James Blunt Praised For Handling ‘Dreadful’ Interview

James Blunt has caught the internet's attention yet again after being put through what some fans have dubbed the 'worst interview ever'.

The singer was appearing on BBC Breakfast to promote his greatest hits album, which was released today, February 4, but things quickly grew awkward when the presenters appeared to run out of lines of questioning, leaving them to improvise to disastrous effect.

James Blunt (Alamy)

After showing a compilation of Blunt's old music videos, host Charlie Stayt asked the star, 'You appear to be getting younger. Can I reflect on that for a moment? Looking at that video and looking at you now… what’s going on?'

Always keen to spot an opportunity for a self-deprecating joke, Blunt quickly responded, 'Well, you know, I think with plastic surgery it’s little and often is the technique I would advise.'

But things turned awkward when Stayt accused Blunt of attempting to 'double-bluff' about whether or not he'd had surgery, with the singer pausing for a few seconds before saying, 'It’s not, no… I don’t know where to go from here.'

The awkward banter followed an earlier conversation when Stayt told Blunt of his hit single You're Beautiful, ' I think there would be people who would turn up to a concert by you if you just played that song over and over again.'

'I don’t know if I’d be able to handle the whole gig myself. I think I’d leave early on,' Blunt replied.

As much as daytime talk show interviews are usually full of awkward forced banter, this interview seemed to be deemed particularly cringeworthy by viewers, with fans taking to social media to label it 'dreadful' and 'appalling'.

James Blunt threatens Spotify (@jamesblunt/Twitter)

'That was a really surreal interview with James Blunt on #BBCBreakfast – they didn’t know what to say to him, he didn’t know how to respond. Weird,' one person wrote, with another commenting, 'Well done James for putting up with their inane questioning with such good grace.'

Earlier this week, Blunt was on typical form on Twitter, threatening to release new music over ongoing controversy surrounding Spotify's decision to allow podcast host Joe Rogan to give airtime to misinformation on its platform.

'If @Spotify doesn’t immediately remove @JoeRogan, I will release new music onto the platform,' he tweeted, in reference to the decisions by Neil Young and Joni Mitchell to remove their music from Spotify.

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