Sometimes interviewers catch their subjects at a bad time, causing them to act out of character.
For example, the “Rolling Stone” interview in which Kiefer Sutherland said he longed for the day when Jack Bauer died was totally out of character and more than likely the result of a few too many drinks…
That’s why I’m not putting a lot of stock into a recent “Entertainment Weekly” interview with Chris Daughtry, although it does concern me a little.
In the interview, Chris comes off as a man having trouble dealing with his fame. He says that being away from home has put stress on his marriage. And he comes off a little cold when he cancels a Q&A session at a children’s hospital.
But most of all, he comes off as someone who has developed a distaste for everything “Idol.” At the same children’s hospital, he gets angry because they refer to him as “Chris from ‘American Idol.’” He signs a collage of “Idol” snapshots for the hospital scrapbook, but he calls the pictures “cheesy.”
And there may be other problems. Guitarist Jeremy Brady quit the band in the first week because “it doesn’t fulfill me the way I thought it would.” In other words, he couldn’t handle Chris getting all of the attention (Boy, do I hope it was the guitarist that practically ruined their “Tonight Show” appearance.).
As I said, since many of these comments were completely out of character for Chris, I think he was going through a bad time when they did the interview. But if this is how Chris really feels, it could entirely change the way his fans feel about him.
Because whether Chris likes it or not, as long as Taylor’s sales stay flat, Chris is the “American Idol” poster child of last season—even though he didn’t win
