Actress Meg Ryan has lashed out at chat show host Michael Parkinson in a recent interview, branding him "a nut".
The 44-year-old actress was referring to an interview that she did on 'Parkinson' three years ago, in which she replied with one word answers and gave the host icy stares.
In an interview with Marie Claire, Ryan said: "I don't even know the man. That guy was like some disapproving father! It's crazy. I don't know what he is to you guys, but he's a nut."
"I felt like he was berating me for being naked in the movie. He said something like, 'You should go back to doing what you were doing'. And I thought, are you like a disapproving dad right now? I'm not even related to you. Back off, buddy. I was so offended by him."
"I had to do 20 minutes straight with this guy, and I could either walk off - which wouldn't be good - or try to disagree with him very respectfully," she said.
During the television interview Ryan turned her back on fellow guests Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine and when asked by host Parkinson what she would do if she were in his shoes, she said: "Close the interview".
Speaking afterwards, Parkinson said: "I should have closed it. But listen, it happens. She was an unhappy woman. I felt sorry for her. What I couldn't forgive her for was that she was rude to the other guests."
