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Denzel Washington denied helium skipped events astatine the Cannes Film Festival aft helium had a tense brushwood with a lensman connected the reddish carpet Monday.
"Not true," a rep for the "Gladiator II" prima told Fox News Digital Tuesday. "He was ever scheduled to beryllium successful and retired of Cannes, arriving and departing connected Monday, successful betwixt performances of Othello connected Broadway. It was a large evening astatine the Cannes Film Festival."
The 70-year-old is starring arsenic Othello connected Broadway done adjacent month. The movie festival astatine the luxury edifice municipality successful the French Riviera began past week and continues done this weekend.
A study surfaced that Washington "skipped" a property league with the formed Tuesday greeting for his caller Spike Lee movie, "Highest 2 Lowest," aft the altercation with the photographer.
DENZEL WASHINGTON ERUPTS AFTER PHOTOGRAPHER APPEARS TO GRAB HIM ON CANNES RED CARPET
Denzel Washington denies helium skipped events astatine the Cannes Film Festival aft helium had a tense brushwood with a lensman connected the reddish carpet Monday. (Ernesto Ruscio/Getty Images)
It was reported the festival changed immoderate of its docket to accommodate his "Othello" performances.
Video obtained by Fox News Digital showed Washington angrily putting his digit successful a photographer’s look aft the antheral appeared to drawback Washington's limb to get his attention.
In the video, Washington yells "stop" arsenic helium approaches the man, and photographers laughter astatine Washington's remarks. When helium went to locomotion distant from the radical of photographers, the antheral seemingly grabbed the histrion by the arm.
This sent Washington into a frenzy.
"Stop it!" Washington shouted. "Stop!"
Washington was aboriginal amazed with an honorary Palme d’Or grant aft the altercation.
Denzel Washington with manager Spike Lee and the formed of "Highest 2 Lowest." (Kristy Sparow/Getty Images)
Before Washington's latest movie premiered, festival main Thierry Frémaux shared immoderate benignant words with the assemblage astir the actor.
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"It’s a precise peculiar day. Denzel, due to the fact that you are here, we privation to marque thing peculiar for you. … It’s a benignant of mode for america to archer you our adoration, what you person done successful cinema. Nobody knows astir that but Spike Lee, who wrote maine to bash that," Frémaux said, according to Deadline.
Lee approached the signifier to contiguous the grant to Washington.
Washington got into a heated speech connected the reddish carpet Monday. (Stephane Cardinale/Corbis via Getty Images)
"This is my member close here. I emotion him, I emotion him. I’m gladsome you’re present wherever each the radical emotion you too," Lee told the star, according to the outlet.
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"This is simply a full astonishment for me, truthful I’m a small emotional. But, from the bottommost of my heart, I convey you all," Washington told the crowd. "It was a large accidental to collaborate with my member erstwhile again — member from different mother, Spike.
Washington stars successful "Othello" connected Broadway. ( Valerie Terranova/Getty Images)
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"To beryllium present erstwhile again successful Cannes, you know, we’re a precise privileged radical successful this country that we get to marque movies and deterioration tuxedos and bully apparel and formal up and get paid for it arsenic well," Washington added. "You know, we’re conscionable blessed beyond measure. I’m blessed beyond measure, and, from the bottommost of my heart, I convey you all. Thank you."
Fox News Digital's Janelle Ash contributed to this report.
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