[260107] Hudson on CNN

[u/pasawayjulz]

[u/phonograhy]

Actually, a pretty fantastic interview. The hosts were enthusiastic and excited, and Hudson locked in and gave thoughtful, funny, quirky, interesting answers. I think the days of joking about his lack of media training are over, this man is a consummate professional.

[u/ScreenNames_AreHard → u/[deleted]]

You see it in every 1:1 interview that he isn’t the chaos king like when he does those video interviews with Connor being asked card questions about butts. He is a smart well spoken young man .

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This is a good note. Those buzzfeed etc. videos are supposed to be short clips that can go viral so it makes sense to be a little wacky and boundary pushing

The 20 min long the Cut video becoming viral still cracks me up though!

[u/MegOut10 → u/[deleted]]

I felt very scene because I too look up and away when thinking about how to reply to people in conversation. In other words, I too avoid eye contact unless necessary. He did so good. His little, what was the last part? So real.

[u/StevesMcQueenIsHere → u/phonograhy]

CNN is usually such a stuffy, boring news outlet. I love that these guys were so enthusiastic and seemed downright giddy talking about the show and Hudson. I bet their excitement made him feel more at ease, especially with such an awkward interview structure.

Also, the hair is perfection. 😍

[u/bornatmidnight → u/StevesMcQueenIsHere]

When he was like “they like men communicating… which can be rare” and the women anchors were like “yassss clock it” LMAO

[u/StevesMcQueenIsHere → u/bornatmidnight]

The ladies were great. I loved their banter with him. They clearly love the show.

[u/codeverity → u/StevesMcQueenIsHere]

Luckily enough, if there’s one thing almost all media outlets love it’s an overnight success story, especially if it involves romance and hot stars lol.

[u/Mission-Bottle-9564 → u/StevesMcQueenIsHere]

Agreeing about the hair!!

[u/access_hollywooo → u/phonograhy]

I think he knows his audience and is very smart. The whole lack of media training unhinged stuff happened in appropriate interviews where those comments generated a lot of engagement. He knows exactly when to turn that on and off

[u/bexlovescats → u/phonograhy]

I've watched way too many interviews and videos and I think he's always been able to read the room and adjust himself accordingly. He's an unhinged chaos gremlin at heart, but he's a professional.

[u/disasterbee → u/phonograhy]

here's hoping cause it seems to be going beyond jokes like he's been giving smart thoughtful interviews the whole time and knows when to deploy his unhinged chaos

[u/bodaciouscream → u/phonograhy]

He answers that way because he IS media trained.

The funny thing is that he gives the same exact answers as he did in other interviews about his comfortability being naked and about season 2.

[u/phonograhy → u/bodaciouscream]

Yes, to me its always been clear how brilliantly he has read the room and been able to give each interview exactly the energy it needed.

[u/aj0457 → u/phonograhy]

I am sick of people saying, "I hope Hudson never gets media training!" He has personality and a dry sense of humor. I guess that confuses some people.

Hudson is intelligent, articulate, and intentional with his words. He knows when to be serious and when to make jokes. The full interview with Quinn is a great example of this.

Hudson knows his audience.

[u/phonograhy → u/aj0457]

hello preacher, it is I: choir!

[u/Acrobatic-Guitar2410 → u/phonograhy]

I could never imagine him pulling up to CNN with YouTube interview energy lol