'Overeager' reporter slammed by internet as cringeworthy Dennis Quaid interview goes viral amid LA fires
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Dennis Quaid was stopped for an interview while evacuating from the Los Angeles wildfires on Friday evening, and the internet is focused on the 'overeager' reporter talking to him. In a now-viral news clip, the 70-year-old actor was interrupted by a reporter for NBC 4 Los Angeles and his cameraperson outside of his Brentwood home.
![[In a now-viral news clip, the 70-year-old actor was interrupted by a reporter for NBC 4 Los Angeles and his cameraperson outside of his Brentwood home]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/12/04/94002679-14275149-image-a-42_1736655743547.jpg)
While he was trying to pack up his car, the reporter, Robert Kovacik, started asking him questions and Quaid answered them politely. At one point, he even got emotional during the interview despite hurriedly trying to pack up his family's belongings from their house and evacuate quickly.
![[While he was trying to pack up his car, the reporter, Robert Kovacik, started asking him questions and Quaid answered them politely]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/12/04/94002677-14275149-image-a-44_1736655761378.jpg)
However, viewers of the news segment took to X, formerly Twitter, to slam the reporter for being 'obnoxious' as he 'bothered' Quaid. The news channel was also criticized for airing the segment for 15 minutes when people were watching in anticipation for critical wildfire updates and evacuation orders.
![[At one point, fans pointed out that the reporter even knocked on Quaid's driver's side window after he got into his car, shut the door and appeared to be getting ready to drive away.]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/12/04/94002681-14275149-image-a-41_1736655739413.jpg)
Dennis Quaid was stopped for an interview while evacuating from the Los Angeles wildfires on Friday evening, and the internet is focused on the 'overeager' reporter talking to him. The segment first began with the reporter introducing Quaid and saying, 'I'm going to walk with you if that's OK,' but the actor did not appear to respond.
![['Not them interviewing Dennis Quaid while he frantically tries to pack his belongings to evacuate,' one tweet read]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/12/04/94002917-14275149-image-a-38_1736655159988.jpg)
At one point, fans pointed out that the reporter even knocked on Quaid's driver's side window after he got into his car, shut the door and appeared to be getting ready to drive away. The reporter complimented his 'Quaid smile' and seemed to be trying to keep the interview going even with car horns honking in the background, sirens blaring at various points throughout the video and as members of the fire department keep walking around them and staring.
![['I just watched the most cringe news segment of my life,' an X user tweeted. 'It was surreal and bizarre.' The same social media user said that the reporter 'would not stop dogging Dennis Quaid while he was packing his car to evacuate']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/12/04/94002909-14275149-image-a-37_1736655152185.jpg)
