Anne Hathaway’s ‘Tonight Show’ interview takes cringey turn after audience reacts in silence to her question

Anne Hathaway’s quality connected “The Tonight Show” took an uncomfortable move aft she learned nan assemblage hadn’t publication nan book that her caller film, “The Idea of You,” is based on.

While connected shape pinch big Jimmy Fallon connected Monday, nan “Les Misérables” character asked, “Has anybody present publication nan book?”

Silence filled nan room arsenic nan comedian quickly chimed in, “No, we don’t read. This is ‘The Tonight Show.’ You want to spell to Stephen Colbert if you want to get group to publication books. Lame!”

“We do Audible here,” Fallon, 49, quipped.

Hathaway, 41, appeared embarrassed arsenic she covered her look while laughing and taking a infinitesimal to constitute herself.

She recovered quickly, later adding, “What’s a book?”

Fans praised nan “Interstellar” prima successful nan comments of nan clip posted to X, pinch 1 writing, “This is earnestly truthful funny I can’t extremity reasoning astir it. Anne is fighting for her life up location and handling it for illustration a pro.”

“Her existent daze successful that infinitesimal (sic) truthful good,” different wrote pinch a laughing look emoji.

“That was a genuinely funny infinitesimal from Fallon,” a 3rd added.

Hathaway has spent nan week promoting her forthcoming film, which is group to beryllium released connected May 2.

While connected her property tour, nan “Princess Diaries” prima reflected connected increasing up successful nan limelight, including immoderate different cringey experiences she had while starting her career.

Speaking to V Magazine earlier this month, she recalled being asked to buss 10 men to find if location was chemistry betwixt them.

“I was told, ‘We person 10 guys coming coming and you’re cast. Aren’t you excited to make retired pinch each of them?'” she said.

“And I thought, ‘Is location thing incorrect pinch me?’ Because I wasn’t excited. I thought it sounded gross.”

At nan time, Hathaway went on pinch nan trial to debar being “difficult,” explaining, “It was conscionable a very different clip and now we cognize better.”