'Overeager' reporter slammed by internet as cringeworthy Dennis Quaid interview goes viral amid LA fires

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Dennis Quaid was stopped for an interview while evacuating from the Los Angeles wildfires on Friday evening, and the internet is focused on the 'overeager' reporter talking to him.

In a now-viral news clip, the 70-year-old actor was interrupted by a reporter for NBC 4 Los Angeles and his cameraperson outside of his Brentwood home.

While he was trying to pack up his car, the reporter, Robert Kovacik, started asking him questions and Quaid answered them politely.

At one point, he even got emotional during the interview despite hurriedly trying to pack up his family's belongings from their house and evacuate quickly.

However, viewers of the news segment took to X, formerly Twitter, to slam the reporter for being 'obnoxious' as he 'bothered' Quaid.

The news channel was also criticized for airing the segment for 15 minutes when people were watching in anticipation for critical wildfire updates and evacuation orders.

Dennis Quaid was stopped for an interview while evacuating from the Los Angeles wildfires on Friday evening, and the internet is focused on the 'overeager' reporter talking to him

The segment first began with the reporter introducing Quaid and saying, 'I'm going to walk with you if that's OK,' but the actor did not appear to respond. 

At one point, fans pointed out that the reporter even knocked on Quaid's driver's side window after he got into his car, shut the door and appeared to be getting ready to drive away. 

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The reporter complimented his 'Quaid smile' and seemed to be trying to keep the interview going even with car horns honking in the background, sirens blaring at various points throughout the video and as members of the fire department keep walking around them and staring. 

During the interview, Quaid revealed he was returning to collect some more important items after he and his family already evacuated at some point earlier. 

'Who would have thought? We've all had a really big lesson... that our experience of reality can change in a moment,' he said on the news. 

'I came back just in case I hadn't shut off the gas, you know, all those little things you don't think of and just thought, maybe I could be there to put a hose on the roof if the embers come over at least. Something like that, or help out the neighbors.' 

The reporter was also roasted for how much he referred to the Substance star in the third person and for 'snooping around' at what Quaid was packing into his trunk.

Even Quaid called him out for using his full name when addressing him but laughed it off. 

In a now-viral news clip, the 70-year-old actor was interrupted by a reporter for NBC 4 Los Angeles and his cameraperson outside of his Brentwood home

While he was trying to pack up his car, the reporter, Robert Kovacik, started asking him questions and Quaid answered them politely

At one point, fans pointed out that the reporter even knocked on Quaid's driver's side window after he got into his car, shut the door and appeared to be getting ready to drive away.

The reporter was also criticized for standing in his way while Quaid was holding a large hamper of clothes and trying to pack his car. 

One social media user called out one instance of the 'bizarre' interaction when the reporter said: 'It's nice to be able to watch Dennis Quaid trying to fit two hampers of his 17-year-old daughter's clothes into his Mercedes.' 

At one point, he even opened one of the hampers, pulled out a pair of Quaid's pants.

The reporter was lambasted for making too many jokes while trying to find levity in difficult and devastating circumstances.

At the end of the clip, he knocked on Quaid's window and had him open his car window for him to put his microphone inside the car interview him and his dog Peaches. 

Social media users said that Quaid was being kind and conversational even though he was 'frantically' trying to pack up his car and evacuate. 

'Not them interviewing Dennis Quaid while he frantically tries to pack his belongings to evacuate,' one tweet read.

'Not them interviewing Dennis Quaid while he frantically tries to pack his belongings to evacuate,' one tweet read

'I just watched the most cringe news segment of my life,' an X user tweeted. 'It was surreal and bizarre.' The same social media user said that the reporter 'would not stop dogging Dennis Quaid while he was packing his car to evacuate'

'For Pete's sake, let Dennis Quaid pack his stuff and leave,' another user wrote before calling the clip 'painful to watch'

One X user tweeted: 'That newscaster following [and] interviewing Dennis Quaid was so embarrassing! How OBNOXIOUS! I felt bad for Quaid!'

'I just watched the most cringe news segment of my life,' an X user tweeted. 'It was surreal and bizarre.' 

The same social media user said that the reporter 'would not stop dogging Dennis Quaid while he was packing his car to evacuate. He even knocked on his car window after he rolled it up. Insane harassment.' 

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'For Pete's sake, let Dennis Quaid pack his stuff and leave,' another user wrote before calling the clip 'painful to watch.' 

One X user tweeted: 'That newscaster following [and] interviewing Dennis Quaid was so embarrassing! How OBNOXIOUS! I felt bad for Quaid!' 

A different tweet called the interview 'awful' and 'disrespectful.' 

The X user wrote: 'What kind of person goes through someone's stuff without their permission?!?!! He was trying to pack up and get gone but Robert was trying to go viral asking pointless questions [and] snooping around...' 

One tweet joked about how much the reporter referred to the actor in the third person. 'NBC reporter found Dennis Quaid evacuating and won't stop calling him Dennis Quaid.' 

'Lmao this guy is bothering Dennis Quaid so much lol on NBC,' another user wrote. 

Another user laughed at the reporter's interaction with Quaid while the star was trying to pack his car. 

A different tweet called the interview 'awful' and 'disrespectful.' The X user wrote: 'What kind of person goes through someone's stuff without their permission?!?!! He was trying to pack up and get gone but Robert was trying to go viral asking pointless questions [and] snooping around...'

One tweet joked about how much the reporter referred to the actor in the third person. 'NBC reporter found Dennis Quaid evacuating and won't stop calling him Dennis Quaid'

'Lmao this guy is bothering Dennis Quaid so much lol on NBC,' another user wrote

Another user laughed at the reporter's interaction with Quaid while the star was trying to pack his car 

'Not NBC 4 stopping the 21,000-acre Palisades Fire emergency newscast dead for 15 minutes to interrupt and interview Dennis Quaid as he packs his car, and Dennis Quaid's dog Peaches, while I'm waiting to see if I need to abandon my house in Sherman Oaks,' another user wrote as they criticized the outlet for the poorly timed news segment

'Not NBC 4 stopping the 21,000-acre Palisades Fire emergency newscast dead for 15 minutes to interrupt and interview Dennis Quaid as he packs his car, and Dennis Quaid's dog Peaches, while I'm waiting to see if I need to abandon my house in Sherman Oaks,' another user wrote as they criticized the outlet for the poorly timed news segment.  

Hollywood's biggest celebrities have been picking up the pieces after discovering their affluent Los Angeles neighborhoods were reduced to ash and rubble when the California wildfires started ravaging the city.

Apocalyptic fires tore through the ritzy enclave of Pacific Palisades on Tuesday, rapidly spreading to surrounding suburbs as a windstorm carried embers and debris in all directions. 

The death toll of the historic infernos has reached 16, as of Saturday evening, as heroic firefighters still battle hellish conditions on the front lines of at least five different fires.

The homes of Mel Gibson, Paris Hilton, Anthony Hopkins, Tina Knowles, John Goodman, Candy Spelling, Milo Ventimiglia, and Miles Teller are among those destroyed, while dozens of other stars face an anxious wait alongside their neighbors to learn if anything could be saved.