{"id":2616064,"date":"2026-06-19T08:51:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T12:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-tom-hanks-painful-insult-to-msnow-interviewer-goes-viral-during-obama-presidential-center-opening\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T08:52:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T12:52:49","slug":"watch-tom-hanks-painful-insult-to-msnow-interviewer-goes-viral-during-obama-presidential-center-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-tom-hanks-painful-insult-to-msnow-interviewer-goes-viral-during-obama-presidential-center-opening\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Tom Hanks Painful Insult to MSNOW Interviewer Goes Viral During Obama Presidential Center Opening"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-tom-hanks-painful-insult-to-msnow-interviewer-goes-viral-during-obama-presidential-center-opening%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2616064&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The content discusses the opening of the obama Presidential Center in Chicago, humorously referencing it as the &#8220;Death Star&#8221; and joking about its potential destructive power. The event featured a livestreamed ceremony with notable attendees, though it was evident that some prominent figures, like Joe Biden and Tom Hanks, were not fully welcomed or appreciated.Tom Hanks made a humorous remark about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brian-stelter-humiliates-himself-one-last-time-on-cnn\/\" title=\"Brian Stelter Humiliates Hi...elf One Last Time on CNN\">low viewership ratings<\/a> of MSNBC, drawing attention to the network&#8217;s declining influence. The piece highlights the media landscape,noting that MSNBC&#8217;s ratings are weak compared to Fox News,and critiques the overhyped celebrity presence and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brian-mast-questions-state-department-official-on-queer-maps\/\" title=\"Brian Mast questions State Department official on &#039;queer&#039; maps\">political commentary surrounding<\/a> the event.it satirizes the event&#8217;s glitz, media coverage, and political undertones.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>For those of you who are disappointed in the continued diminishing returns provided by the \u201cStar Wars\u201d series in cinemas, take heart: The Death Star has arrived in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, sure, it\u2019s called the Obama Presidential Center, but they\u2019re not fooling anyone. We\u2019ve yet to see what its lasers can do, although rumor has it that unless Susan Collins fires a proton torpedo down its thermal exhaust port, it\u2019ll vaporize all of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wont-stop-graham-platner-made-fun-girl-15-failing-kill-horrific-suicide-attempt\/\">Graham Platner\u2019s old Reddit posts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Anyhow, for us proles, the center opens on June 19 \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/picture-perfect-troll-trump-adds-birthday-list-dates-free-natl-park-admission-cuts-mlk-day-juneteenth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Juneteenth<\/a>, just in case you\u2019d forgotten Barack was our first black president. If you were famous, however, there was a \u201cdynamic ceremony\u201d (the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >description provided<\/a> by the center\u2019s website) on Thursday, \u201clivestreamed globally\u201d for the proletariat.<\/p>\n<p>There were plenty of famous faces, mind you, even ones that he made it clear he didn\u2019t want there:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cJoe and Jill, you are also here.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CbvkLqpgtN\">https:\/\/t.co\/CbvkLqpgtN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/charlescwcooke\/status\/2067712021081026602?\">June 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It was obvious that no one really wanted Scranton Joe there, but less obvious was the fact that Tom Hanks would make the left look bad at the \u201cdynamic ceremony.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I mean, what Democrat wouldn\u2019t want <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/perfect-priorities-west-point-nixes-tom-hanks-award-ceremony-wont-help-create-worlds-lethal-force\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom Hanks<\/a> there? We\u2019re all told, every time he appears on any program, that he\u2019s a national treasure and we\u2019re all supposed to love him, no matter what our political affiliation.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re also told \u201cForrest Gump\u201d is a great film, and I\u2019d rather watch \u201cWaterworld\u201d on repeat on a flight from Dallas to Singapore than watch Gump ever again, even once. So your mileage may vary<\/p>\n<p>However, I began to understand the appeal when MS NOW \u2014 the lefty outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/oh-no-msnbc-missed-horrible-acronym-new-logo-look-like-utterly-humiliating-un-liberal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">formerly known as MSNBC<\/a> \u2014 approached him for an interview at the event.<\/p>\n<p>After host Jacob Soboroff jokingly mixed up Hanks with historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, Hanks had a jab of his own.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat can I do for the 800 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-has-258000-watching-his-rally-on-rsbn-or-258-times-more-viewers-than-joe-bidens-thanksgiving-speech-the-most-popular-democrat-in-universal-history\/\" title=\"Trump Has 258,000 Watching His Rally on RSBN -- Or 258 Times More Viewers than Joe Biden&#039;s Thanksgiving Speech - The Most Popular Democrat In Universal History\">people watching<\/a> MS NOW?\u201d he asked Soboroff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re live on MS NOW!\u201d Soboroff, taken off-guard by the remark about the network\u2019s low ratings, replied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll right,\u201d Hanks said, smiling. \u201cAdd a zero if need be.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WATCH: Tom Hanks has gone viral for straight up insulting an MSNOW (formerly MSNBC) interviewer at the Obama Presidential Center opening.<\/p>\n<p>The legendary actor mocked the network\u2019s viewership, then offered to \u201cadd another zero\u201d to make them feel better.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZdNR7BKooQ\">pic.twitter.com\/ZdNR7BKooQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Western Journal (@WesternJournalX) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WesternJournalX\/status\/2067770120802369924?\">June 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Live interviews are apparently like both life <em>and<\/em> a box of chocolates: You never know what you\u2019re gonna get. Also note the desperate attempt to make it look like they had 2,500 times the people watching on the interviewer\u2019s part.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019d be lucky if it were 2.5 times.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the reason for the vitality of the moment is the truth behind it. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/1268774\/cnn-ms-now-fox-news-ratings-top-shows-on-cable-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TV Insider<\/a>, the only show MS NOW has among the top 15 in the month of May was Rachel Maddow\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>Feel for the hacks at CNN, however, who didn\u2019t even have that. Fourteen of the top shows were on Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>Maddow, however, is a relic who has one foot out the door. Once she departs for greener pastures or decides to hang it up, there\u2019s not going to be 800 people left to watch MS NOW, even with Tom Hanks on.<\/p>\n<p>And when Hanks sheds his liberal nice-guy persona to tell you the facts, that hurts.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Though it&#8217;s called that, everyone knows it&#8217;s like a Death Star. We haven&#8217;t seen its power yet, but rumors suggest it might do some damage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2616065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Michael-Featured-Image-1179.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[53699,81433,65362,45149,40927],"class_list":["post-2616064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-celebrity-drama","tag-msnow","tag-obama-presidential-center","tag-tom-hanks","tag-viral-interview"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Michael-Featured-Image-1179.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2616064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2616064"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2616064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2616068,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2616064\/revisions\/2616068"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2616065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2616064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2616064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2616064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}