Veteran showbiz reporter Nelson Aspen reveals the rudest star he's interviewed: 'It was ridiculous'

Veteran amusement newsman Nelson Aspen has spilled the beans connected the rudest prima helium has ever interviewed.

Speaking with chap showbiz reporter Kjersti Flaa connected her Flaawsome Talk YouTube series, Nelson, 61, revealed that erstwhile it comes to personage traits that springiness him the 'ick', tardiness it astatine the apical of the tree.

And the worst offender, according to Nelson, was Fast and Furious histrion Vin Diesel.

Nelson revealed that the hunky Hollywood actor, 57, kept him waiting for respective hours connected 1 occasion.

'I was talking to you past clip astir lateness - chronic lateness, which was a occupation with Vin Diesel,' Nelson said to Kjersti.

'It was ridiculous. It wasn’t conscionable being kept waiting 10 minutes oregon adjacent an hour, it would beryllium similar 2 hours, 5 hours, 7 hours. I mean, ridiculous.'

Nelson added that erstwhile Vin yet graced the newsman with his beingness helium utilized his children Hania, 16, Vincent, 14, and Pauline, nine, arsenic an excuse for his tardiness.

'He pulled the kid card, Nelson said. 'Like: "Oh I had thing to bash with my kid.'

But Vin's excuse did not lavation with Nelson, saying the histrion could've rather easy made a telephone call.

'Why didn't you conscionable telephone america past alternatively of keeping each the crews waiting, each the journalists waiting?' helium said.

'That's money. That's wealth that Vin Diesel wasn't paying. That's wealth that the workplace was paying. And past we would miss our flights and we’d person to person rejigged flights oregon edifice rooms and things similar that.'

Kjersti besides had her ain Vin Diesel communicative to tell, claiming the prima besides near her waiting for hours portion helium enjoyed rides astatine Universal Studios.

'He was astir six hours precocious and past we were told...you cognize what helium did? He took his kids to each the rides.

Nelson replied saying that his past interrogation acquisition with the Bloodshot prima was besides marred by lateness, contempt being conducted online.

'The precise past interrogation I did with Vin was a Zoom junket,' helium revealed.

'And I said astatine slightest he's not going to support maine waiting connected a rooftop oregon successful a parking batch oregon successful a edifice lobby astatine slightest I'll beryllium home.

Nelson added: 'Even truthful successful the Zoom it was 2 hours. I got to fart astir the kitchen.'

It wasn't each negativity though, with Nelson revealing that his astir swoon-worthy interrogation infinitesimal came erstwhile helium sat down with Lord Of The Rings star, Viggo Mortensen.

Nelson revealed helium was truthful taken with the prima that helium had occupation getting his questions out. 

'I could hardly operation my questions,' Nelson revealed. 'He's not a frightening person, he's a man and he's got a charisma. I conjecture possibly he's utilized to that.' 

US-based Nelson was acquainted to Australian viewers acknowledgment to his long-time relation connected Channel Seven's Sunrise.

However the seasoned newsman announced connected aerial successful June 2022 that helium was leaving the show, to the daze of his co-hosts and viewers. 

Speaking to New Idea aft his daze resignation, Nelson pointed to an accrued workload during Covid arsenic a deciding factor. 

'I had worked implicit 100 consecutive weeks without a interruption [because] Covid circumstances had fundamentally turned each my enactment into remote/at-home broadcasting done my telephone and Zoom,' Nelson explained. 

'It was relentless, and for the archetypal clip successful my beingness I was feeling burned out, due to the fact that determination was ne'er a break.'

Nelson had been a fixture of Sunrise for the past 2 decades, reporting to a bid of hosts including Natalie, Samantha Armytage and Melissa Doyle.

He was based successful Los Angeles erstwhile helium archetypal joined the team, and remained Sunrise's 'man successful Hollywood' adjacent aft moving to New York City.

Since departing Sunrise, Nelson has published galore books including 2024's Dancing Between The Raindrops: The Hollywood Years. 

He besides co-hosts a podcast called Titanic Talk which is each astir James Cameron's iconic 1997 film.