Aubrey Plaza‘s debut on The Howard Stern Show was dubbed one of the ‘top five worst of all time,’ with insiders claiming Stern ‘loathed’ every minute – before taking a subtle swipe at the actress after their interview wrapped.
Plaza, 40, was promoting her upcoming film Megalopolis, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, on Stern’s self-titled Sirius XM show on Wednesday, but tensions started to build before the interview had even started.
Stern, 70, allegedly felt like he was ‘pulling teeth’ with the Parks and Recreation star who he accused of being late, before questioning if she needed therapy.
‘Howard was beyond excited to talk to Aubrey and it just didn’t work out, she didn’t answer anything and it was like pulling teeth for Howard to get anything out of her,’ a source told the DailyMail.com exclusively.
‘Howard is one of the best in the business and he couldn’t crack the code with Aubrey.’
The source claimed the Grumpy Cat actress ‘wasn’t playing ball’ with Stern’s questions, and that ‘back in the day, he would have ripped into her and ended the interview.’
‘But he continued to try to make something out of nothing, unfortunately nothing prevailed,’ they added.
The radio personality took a ‘hidden shot’ at Plaza, which many listeners may not have picked up on, when he discussed the band Bad Company after their chat had finished.
‘After Aubrey’s interview, the show came back and was playing Bad Company and Howard talked about the band, but it was done as a hidden shot towards Aubrey, as she was bad company on the show,’ the insider said.