Whatever Happened To Diane Sawyer?

Diane Sawyer has interviewed many famous people over several decades, and at times, she has relied on outdated and condescending tactics to extract information from public figures. In recent years, old interviews of celebrities, particularly women, have resurfaced that show interviewers asking inappropriate questions. Diane Sawyer has received criticism for past interviews multiple times, but in 2023, after Britney Spears released her memoir "The Woman in Me," the criticism was particularly heavy.

The controversy ensued with a resurfaced interview between Diane Sawyer and Britney Spears that took place in 2003. While some had commented on the interview long before 2023, what Spears said in her book caused fans to revisit it. "It was completely humiliating," Spears wrote in her memoir. "I wasn't told what the questions would be ahead of time, and it turned out they were 100 percent embarrassing. I was too vulnerable then, too sensitive, to do this type of interview." 

Viewers flooded the comment section of the YouTube video, reprimanding Sawyer for asking invasive and inappropriate questions. "This is not [an] interview. This is interrogation! Shame on you Diane Sawyer, you're supposed to be OLD enough to NOT degrade a vulnerable broken young woman like Britney," one comment read. As of this writing, Sawyer has not publicly commented on the interview or apologized to Spears.