Late night shows are usually lighthearted, but sometimes, things get unexpectedly intense. Occasionally, a host's joke or question will upset their guest so much that they walk off, but other times, the host gets so fed up with their guest's antics that they leave their own set. Here are 11 times guests or hosts got fed up and walked off a late night show: 1.
On a 1972 episode of The Dick Cavett Show , Lily Tomlin walked out after her fellow guest, Medical Center actor Chad Everett, made a sexist joke about his own wife. The full interview is below, with this part starting at the 6:34 mark: 2. When Crispin Glover appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman in 1987, he behaved wildly.
After he kicked extremely close to David's head, the host excused himself from the set. Here's the full interview, with the kick happening at the 3:25 mark: 3. When The Bee Gees appeared on Clive Anderson All Talk in 1997, the host kept poking fun at their music.
When he forgot one of their hit records, it was a breaking point for Barry Gibb, who led his brothers on a walkout. Here's the full video, with this part starting at the 5:23 mark: 4. During a 1989 roundtable discussion about comedy on The Late Show , Making Out actor Keith Allen argued with the other guests, made racially charged remarks to writer Farrukh Dhondy, shouted at a producer, then stormed off.
Here's the full clip (warning: flashing screen): 5. In 2007, Dr. Jan Adams — a plastic surgeon who famously operated on Kanye West.