It seems Matt Damon isn’t the only one to get a little feisty with a reporter in the past couple days.
While at a press junket for “Friends With Benefits” in Moscow, Mila Kunis scolded a reporter for asking her co-star, Justin Timberlake, why he focuses on movies and not music.
The impressive kicker is that the entire exchange went down in Kunis’ native tongue – Russian.
Here is the epic exchange between Mila and the reporter, translated by Atae Hone via The Daily What.
Reporter: “I have two questions – about the movie and the sex–” Mila: “What?” (in a “didn’t hear you clearly” way) Reporter: “About the movie and the sex.” Mila: “Oh, I thought I misheard you about the sex.” Justin: “I don’t like this! =)” Reporter: “What brought you into movies? WHY ARE YOU IN MOVIES?” Mila: “What?!” Reporter: “Why movies?” Mila: “Why movies?” Reporter: “Well, many showbiz persons move to movies, and sometimes it’s for the better, but why is Justin in movies?” Mila: “Wait, you’re asking why he wants to be in movies?” Reporter: “Yes.” Mila: “What would you rather have him do?” CROWD: (Laughter, applause) Reporter: indiscernible under the applause Mila: “Huh?” Reporter: “I mean, isn’t showbiz enough?” Mila (exasperated): “Well, if he WANTS to make movies, and he can, why shouldn’t he? What sort of question is that? Why are YOU here?” CROWD: (More laughter, more applause) Reporter: “Well, I’m doing my job.” Mila: “Well, he’s doing his. It’s the same thing!”
At this, the entire room bursts into laughter, while a visibly puzzled Timberlake waits patiently for his translator to relay the exchange to him via an earpiece.
Upon receiving it, he points to Kunis and exclaims:
“This is my bodyguard.”
Check out the untranslated Russian throwdown below:
