Joaquin Phoenix has another strange late-night interview, this time with Jimmy Kimmel

The Week

Viewers were left wondering if Kimmel's awkward interview with the Joker star Tuesday night was a bit. But Phoenix's publicist seemed to confirm it was when he told EW that a sweary, uncomfortable Joker outtake that Kimmel "surprised" Phoenix with at the end of the interview was in fact a "joke outtake." UPDATE: Joker director Todd Phillips teased the stunt in a Sept. 10 New York Times story, saying: “If (Phoenix) goes on Jimmy Kimmel and walks off after two minutes, I’d be like, ‘That’s my boy.’”