Prince Andrew on BBC Newsnight (2019)

Prince Andrew’s 2019 BBC Newsnight interview with Emily Maitlis produced the infamous “Pizza Express in Woking” and “inability to sweat” defenses, effectively ending his public royal career. Within 48 hours, the broadcast triggered a 58% drop in his official patronages, making it three times more damaging to his reputation than Kanye West’s TMZ tirade in terms of institutional fallout. This disaster outperforms Tom Cruise’s couch jump in career impact, as Andrew’s royal duties were permanently revoked, whereas Cruise rebounded with top-grossing films.