If not Oprah interviewing, who would you like to have seen?

John Freeman, who would dissect MM and find out what exactly makes her so destructive.
John Humphrys, Jeremy Paxman, Piers Morgan; none of these would be deferential.
Any one would be better than Oprah Winfrey, vastly over-rated, and never forget, also an actress. although one with talent.

Urmstongran better still a collective Gransnet Inquisition ?

Interesting- all men bar 3 and, being charitable, that includes Mrs. Merton?

suziewoozie

It really all depends what you wanted from the interview - I guess M and H bore that in mind when agreeing.

I was going to say the truth, suziewoozie but one person's perception of the truth could be quite different to another's interpretation.

ixion

Would Robin Day (John Knott Falklands interview) still cut it, do you suppose?

Apart from the fact that he died 20 years ago, I think he would ixion!!

V3ra ??

Call I would never expect to get the full truth from the vast majority of interviews with anyone in the public eye- celebrities, politicians, royalty whatever. I think we are given a lot of partial truths, half truths and lies by omission and commission. Plus your point that people can have honestly held perceptions of the truth which differ wildly ( and widely).

suzie I was thinking of the other thread where DC's perceptions of their childhoods differ from that of their parents.
I think we can all relate to that

Yes, John Humphries.

Jeremy Kyle???

Andrew Neil, Jeremy Paxman, Robin Day (in his day, sorry about the pun.)

Missfoodlove

Jeremy Kyle???

Love it Missfoodlove.
Do you think he’d bring them to blows?

Andrew Neil.

Miriam Margolyes.

Dame Edna Everage?

Piers Morgan

Even better Andrew Neil, great interviewer

It was quite gentle but then I think that Oprah had them in her sights a long time ago. There were big gaps in the questioning and nothing about where Meghan Markles mum was during her teen years. Was she actually in prison as has been said and if so what for.
I must say I was distracted by Oprah’s hair, was it a wig ? I couldn’t take to her glasses, didn’t think they suited her at all.

maddyone I think there would be a paternity test for Harry/Charles and a lie detector for Meghan.

Donald Trump!

Oh yes, let’s discuss replacing a woman of colour with (based on the predominant suggestions) a white man.

“Harry was born on September 15, 1984, which means he was conceived around Christmas 1983 ... “Diana did not meet James Hewitt until the summer of 1986........

AmberSpyglass

Oh yes, let’s discuss replacing a woman of colour with (based on the predominant suggestions) a white man.

Surely it has nothing to do with the age, sex, race or religion of the potential interviewer. The OP asked who would be best for the job.

To be fair, when any other members of the RF agree to an interview they do not choose an interviewer who is likely to be abrasive and put them on the defensive. They do exactly the same as M&H have done.

Has anyone ever seen a RF interview where the interviewer was challenging them; apart of course for Andrew who is clearly a bit short of brain cells, amongst other things? They are usually pretty cringeworthy.

...nothing about where Meghan Markles mum was during her teen years. Was she actually in prison as has been said and if so what for.

Dear God, what next?