Mary Kay Letourneau Interview vs May December Scene
On social media, viewers began to notice similarities to a clip from a 2018 interview Fualaau and Letourneau did with Channel Seven’s Sunday Night in Australia when their conversation with host Matt Doran turned increasingly awkward (watch the interview here).
The awkwardness began when Doran probed Letourneau about how she could’ve thought the interview with her student was appropriate. She was the adult in the situation, after all, and even though she maintained Fualaau pursued her, she should’ve known better.
“Who was the boss? Who was the boss? Who was the boss back then? Who was the boss back then?” she berated her then-husband. “Who was? Just say,” she said again. “This is ridiculous,” Fualaau finally said. “This is getting weird. He finally relents after another glance at her. “I was the pursuer.”
The scene in May December takes dialogue almost directly from this exchange, albeit in a different setting. It occurs close to the end of the film—exactly 1 hour and 30 minutes in—when Joe (loosely based on Fualaau) confronts Gracie (loosely based on Letourneau) in their bedroom.
“I think that there are a lot of things we haven’t talked about in a long time. Maybe ever. Things about our relationship. What if I wasn’t ready to making those kinds of decisions? What if I was too young?” he begins. “You seduced me,” Gracie responds. “But I was 13 years old,” he starts. “I don’t care how old you were, who was in charge? Who was the boss? Who was in charge?” she presses.
