Dakota Johnson's 'Ellen Show' appearance was 50 shades of awkward
After wishing Dakota a happy belated birthday, Ellen found herself on the receiving end of the questions when Dakota asked why she hadn't attended her birthday party, which Ellen said she wasn't invited to. "Actually, no, that's not the truth, Ellen. You were invited," she stated much to Ellen's surprise, leading Dakota to then deliver the line that instantly shook Twitter: "Ask everybody."
Ellen and Dakota then moved on to seemingly safer territory, the entertainment at Dakota's party... only to have Dakota Johnson state that Tig Notaro is her favourite comedian. The unexpected foot-in-mouth moment led to audible reactions from the audience, followed by laughter as Ellen played up the gaffe, feigning hurt and offence. “Other than you!” Dakota quickly added, folding over in embarrassment and quipping “bye!” as she got up and pretended to leave the set.
Ellen seemed more amused than upset by the comment, firing back that she had just been talking to her favourite actress, Jennifer Aniston. As the duo burst into laughter, Ellen assured Johnson that it was fine. “Tig is hilarious. You saw her first at my birthday party, so I feel like I introduced her to you.” Dakota then dug the hole a little deeper, admitting that she’d actually left Ellen’s party before Tig performed. “I was out of town!” she joked, using the same excuse Ellen had made moments earlier for not attending Johnson's recent 30th birthday celebration in Malibu.
“Gosh, this isn’t going well,” Dakota said, looking genuinely flustered. Things didn’t get better as Ellen briefly brought up Dakota’s on-again boyfriend, Coldplay singer Chris Martin, before moving on to her new movie, The Peanut Butter Falcon. As the conversation settled into her role in the film, Dakota appeared more at ease. The actress praised co-star Zack Gottsagen, who has Down Syndrome, as well as Shia LaBeouf, who was arrested during filming. When Ellen commented that LaBeouf’s arrest could have derailed the entire film, Johnson was supportive of the actor. “I don’t condemn people for their mistakes,” Johnson said, noting that she felt protective toward him. “I want [LaBeouf] to get through it.”
The segment ended in laughter as Ellen showed a clip of LaBeouf calling Johnson his “best on-screen kiss” during a game of Burning Questions - and then immediately suggesting that he was lying about his answer. “But he said that it was your kiss!” Ellen insisted. “Well, yeah, duh,” Johnson replied, deadpan. Way to end on a high note, Dakota.
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