Get ready to roll your eyes and chuckle, because Rami Malek just dropped a bombshell about a wild encounter with the LAPD that’s almost too ridiculous to believe! You know Rami, right? The guy who played Freddie Mercury and made us all question our karaoke skills? Well, it turns out he’s also got a knack for dodging police profiling.
In a recent interview, Rami, the 43-year-old star who happens to be Egyptian (and if you forgot, let me remind you—he grew up in sunny Los Angeles, where he’s probably seen more palm trees than he can count), spilled the tea on how he once found himself on the wrong side of the LAPD’s “let’s randomly profile people” game.
Now, this guy claims he’s “white passing,” but clearly, his distinctive features screamed, “I’m not just your average Joe!” So, picture this: Rami’s strutting around, thinking he’s blending in, and bam! He has a run-in with the fuzz because they mistook him for a liquor store robber. Yes, a liquor store robber!
He shared his experience with The Guardian, and it’s pure comedy gold. “I got thrown on the bonnet of an LAPD cop car because someone had robbed a liquor store and stolen a woman’s bag,” he recalled. “They said the [thief] was of Latin descent and thought, ‘Hey, you fit the description!’” Honestly, what kind of description were they using? “Random guy in the vicinity”?
But wait, it gets better! Rami described how he felt the heat from the engine of that cop car, which must have been racing over to make this hilarious mistake. “It was almost burning my hands,” he said, likely wishing he could take his hands off the hot metal and wave them in surrender.
Then, his Caucasian friend, quick on his feet, jumped in with the ultimate mic drop moment. “Actually, sir, he’s Egyptian. Not Latin.” Talk about a plot twist! Rami chuckled as he realized he was in a precarious situation where he might just end up in the slammer for a crime he didn’t commit. “OK, this is a very precarious situation. I may well be going to jail for something I’ve not done,” he thought, probably wondering if he could negotiate a role in a cop movie for his troubles.
Rami Malek: the man who was almost arrested for being himself. Stay tuned for more updates, because we know you’re dying to hear how this story unfolds!
