Top 10 WTF Louis Theroux Moments ukposts.info/have/v-deo/iWJ9i5eGi5-mpZs.html

Some people may be nerds pretending to be badass, Louis Theroux is a genuine badass appearing to be a nerd

Louis has the gift of staying silent and letting people talk on every level. Asks open questions, gains their trust and they talk openly.

Don't think there's ever been a documentary that ive not liked made by him, he's just a journalist with some big balls and that's why he's the best 😄👌

Louis is a national treasure and should be protected at all costs.

It's his demeanour that's made him so successful. He presents as someone who is intelligent but naive and it tends to disarm his subjects and let them expose themselves or as it often is, hang themselves.

Louis is a very intelligent man and knows what danger he is in when in some of these situations and he displays balls of steel for his craft. Definitely one of the best.

Theroux is one of the greatest journalist of our time. This voice over is the antithesis of Theroux's mastery.

He's the best at what he does and I've got total respect for a guy who clearly stands by his morals even when he knows he could get really hurt. That one with the white supremacists was crazy. He stuck with it and took a massive risk to his own safety. All his documentaries are brilliant.

Louis is quite frankly, an amazing bloke. He's put himself in genuinely serious and life-threatening situations more than once and his documentaries are riveting, educational and scary in equal measure. A few years ago he was awarded an honourary Doctorate from Sheffield Hallam University for his contribution to film-making and it is so totally well deserved. Keep up the good work, Louis!

It just makes me angry seeing and hearing what people do in the world. I'm glad Louis is brave enough to confront them and speak with reasoning in both his words and calm voice. He's a legend!

The second Jimmy savile documentary is excellent. Louis basically says that he fell for saviles charms and isn't surprised that he got away with it for so long because he was go good at hiding his actions. He comes across as being genuinely disturbed by the fact that he missed it too.

Louis always seems like such a NICE bloke. Totally non-judgmental and willing to let his subjects talk.

The thing about Louis Theroux is that he goes about his documentary process is he goes about it in respect, he doesn’t exploit for entertainment, he’s always aware of the danger and always aware of the situation revolving around his documentary. He’s such a great documentary maker

Louis is set up perfectly for documentaries made in the USA, he comes across as a nerdy Brit that is no threat to anyone and that's how he gets so upclose and asks great insightful questions, maybe even getting some of the people to second guess their ideas about the worlds.

Louis’s Weird Weekend series are some of his earliest work and just incredibly good.

Rapper, investor, journalist. Is there anything this man can’t do.

The Guy is a legend. Never disrespectful and lets them tell their story.

I think Louis is the best interview er ever. Knows what to say and when not to speak also. Never looks down on people and does not get on anyone's nerves. I love him. X

He has such a talent for disarming people and inviting them to speak their mind simply by appearing naive and kind of dumb. He's anything but. He's incredibly intelligent, he knows exactly what he's doing and how to get people's real thoughts out.

I do like Louis theroux. He gets right in there when he's interviewing even if he does look clueless 99% of the time

i think he does such good interviews as he is non judgemental and shows empathy, we are all one bad decision away from being like some of the people he talks to

He is such a good documentary maker… he is always so polite to people even with the worst people in the world he is respectful to.

His most deadly moment was: my money don’t jiggle jiggle it folds makes me want to dribble dribble no riding in my feet it you really have to see it 6 feet two in a compact no slack but luckily the seats go back and relax in my mind sipping on some red red wine

Jimmy Saville was never convicted, sadly. Everything he did only came out after he died

Brilliant journalist. He's just very unassuming and people open up to him

#1 is the one that has always stuck with me--when the one guy starts asking if he's Jewish, and then everyone gets up at once and leaves Louis and his team. They try to lighten it with that "it was time to leave" joke, but the fear of that scene is so palpable.

I’ve rewatched them so many times. Never get tired of Louis documentaries.

LT makes excellent documentaries. His 3 about Westboro Baptist Church are brilliant. One of its members said that if Jesus returned, he would join them in picketing funerals.

He is like an everyman avatar to insert the most foreign experiences. I appreciate how every documentary of his I've watched did not seek to make me angry and hateful for my fellow humans. It generated grief, sadness and an acute awareness of how destructive pain is. Observing and trying to understand is hope.

