Louis Theroux, 52, admitted that watching his own documentaries is his “guilty secret” and he had a particular penchant for doing so during the coronavirus lockdown. The journalist and documentarian explained that “on rare occasions” he sits at home watching them and evaluating if they were still an “enjoyable watch”.
He said: “I’ve got a guilty secret – sometimes, if I’ve had a few drinks, and this happened more often in lockdown, I might look at some of my old programmes on iPlayer to be reminded of a time and place that feels quite foreign.
“With distance to go back and see how they hold up and to be pleased that something is still a rewarding or enjoyable watch.
“I do that on rare occasions – not often!” Louis added in a candid conversation on the Radio Times’ View From My Sofa podcast.
Louis’ work has allowed viewers from all over the world to get an insight into diverse subjects over the years.
For his latest series, Louis Theroux’s Forbidden America returned to the US to explore the impact of the internet on some of the most controversial corners of American society.
Speaking to Express.co.uk and other press, Louis revisited one “sad” and “surreal” moment during filming.
Louis’ first instalment is titled Extreme and Online where the documentary-maker meets the new influencers of the far-right.
In the episode, Louis tries to uncover why they have become so popular, as well as the extent of their influence on their followers.
“He also makes money from people who tune in to hear him doing his streams and to watch him game, which is a job on the internet, among millennials and teens.
“I’m there to find out more – I’ve seen him doing what appears to be a Hitler salute not once but twice at the America First event and then I find another picture a screengrab of him doing his Nazi salute.”
“I heard him say on a stream, ‘Louis Theroux is going to come and interview me I’ve got a little trick up my sleeve,” he continued.
“‘I’ve got a little game, nothing too much, but something I think’s kind of amusing.’”
Louis added that when he arrived “he’s wearing a t-shirt [with my face on it].”
He concluded: “Your mind tends to think it will be something a little bit more off-putting or weird and I was just like, ‘Okay it’s a t-shirt that’s fine.’”
However, Louis went on to reveal how the interview quickly descended into chaos.
He explained: “The weird part was then being thrown out by somebody who’s wearing a t-shirt of me.
“I got a cognitive dissonance over a guy wearing my face on his t-shirt say, ‘Get out of here you a*****e f*** off.’”
You can read the full interview in this week’s Radio Times out now.
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