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Hugh Grant jokes about 1995 obscene conduct arrest and says Hollywood Boulevard is a ‘lucky place’
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Hugh Grant jokes about 1995 obscene conduct arrest and says Hollywood Boulevard is a ‘lucky place’

Hugh Grant He returned to Hollywood Boulevard and mocked his 1995 arrest for lewd behavior with a sex worker on Sunset Boulevard.

While Grant was attending the premiere of the movie “Heretics” at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood on October 24, filmmaker Bryan Woods asked the star to address the crowd before the movie started, The Hollywood Reporter reported.

“I don’t have anything interesting to add to that other than it’s great to be here. Hollywood Boulevard has always been a lucky place for me,” Grant said. “It’s nice that the AFI accepted us. It’s nice that you guys showed up, too. It’s nice that these girls are amazing in the movie. It’s nice that these two weird guys put me in this movie and the producers paid me this much. I hope you like it.”

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Hugh Grant joked about being arrested for disorderly conduct at the premiere of his movie “Heretic” in 1995. (JC Olivera/Getty Images)

Grant’s co-stars Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East also attended the ceremony on Thursday night. Woods was joined by fellow filmmaker Scott Beck.

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The actor’s arrest shook up headlines in the ’90s so much that Grant issued a public apology on “The Tonight Show” following his arrest.

“I did something completely crazy last night. I hurt people I loved and embarrassed people I worked with. I’m sorry for both things more than I can say,” he said at the time.

“I don’t have anything interesting to add to that, except that it’s great to be here. Hollywood Boulevard has always been a lucky place for me.”

—Hugh Grant

According to The Independent, Grant was required to pay a $1,000 fine, complete two years of probation and complete mandatory participation in an AIDS education program.

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At the time, Grant reportedly paid sex worker Divine Brown $60 to perform oral sex on him in the car. Brown was sentenced to 180 days in jail for committing an immoral act and violating probation. According to reports, he later earned $1 million from the publicity of the scandal.

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Mugshot of Hugh Grant in Los Angeles in 1995. (Steve Granitz/WireImage)

Grant has been talking about the arrest since 1995. In 2018, he told Poeple that he was “just an idiot” in making the decision.

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“I didn’t try to say, ‘I have a psychological problem.’ I just said, ‘I did it,'” he added.

Elizabeth Hurley and Hugh Grant are all smiles on the red carpet.

Hugh Grant and Elizabeth Hurley were together at the time of the incident. (Frank Trapper/Corbis via Getty Images)

Elizabeth Hurley and Hugh Grant at the premiere "Notting Hill"

Elizabeth Hurley and Hugh Grant broke up in 2000 but remained friends. (Ian Jones/Getty Images)

Grant was in a difficult situation at the time of the scandal. His relationship with Elizabeth Hurley. They remained together throughout the incident but broke up in 2000. They continued their friendship. Grant is even the godfather of Hurley’s son Damian.

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“We’re like brothers,” Grant told People in 2018. “I think part of it is because we went from nothing to somewhere together.” a small apartment. It was pretty binding.”

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Grant said the release of his first Hollywood film, “Nine Months,” contributed to his decision. (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)

In 2021, Grant appeared as a guest on Marc Maron’s “WTF” podcast and said that the Hollywood debut of “Nine Months” contributed to this poor decision.

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He said at the time: “I was about to release my first Hollywood movie. My timing was perfect. My problem was that it was my first Hollywood movie and I had just gone to see it.” “The movie was going to be released a week or two from now, and I had a bad feeling about it. I went to the screening. Everyone was amazing, but I was so bad I wasn’t in a good frame of mind.”

Grant’s upcoming A24 horror movie “Heretic” follows two young female missionaries knocking on the door of the wrong man, Mr. Reed (Grant), according to IMDb. Film It hits theaters on November 8th.