The visit of Anne Hathaway The Tonight Show experienced an awkward moment when he discovered that audiences were unfamiliar with the book that inspired his most recent film, The idea of you (The Idea of You).
During her interview with Jimmy Fallon on Monday night, the actress known for her role in The Devil Wears Prada posed the question to the audience: “Has anyone here read the book?” But all she found was an awkward silence.
Fallon’s response was immediate: “No, we don’t read. This is The Tonight Show. “You have to go to Stephen Colbert (from The Late Show) if you want people to read books.”. And he added: “Boring!”
And while the audience burst into laughter, the face of Hathaway, 41, showed a mixture of embarrassment and amusement, putting her hands to her face before trying to compose herself with a comment full of irony: “What is a book?”
In the video that has gone viral, the star’s reaction Interstellar She was celebrated with comments praising her charisma. “It is irreplaceable. There is literally no one in Hollywood like her,” one user wrote. “She is very nice and that is reflected in her interviews, she is a bundle of warmth!” Another came to her defense and said: “Everyone in that audience needs to read The idea of you. Such an incredible read, the ending made me sob. “I’m so excited for the movie!”
On the other hand, regarding the promotion of her new film, Anne Hathaway shared in a recent conversation with The New York Times an intimate aspect of his life: his commitment to sobriety. The prominent actress, 41, confessed that she has been alcohol-free for more than five years.
“I don’t normally talk about it, but I’ve been sober for over five years,” she said, pointing to this achievement as a turning point in her life, especially now that she’s 40 years old. “It feels like a gift”he added to his confession.
Elaborating on her decision, Hathaway explained to Vanity Fair in March, his resolution to exclude alcohol from his life completely. He assured that it was a “necessary” decision for her, although he acknowledged that it was not easy to communicate her total abstention from social events. “It seemed very extreme to me to have to say [que no tomaré] none. But if you’re allergic or have an anaphylactic reaction to something, you don’t discuss it. So I stopped questioning that.”
Additionally, the actress emphasized that this choice is deeply personal and that she respects how everyone handles their relationship with alcohol. “My experience is that everything improves. For me, it was fuel for gloating. And I don’t like doing it.”he said, offering a glimpse into his perspective on substance use.
Furthermore, her determination to stay sober was strongly influenced by her role as a mother. Hathaway, who has two children ages 8 and 4 with her husband Adam Shulman, shared in a conversation with Ellen DeGeneres in 2019 the harsh reality of hangovers that could last up to five days. This repetitive cycle of post-recovery drinking led her to deep reflection on how her alcohol consumption affected her emotional and physical availability for her children.
“I’m going to stop drinking while my son [menor] live in my house. I don’t love the way I drink and he’s getting to the age where he needs me all the time in the mornings. One day I went to school and left it at the door. I wasn’t driving, but I was hungover and that was enough for me,” she stated truthfully at the time.
