Hugh Grant talks about his s*x scandal again: the movie 'Nine hours' was to blame
Hugh Grant is pure British irony, and even his greatest transgressions have been archived in the popular imagination with a touch of charismatic anecdote. Of course, it was the 90s, and even Carlos from England was the star of what at that time was understood as a s**ual scandal. In 1995, the protagonist of Four Weddings and a Funeral was arrested while having s*x in a car with Divine Brown, an American woman who worked as a prostitute. Hugh Grant was brought to justice by some agents who, after what happened was made public, would speak to the media about how polite the actor was with them at all times.
His public apology on The Jay Leno Show was one of the television events of the decade, as convincing as it must have been when he apologized to Liz Hurley: the actress, who was his partner and remained until 2000, also told him he let out of that gracefully and is still his great friend today. And 26 years after the incident, Hugh Grant spoke publicly about his career-defining event, revealing several things we still didn't know.
"One thing led to another"
After the success of Four Weddings and a Funeral, Hugh Grant made his debut at the North American box office with Nine Months, a romantic comedy in which he starred alongside Julianne Moore, Jeff Goldblum, Robin Williams, and Joan Cusack and in which he gives life to a man about to of being a parent who is overwhelmed with responsibilities. According to what the actor recounted in an American podcast (with Marc Maron), it was his insecurities regarding his performance in the film that pushed him to make an erratic and questionable decision.
"Went to see a screening. Everyone was brilliant, but my performance was so appalling that it didn't leave me in a good place mentally. So, after a meal with too much alcohol, one thing led to another. I was disappointed in myself. I don't know what happened to me," he says.
Paradoxically, the film was a success in Hollywood and reaped good fortune. The s*x scandal didn't go too bad either: Hugh Grant was sentenced to two years probation, fined £760, and had to attend an HIV awareness seminar, but his press agent agreed to a move that finally "was great" for his career and that the actor continues to remember several years later.
And the matter also turned out to be advantageous for Divine Brown, who already prefers to speak to the media under her name, Stella Thompson, and has spoken sympathetically about Hugh Grant's personal life on several occasions. Thompson made about $1.5 million from serving the media after she and Hugh Grant were arrested. As a result, she and her husband went to live in a four-bedroom house that they could buy in Beverly Hills, and the couple was able to send their daughters to a private school: "Everything turned out well," she said several years ago. after. "He helped me turn it into something positive and allowed me to get out of that life."
