Posted on 04/11/2009 12:16:40 PM PDT by presidio9
Woody Harrelson defended his clash with a photographer at a New York airport Wednesday night as a case of mistaken identity -- he says he mistook the cameraman for a zombie.
The TMZ photographer filed a complaint with police claiming the actor damaged his camera and pushed him in the face at La Guardia Airport, according to an airport spokesman.
"We're looking into this allegation and if it's warranted, we'll turn it over to the proper authorities," said Port Authority of New York and New Jersey spokesman Ron Marsico.
The photographer, who was not identified, captured the encounter on a small camera after his larger one was broken.
Harrelson, who is being sued by another TMZ photographer for an alleged assault in 2006, did not deny his involvement.
"I wrapped a movie called 'Zombieland,' in which I was constantly under assault by zombies, then flew to New York, still very much in character," Harrelson said in a statement issued Friday by his publicist.
"With my daughter at the airport I was startled by a paparazzo, who I quite understandably mistook for a zombie," he said.
TMZ.com posted two videos of the incident, including one recorded by the larger camera before it was damaged.
The first video shows the photographer following Harrelson and his daughter down an escalator and out of the terminal. It ends with Harrelson apparently reaching for the lens.
Don't Miss Time: Zombies are the new vampires The second video begins with the photographer accusing Harrelson of breaking his camera.
After Harrelson returns the camera to him, a scuffle appears to ensue.
"Woody, this is assault. Woody, this is assault," the photographer is heard saying. "Woody, chill out. Would you please chill out?"
The photographer continues to follow Harrelson for
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Cocaine is a hell of a drug.
So if you fell back into your character in "Natural Born Killers" it would be OK if you killed someone?
These Hollywierd elites think they get a pass on everything. And, in L.A., they do.
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No wonder the poor boy saw a zombie!
*groan*
“who I quite understandably mistook for a zombie,” he said. “
I definitely want to have his views on politics and national defense to be heard by our leaders.
Harrelson has always been a loose cannon. This isn’t his first “altercation”.
Sounds to me like he is trying to get some publicity for his movie.
“...not wired right.”
Neither was his father.
He is a mega pot head.
Just let the zombie take pictures of you and everything would be oooookkkkkk
Yup. The apple did not fall far from the tree.
Good Old Shoe.
I'm at a loss for words.
Looks like I’m alone on this one.
If some idiot was following me and my daughter around with a camera and wouldn’t stop, I wouldn’t just ignore it either.
The real weirdness is the claim that he was being photographed by a Zombie.
The other part is about possibly felony assault in an airport, I can’t do things like that, if I do I lose my CCL and probably my guns and probably do some time, or at least spend the night in jail before posting large bail.
These stars should be able to have some sense of privacy. These rag mag photographers go to far many times and is not appropriate. How many car crashes have been caused by them? Quite a few...including fender benders.
“”With my daughter at the airport I was startled by a paparazzo, who I quite understandably mistook for a zombie,” he said.”
Sure, we all see zombies. ‘Specially at airports.
No! That thing in the TSA uniform is not a zombie.
It merely has the manners and IQ of one. It is something far more dangerous - a Democrat and holds a bureaucratic job-for-life which we pay for.
Remember to smile at the uniformed 1/4 ton TSAPerson or she will call for a close search and two drooling TSAPersons will appear with the endoscope of justice.
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