Joaquin Phoenix Letterman Video

Watch Joaquin Phoenix on David Letterman’s show below in an appearance on February 11th, 2009. The Joaquin Phoenix Letterman video is already going viral and is one of the most hilariously uncomfortable Letterman shows of all time.

The actor appears stunned, bored and grumpy. The gossip sites will speculate that Joaquin Phoenix is on drugs. Perhaps he was just having a bad day. Maybe he hates Letterman. For whatever reason, he obviously did not want to be there on the show. Watch the video through to the end where you can watch him stick his gum on Letterman’s desk.

He is presumably attempting to promote his new film “Two Lovers,” but he is refusing to participate as Letterman tries to pull him out of what he must think is a drug stupor. He mumbles that he has not even watched his own movie and refuses to set up the video promotion that Letterman is willing to show the audience.

Visually the actor looks ridiculous. He comes out with mysterious sunglasses and a dirty beard like a Blues Brothers caricature. At first it looks like a big joke, but it goes on and on and Letterman is obviously struggling to maintain decorum. Letterman begins by asking Phoenix about his beard, a question the actor says makes him “feel weird.” All down hill from there.