Russell Crowe had very firm instructions for fans waiting for his autograph outside his Paris hotel.
A clip of the moment, posted by TMZ, shows the actor exiting the establishment with his hands raised, ready to address the eager fans.
“Are you listening? Stay where you are, don’t fucking push in on me. I’ll come to you,” he told the crowd. “Soon as somebody’s a dick, I’m gone, got me?” which prompted a yes from the throng of people.
Crowe eventually took issue with the way that TMZ framed his reaction to fans. “If you needed a reminder that fans are not always priority No. 1—turn to Russell Crowe—cause the guy was absolutely not having it outside of his Paris hotel,” the outlet tweeted.
Crowe quote-tweeted the clip and responded, calling TMZ out for posting “clickbait.”
“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,” he wrote. “One man, no security. Handled. What’s your problem?”
Crowe was in Paris with his partner, Britney Theriot, for the French Open.
This year, the 62-year-old is set to appear in a handful of films, including the historical drama, The Weight, and the sports-action drama, Beast.
