Andrew Denton reveals the reason he quit “Enough Rope”
<p>Andrew Denton interviewed dozens of famous people over the six years of ABC’s <em>Enough Rope.</em></p>
<p>Widely regarded as the best interviewer in the country at the time, Denton surprised many by walking away from the show at the height of its success.</p>
<p>But now, almost 10 years after the <em>Enough Rope</em> ended, Denton has revealed one of the main reasons he quit the show.</p>
<p>On the <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="https://radiogamechangers.com/">Game Changers: Radio podcast</a></strong></span>, host Craig Bruce remarked to Denton that <em>Enough Rope</em> “became a confessional almost”.</p>
<p>“In the early years it was fantastic like that,” Denton said.</p>
<p>“But by the last couple of years that had become a bit of a trap ... and it’s part of the reason I wound up the show. People were coming on, and ironically one of them was Craig McLachlan, and they were doing their ‘performance’ as an Enough Rope guest.”</p>
<p>Craig McLachlan broke down in tears on<em> Enough Rope</em> as he recalled what it was like to film a Stuart Diver telemovie on the same day that September 11 terrorist attacks took place in New York.</p>
<p><img width="460" height="259" src="http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/78b365e708f9b8bf6ee1a2e646521e7c" alt="Andrew Denton reacts to Craig McLachlan crying on Enough Rope." style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"/></p>
<p>Denton revealed that some of the guests would “cry” on the show but he could always tell which ones were faking it.</p>
<p>“It wasn’t everyone but there were some notable moments where I remember thinking, ‘this is an act’.</p>
<p>“The better guests became the ones from overseas who didn’t know what they should be doing,” the entertainer said. “It was the opposite of what I was in it for which was honesty.”</p>
<p>However, Denton admitted that he's had some shockers because he was just not that interested in some interviewees and couldn't feign it. </p>
<p>“Princess Mary, which I did really badly and got appropriately s**tcanned for, [was bad] because I just wasn’t interested,” he told Mr Bruce.</p>
<p>“Afterwards I thought, here’s a basic question I should have asked: What’s the point of royalty? What are you here for? But I didn’t.</p>
<p>“If I’m bored then the audience had every right to be bored too.”</p>
<p>Denton will be back on our TV screens later this year with a new show on Channel Seven called Interview.</p>
<p>He told the <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="http://www.heraldsun.com.au/">Herald Sun</a></strong></span> the show will be “centred around human beings who are fascinating, they could be celebrities, or people in the news”.</p>
