” adding, “That’s where my voice is best used, not on the Today show talking about a scandal.”
Adams expressed similar views in another interview with USA Today, adding that she is “really confused” about the entire situation and “surprised” that it was pulled.
“I was informed that they had decided to pull the interview," Adams told USA Today. "I was confused and definitely frustrated. I still don't understand."
Here’s what the Today Show producers said about their decision:
“As a news program, the Today show doesn't allow guests to put restrictions on interviews. In this case, after hours of discussion we felt uncomfortable with the demands being made and we determined the best course of action for all parties involved was to cancel the interview.”
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