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Hugh Grant responds to reports that he grabbed a woman’s camera after ‘mistaking her for paparazzi’

The actor has set the record straight

Hugh Grant has directly responded to reports that he grabbed a woman’s camera after ‘mistaking her for paparazzi’ in Rome.

While on holiday with his wife Anna Eberstein, the 57-year-old randomly got caught up in an altercation with Luisa Melara, the president of AMA, a city-owned company that has been criticised for leaving waste on the street.

Luisa had been secretly filming a restaurant worker as he illegally dumped rubbish in a side street, when she came across Hugh and Anna.

At the end of the video, an angry Hugh can be heard saying: “Don’t put your foot out in front of my wife again,” before the video suddenly ends.

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Speaking to The Sun, Luisa said: “I was simply trying to keep them out of the video I was filming. I didn’t recognise him as Hugh Grant at first but then I did. He was very impolite and I told him so.”

“There was no need for him to react as he did. I was trying to film the restaurant worker illegally putting rubbish out when they came into view.”

“I put my foot out to warn her that I was filming and that I wanted her to stay out of shot. That’s when they reacted and Hugh snatched my phone out of my hand.”

She continued: “I immediately snatched it back and he said I was very impolite and I said no you are very impolite. I tried to explain what we were doing but I don’t think he grasped what we were doing.”

Hugh has since responded to Luisa’s claims that he thought she was filming them.

Taking to Twitter, the actor wrote: “Sigh. Never remotely thought this person was a pap. Or trying to film me or wife. Paps don’t have cell phones. And phone was not pointing at us.”

“But she did stick her foot out very rudely in front of my wife who was passing in front of camera. I objected,” he added.

Hugh married Anna last year in a low-key ceremony at the Chelsea register office, and the couple share three kids together.

It’s a reality TV special as the girls delve into The Hills reboot, Love Island and all the drama with the Kardashians on this week’s Gosscast. 

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