{"id":604811,"date":"2026-05-26T13:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T13:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/604811\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T13:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T13:24:09","slug":"russell-crowe-defends-gruff-exchange-with-autograph-hunters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/604811\/","title":{"rendered":"Russell Crowe Defends Gruff Exchange With Autograph Hunters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAre you not entertained?<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThat was the basic message from <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/russell-crowe\/\" id=\"auto-tag_russell-crowe\" data-tag=\"russell-crowe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Russell Crowe<\/a> after he was filmed having a terse exchange with autograph hunters in Paris on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/gladiator\/\" id=\"auto-tag_gladiator\" data-tag=\"gladiator\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gladiator<\/a> actor, who has a reputation for being occasionally gruff, was leaving his hotel and heading for the airport when he was confronted by fans seeking selfies and signatures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cAre you listening?\u201d he said, addressing the fans. \u201cStay where you are, don\u2019t f*****g push in on me and I\u2019ll come to you. Give everybody space. As soon as somebody\u2019s a dick, I\u2019m going. Copy? Clear?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tHe signed some Gladiator images, before being asked by a fan if he could \u201cadd Maximus\u201d to his autograph. \u201cNo,\u201d he said, turning to other fans.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If you needed a reminder that fans are not always priority No. 1 \u2014 turn to Russell Crowe \u2014 cause the guy was absolutely not having it outside of his Paris hotel.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfa5 Backgrid <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yCCErNOBQN\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/yCCErNOBQN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TMZ (@TMZ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TMZ\/status\/2059044368653353206?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tTMZ posted the video with the caption: \u201cIf you needed a reminder that fans are not always priority No. 1 \u2014 turn to Russell Crowe \u2014 cause the guy was absolutely not having it outside of his Paris hotel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIn a response on X\/Twitter, Crowe clapped back: \u201cClickbait. Everybody got their autograph and selfie, the passage to the hotel was kept free for guests, and I still got to the airport on time. One man, no security. Handled. What\u2019s your problem?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Are you not entertained? That was the basic message from Russell Crowe after he was filmed having a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":604812,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,206261,20482,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-604811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-gladiator","tag-russell-crowe","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}