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 “not too long ago canceled” because 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” folks had 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 by way of getting canceled,” Powell revealed on the podcast. “It was a type 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 identified when the person approached them for a dialog.

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

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

Based on the “Anybody However You” star, he felt that method due to the adverse optics surrounding the individual on the time.

“This individual was not too long ago 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 needed to take an image with you, I spotted in a short time — I used to be like, ‘Ooh, I do not know if this can be a good thought,'” Powell additional mirrored.

And even when the person “clearly observed” that Powell wasn’t fascinated with taking the image, the “Twisters” actor stood his floor, not wanting the adverse 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 by way of the unhealthy 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 arduous emotions.

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

“Everyone’s at all times 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 stated, ‘Hey, it may get actually, actually loud. It is your job to only flip the amount down. Simply keep in mind, you could have your hand on that change. You’ve gotten your hand on the power 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 stated it began when the actor and his “Anybody However You” co-star Sydney Sweeney had been noticed trying flirty on the set of the 2023 rom-com.

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