--- description: While promoting their new movie Ocean's 8 on The Today Show, Cate Blanchett and Sarah Paulson couldn't stop hilariously derailing the interview. title: Cate Blanchett and Sarah Paulson Did the Best Worst Interview image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte440f7ea574f322b/69893275fb4eac21c4896ce9/sarah-paulson-cate-blanchett.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Television](/tag/television/) ## Television Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Cate Blanchett and Sarah Paulson Gave the Best, Worst Interview Ever on _The Today Show_  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Jun 6, 2018 8:56 PM CUT  Sarah Paulson and Cate Blanchett attend the 'Ocean's 8' World Premiere at Alice Tully Hall on June 5, 2018 in New York City. Sarah Paulson and Cate Blanchett attend the 'Ocean's 8' World Premiere at Alice Tully Hall on June 5, 2018 in New York City.Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Jun 6, 2018 8:56 PM CUT When a live TV appearance goes off the rails, it can often be painful to watch. But in the case of [Cate Blanchett](http://time.com/4779208/cate-blanchett-aging-self-care/ "undefined") and [Sarah Paulson’s](http://time.com/5288491/sarah-paulson-drew-barrymore-on-jimmy-fallon/ "undefined") Tuesday morning [_Today Show_](http://time.com/5040649/matt-lauer-ann-curry-past/ "undefined")interview, it was anything but. While ostensibly promoting their new movie _Ocean’s 8_, Blanchett and Paulson just couldn’t seem to stop hilariously deviating from the topic at hand—so much so that host Hoda Kotb ended up in tears of laughter. The pair—who previously starred in the Oscar-nominted _Carol_ together—spent nearly the entirety of the interview riffing off each other, cracking jokes about everything from Paulson’s style to Blanchett’s Academy Awards. “\[Sandra Bullock\] and I—we all wrote letters saying please give her something,” Blanchett ribbed Paulson. “Because when it comes around to publicizing the movie, it will say ‘Oscar-winner.’” Eventually, Kotb was forced to call co-host Savannah Guthrie over to help out, which somehow prompted Blanchett to begin sitting on Paulson’s lap. Watch the full clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5303602/cate-blanchett-sarah-paulson-today-show/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5303602/cate-blanchett-sarah-paulson-today-show/"},"headline":"Cate Blanchett and Sarah Paulson Gave the Best, Worst Interview Ever on The Today Show","datePublished":"2018-06-06T20:56:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:53:15.892Z","description":"And Hoda Kotb couldn't stop laughing","url":"https://time.com/5303602/cate-blanchett-sarah-paulson-today-show/","keywords":["Television","Newsfeed","Cate Blanchett","TV"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte440f7ea574f322b/69893275fb4eac21c4896ce9/sarah-paulson-cate-blanchett.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte440f7ea574f322b/69893275fb4eac21c4896ce9/sarah-paulson-cate-blanchett.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Sarah-Paulson-Cate-Blanchett-Oceans-8-World-Premiere","caption":"Sarah Paulson and Cate Blanchett attend the 'Ocean's 8' World Premiere","creditText":"Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/television/","name":"Television"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5303602/cate-blanchett-sarah-paulson-today-show/","name":"Cate Blanchett and Sarah Paulson Gave the Best, Worst Interview Ever on The Today Show"}}]}] ```