UK Tabloid Forced to Admit Fabrication of Russell Crowe Story

British tabloids are notorious for playing fast and loose with their celebrity gossip, but rare is the occasion where they admit fault. Just last week we reported about the charmingly libelous British tabloid The Sun, and their baseless allegations that gypsies sabotaged police helicopters.

Well, now we can add another item to the list of British tabloid blunders, though this time it comes with an apology.

Per Gossip Cop:

A few weeks ago the British paper The Express reported that Russell Crowe had been tossed from a pub outside London called Brickmakers for causing a ruckus after being told he wouldn’t be served drinks after closing time. At the time the paper said, “Eventually he left . . . but not before smashing a plate.” The manager was quoted as adding that “He’s been asked not to return.”

As we pointed out then, and will repeat again now – Crowe was NEVER at that bar.

Never! Alas the correction is slightly more mundane than some of the spicier ones we’ve previously come across. But an apology nonetheless.

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