CNN’s Chris Wallace Put On Blast For Suggesting To Adam Driver That He’s Ugly

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Over the last decade or so, Adam Driver has put together a filmography that has led to him being considered the best actor of his generation.

CNN’s Chris Wallace, however, apparently believes Driver would accomplish more if he was better looking.

During an extremely bizarre interview on his Max series Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace?, the veteran broadcaster suggested that Driver’s looks have been a “hindrance” to his career.

“Those are the actors that made me want to be an actor, you know, so that’s a nice comparison,” Driver said of being compared to the likes of Jack Nicholson and Al Pacino.

“The New Yorker also called me a ‘horse face’ so I don’t — I take it with a grain of salt. I remember reading one reviewer [who wrote]: ‘His agent probably doesn’t know whether to put him in a movie or the Kentucky Derby.’ So I take it, you know, if you believe the good thing, then you have to believe the bad thing. So I try to not absorb anything,” Driver continued.

In response, Wallace told Driver that he does not “look like a typical movie star” and was curious what Drive thought about that.

“I’ve worked consistently which is nice, with people that I’ve wanted to always, dreamed that I wanted to work with. So in that sense, it hasn’t — I look how I look, I can’t change that. So I guess it helped me.”

What Wallace did next drew the most ire, as he then pulled out a picture of Robert Redford and asked Driver if he believed his career would be easier if he looked like the legendary actor.

“It would just be different,” Driver said. “Who doesn’t want to look like Robert Redford? I’ve accepted this is how I look.”

Perhaps unsurprisingly, Wallace’s comments prompted quite a response on social media, with many movie fans being quick to defend Driver.