Aretha Franklin's Press Tour Goes Hilariously Bad

Eyebrow raising, eye rolling, and awkward pauses are not things news anchors hope to get out of guests during interviews. Aretha Franklin doesn't do a whole lot of interviews on live television, and now we might know why. During a recent press tour via satellite for her new album, "Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics," the Queen of Soul spoke to dozens of television news anchors, and to put it simply, it went really — and we mean really — badly.  There were some audio delays and earpiece issues mixed with what Aretha calls a lack of sleep, telling a Fox 45 morning news anchor, "Listen I only had four hours sleep, OK? I'm a little slow."
 
If you enjoy the video of Aretha's charming interviews, you can thank Brian McCoy, who took time away from reviewing gospel music online to compile the string of classic, sassy moments. McCoy really made it easy for Joel McHale and his team over at the "The Soup."
 
During another interview on New York's PIX11, the studio crew decided to play some of Aretha's music softly in the background while she answered questions.  She did not like this one bit saying, "Can you turn that down for the moment?"
 
A nostalgic Mike Jerrick from "Good Day" in Philadelphia recalled his first Aretha Franklin concert as a kid and asked the star, "Do you ever remember being in Wichita, Kansas?"  She replied simply, " No."