Glen Powell Refused To Take A Photo With A ‘Recently Canceled’ Star

Glen Powell has spoken out about an uncomfortable encounter with a star he described as “poisonous.”

The actor acknowledged that when he met the person, the individual had been “lately canceled” on account of sure decisions they’d made.

Glen Powell additionally talked about he spoke briefly with the celeb on the occasion, however selected to not take an image with them as he realized it wasn’t a good suggestion given the “visceral response” individuals have been having towards them.

Throughout his look on Jake Shane’s “Therapuss” podcast on Wednesday, Powell shared how he as soon as had a really awkward second with a “poisonous” celeb at a Hollywood occasion.

“I confirmed as much as the occasion and there was someone that had been on the ropes when it comes to getting canceled,” Powell revealed on the podcast. “It was a kind of Hollywood events the place there’s like cameras and press and all that stuff.”

The actor defined that he had lengthy admired the person’s work, and he made that recognized when the person approached them for a dialog.

“This individual had made a few of my favourite films, and I used to be like, ‘Oh, that is nice.’ He got here up and he mentioned, ‘Good to satisfy you.’ I used to be like, ‘Oh, dude. Such a giant fan,'” Powell added, though he selected to not disclose the identify of the celeb.

Regardless of their dialog going easily, Powell mentioned he was reluctant to take an image with the celeb when a photographer supplied to snap one among them.

In keeping with the “Anybody However You” star, he felt that approach due to the unfavorable optics surrounding the individual on the time.

“This individual was lately canceled, and it was not good. I used to be a fan of their work however not a fan of their decisions,” the 36-year-old defined.

“So, I used to be sort of simply being good. However then, after they wished to take an image with you, I spotted in a short time — I used to be like, ‘Ooh, I do not know if it is a good thought,'” Powell additional mirrored.

And even when the person “clearly observed” that Powell wasn’t keen on taking the image, the “Twisters” actor stood his floor, not wanting the unfavorable optics to rub off on him.

“I spotted, this man, his face is poisonous,” Powell added. “Going out into the world, individuals are having a visceral response to this individual when it comes to the dangerous selection they’ve made.”

Earlier within the month, Powell opened up about his cut up from his girlfriend Gigi Paris, saying he walked away with no onerous emotions.

“I’ll all the time don’t have anything however love for her and respect for her,” he mentioned in an interview with GQ Magazine on the time.

“All people’s all the time going to have their very own narrative on issues and all that. And he or she’s welcome to it,” the actor referencing feedback Paris had made about their 2024 cut up.

Powell additionally famous that “Mission Unattainable” star Tom Cruise performed a key function in serving to him navigate the speculations about his love life.

“He principally mentioned, ‘Hey, it should get actually, actually loud. It is your job to only flip the quantity down. Simply bear in mind, you have got your hand on that swap. You’ve gotten your hand on the flexibility to show up that noise or flip it down,'” the actor recalled of the recommendation.

Again in June, Paris had spoken intimately about what led to her cut up from Powell throughout her look on the “Too A lot” podcast.

She mentioned it began when the actor and his “Anybody However You” co-star Sydney Sweeney have been noticed wanting flirty on the set of the 2023 rom-com.

“I had two choices,” Paris mentioned of the speculations that got here from the incident, per Page Six. “I may both fake like I used to be going together with every little thing and have everybody surprise, like, ‘Are they hooking up? Are they not hooking up? Is she OK with this? What the f-ck?'”