Louis is a legend. Every documentary he has done is absolutely incredibly done.

The scientology part is not disturbing. Its just hilarious - particularly the tiny guy in the suit!

Faces all sorts of danger around the world...and where does he actually get assaulted? London, by a drunk!! That city never lets you down when it comes to alcohol related violence 👍🤦‍♂️

Louis has given us a window onto some of the most terrifying cults, in-bred craziness and phenomenally sad things going on out there.....he's incredibly brave to put himself into some of these situations. Thank you Louis for opening my eyes to the grotesque underbelly of the world....hard to comprehend. Please be safe, we love you!!

Louis is a legend at this sort of TV show, hope he does some new ones soon.

9:41 To be clear (and tragically) I don't think Saville was ever convicted.

I did my final paper for a religions and cultures college course on Scientology. I went to one of their buildings, talked with some people who i led to believe could recruit me. As i left it was terrifying because the homes on the dead end street belonged to them. It was so creepy. I left super thankful to be a Christian.

LT has always been brilliant at what he does and I was looking forward to watching this because of that. This is mostly voiceover with so little joined up footage the points are almost lost.

The Americans seem to view him as mocking his subjects. But he won’t let people give a cowardly answer or avoid a question (which maybe comes across as antagonising) but it’s what makes him a good interviewer!

My money don’t giggle giggle it folds

I love this man he's such a brilliant journalist 👏

He's one if the best. Just showing us how horrific the world truly is, while we are often oblivious that such evil sometimes are truly part of our world

He's so likable. Definition of a true class Brit

I'm sure this has been said already, but Savile was never convicted of anything. It was only after his death, as a Knight of the realm, that his many many crimes were revealed.

The heroin one is sad. As many resort to heroin due to chronic pain and not being able to afford their prescription medications. I feel so lucky to be in England as I can get my opiates and see doctors regularly. I’ve experienced opiate withdrawals once my prescription didn’t go through properly and I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. It’s truly hell

Love his programs xx

My money don't jiggle jiggle, it folds

The guy at 2:00 , made a full recovery and is now like 6 years sober.

I have so much respect for Louis. He is an amazing journalist full of compassion and curiosity.

Jimmy Savile could & should have been prosecuted.

Louis therox is just an amazing journalist, I've watched all his programmes. I enjoy his work, he just wants to understand different things and spread awareness, I mean look at the religious group he followed where the kids were so brainwashed by their parents he thought there was no hope. Then years later he still visits the kids who left the family and saw the light, he does great work

I’ve seen maybe half of these. I’d like to see more of his British ones.

I remember watching the Jimmy Savile interview thought it was weird at the time just wish he was convicted and sent to jail years ago.

There was also the one about the demolition derby where he was smacked so hard in an early round he decided not to go on to the later race. The hit looked like he whiplashed his neck.

My money don’t jiggle jiggle it folds🤣

He is the perfect documentary maker and Interviewer

His documentaries especially the ones in this period are by far the best I have ever seen, it is as if you are there with him.

Dude I need to check this guy out more he’s so chill

Racism is a thing I’ll just never understand.

I've watched Louie many years ago from the beginning and all the way up to his most recent work, and Louis just has this... _"way"_ of acting innocently stupid, yet condescending at the same time by asking questions that are half legit, and half antagonistic, with a dash of hidden insult, and when he asks these questions with this act he puts on (I've seen him do it many times with all sorts of people, like a cat playing with an injured mouse before it becomes food), and he can see, and the viewer can see when the person starts to get worked up, they start getting mad because they're being asked questions they don't wanna answer, or they can't grapple back with the mental judo, and some just flat out get mad, and Louis has even done this to prisoners and just keeps poking the bear with this innocent/condescending act and questioning, just prodding deeper and deeper 😂 like this one prisoner he was doing that too... The guy he was talking to was not nearly as smart or intelligent as Louie (or at all) and was getting mad bc he clearly was just being outsmarted and insulted in such a covertly smart way that he clearly had never dealt with before and didn't know how to overcome or understand, whereas I'm betting the majority of his confrontation are just regular profanity and shit talking and then fighting, which is much simpler and straightforward than what Louie was throwing at him, and it seems like at any moment the inmate was gonna just DECK Louie (they were in a cell together, no bars between them) but Louie seemed to have no fear, and he's smart enough to know when he's making people react/smart enough to read people, and he just keeps prodding, and prodding, and _prodding,_ and every time I see him do that it just cracks me up and also amazes me at how this soft spoken, mild mannered, Harry Potter looking Englishman who looks like he's never thrown a punch or taken one in his life, can be so disrespectful and intrusive while playing dumb like as in he's just a journalist asking questions, yet know _exactly_ what he's doing to (sometimes) dangerous people, and still look em in the eye and continue with just literally playing and toying with them lol

