During her interview with Hugh Grant, Ashley Graham kept giving him opportunities to redeem himself. She tried to get him to discuss his appearance in “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” but all he gave her was, “Well, I’m barely in it. I’m in it for about 3 seconds.” And when she sent the aloof actor on his way by telling him, “It was nice to talk to you,” he responded with a terse “Yeah” and an eye-roll. But Graham smiled on.
When TMZ spoke to Graham about the awkward red carpet moment, she revealed where she got the unshakeable poise that she displayed in the face of such daunting indifference. “You know what? My mama told me to kill people with kindness, so there you go,” she said.
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While Grant likened the glamor and excess on display on the red carpet to the William Makepeace Thackeray novel “Vanity Fair,” a scathing critique of high society, he proved that he can play ball by comparing himself to, um … Here’s a quick recap. When he took the stage with his “Four Weddings and a Funeral” co-star Andie MacDowell, he praised her for having amazing, well-moisturized skin before quipping, “I’m basically a scrotum.” Grant turned on the charm to deliver the self-deprecating joke and got some hearty guffaws from the audience. (If only he could use cue cards for interviews.)
