Miles Teller is reflecting back on that viral 2015 interview.
If you don’t recall, he was on the cover of Esquire‘s issue back then, where they questioned if he was a “d-ck.”
What did the Esquire profile say about Miles Teller?
“You’re sitting across from Miles Teller at the Luminary restaurant in Atlanta and trying to figure out if he’s a d-ck,” the piece opened, while concluding with, “He gives you a hug and goes off to contribute to the cache or catalog or canon or whatever the f— you call it and charm the world with his dickishness.”
At the time, Miles Teller responded to the piece
“@esquire couldn’t be more wrong. I don’t think there’s anything cool or entertaining about being a dick or an asshole. Very misrepresenting,” Miles tweeted in August of 2015.
Now, in a new interview, Miles Teller is reflecting back on that article
Miles told IndieWire, “That was so mishandled. The reason why I have not done profiles is because I said, ‘Wow, if I’m not doing this interview on camera, this person can misquote things or put things out of order or say things that didn’t happen.’ It felt like such a violation of what actually transpired.
“I told my team, ‘Guys, I don’t think I’m doing this again, because I’m reading this and this doesn’t sound like me to me. This is not life, so why would I ever want to be a part of something where they can just put that in?’ So it’s unfortunate that being a good person, that doesn’t sell. People want to click on the negativity. If you go to bed and put your head on your pillow and how you treat people truly, that’s what matters. That [2015] interview was like 12 years ago,” he added.
Find out who supported Miles at the time when Esquire printed his interview.
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