9:38 - He wasn't ever convicted.

My money don't jiggle jiggle

Don't judge a book by it's cover - Theroux may come across as a soft-spoken, passive, polite Englishman But he is one of the bravest journalists around

LT and Ross Kemp are 2 of the very best and ballsy interviewers on the planet

He has the best interviewing technique. He build a rapport with his subject/interviewee putting them at ease and therefore facilitating a smoother non confrontational response.

I love all his documentaries

My money don't jingle jingle it folds

Love this guy :)

Pretty much, LT could get a full 10 years of incredible documentary footage out of California alone. And on more topics than I could count.

Love his stuff, watched that last one, feared for him at one point, he's game ill give him that

How is it possible that the Miami Dade County jail scene didn’t make it into this top ten? Louis being in the cell with at least 16 men and being asked to his face “are you a real …….?”

Love how he exposes so many things but the Scientology one was hysterical

He has been smashing it for 20+ years. His work just gets better and better.

I love Louis Theroux documentaries. He is also my geeky crush 😘

love Luis podcasts with Adam Buxton, so funny. They are good friends with Joe Cornish from the Adam and Joe show, Joe is now a pretty well known director.

His money doesn't jiggle jiggle, it folds he likes to see you wiggle wiggle, fo sho

Anyone know where i can watch louis documentarys havent been able to find any

I used to love his “Weird Weekends” series!

When is Louis next documentary.i can't wait

They missed Louis in Miami Dade County Jail, Florida. That was my first time ever seeing this guy and it was wild.

This guy is a national treasure

What makes his documentaries special is that it takes some balls and nerves to meet some of the people he has met or to be at some places he has visited. I am thinking especially about those white supremacists meetings he did. Just seeing kids in that environment would make me wanna leave because it's so wrong no matter how you see it and to go in there and have a straight face and just asking questions and listen, that job isn't for everyone.

There's a consistent theme popping up 😳

theroux is great. the way he comes across so unthreatening and foppish almost seem to disarm most people and he can get to the core of what they believe

His money doesn’t jiggle jiggle

Hey! I live a hour away from Huntington WV. I live 20mins away from Portsmouth OH, which is just as bad as Huntington. You look at this whole area on the map and this is what it's like. The Ohio Valley Rust belt fell and fell hard. It's sad because this area is so rich in history and absolutely beautiful. It has seen sort of a come back with small businesses bringing in more modern amenities. Art, music, places to eat and relax. A lot of old historic beautiful buildings that were going to waste. They just need a little love. This whole entire community needs it. Sad thing is when one drug goes, another takes its place. Fentanyl is the big thing now and is the worst killer of them all.

He is a legend 🙌 👏 ❤ this one remember when he was in South Africa 🇿🇦

3:25 “who would beat you up?”…”me” I felt that

The Scientology doc was very interesting and entertaining. I loved it!

I can never understand why some want to hurt others. They are hurting themselves in the process 😪😪

Louis is like a mixture of grunkle Stan (from gravity falls) and Carl (from up)

"Can I talk to you? Are you in the Sea Org as well?" HAHAHAHAHA! Love it!

Love lu ! He's honestly one our best film makers !!

One episode on here was shown twice and one that was left out was the notorious Phelps family .. Louis actually did two documentaries on them as they were completely bonkers ... they should have been number one

The one where the neo nazis ask him if he's jewish is pretty scary to me.

Where can you watch his docs?

My money don't wiggle wighle it folds

Not sure if Terrifying is the best word to describe most of these.

Nobody will ever be able to say he didn't put in the work. Legend.

Not only being a prominent rapper in england ... but also a journalist noiceee