Renee Rapp Comments On Unhinged Interviews
Her "unhinged" and "unfiltered" interview behavior first went viral last year on the Mean Girls press tour, receiving praise from fans and jokes about her apparent "lack of media training." But while fans might enjoy her carefree responses, it seems like Reneé herself isn't exactly a fan of the discourse.
She recently told the Guardian, "It's very weird, honestly, to be perceived that way, because I don't really think about it."
"I never thought about how people would dissect even the way you speak," she continued. "Like, wait, what would a normal response be? A fluffy, nonsense answer? To me, that would make me crazy."
She added, "If I was a journalist, that would drive me fucking up the wall! Because I would be like, 'Hang on, we're not even like having a conversation.' That would make me insane."
She went on to credit her parents for giving her the confidence to share her opinions so freely. She said, "I have phenomenal parents. They were just always like: 'Be accountable to yourself, to your friends, to people you don't know.'" Another lesson she said she learned is "there's no shame in being wrong, necessarily," as long as you can "look in the mirror" and be okay.
Elsewhere in the interview, Reneé reflected on other viral moments, including the reaction to her May song "Leave Me Alone," where she was accused of dissing The Sex Lives of College Girls with the line, "I took my sex life with me, now the show ain't fuckin'!" As fans know, Reneé left the show in 2023 ahead of the third season, and since then, she's signaled she didn't exactly have the greatest time on the show.
When asked why she left the series in a June interview with Ziwe, Reneé tellingly responded, "I had such a good experience."
"I wish I could go back," she added. "Really?" Ziwe asked, to which Reneé replied, "Nope!"
The Guardian asked her about the reaction to the song in the interview, and Reneé replied with what the outlet described as a "Cheshire cat grin." "It's like Beyoncé said," she shared. "'You know you that bitch when you cause all this conversation.'"
Read the full interview here.
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