If you wanted to sum up the difference between the Americans and the British in 11 seconds, this might be how you would do it.

Last Friday, The Cure was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which is quite a stamp of approval.

Clearly, Carrie Keagan was very excited about the induction, and she was given the honour of interviewing frontman Robert Smith on the red carpet.

America versus Britain – go:

this is the funniest start to an interview i have ever seen i love robert smith man pic.twitter.com/7H4okzPX0L

— al (@_hidingwithboys) March 30, 2019

Superb.

To his credit, he did continue with the interview, and was in a more receptive mood:

Keagan also took it in her stride:

Onstage, Smith and the band were also in fine form. You can skip ahead to 11 minutes to see the acceptance speech:

No harm done.

[source:mashable]