Hugh Grant has revealed that his encounter with a sex worker took place after he was left in a bad mood from watching his own film.
The 60-year-old star, who was caught with sex worker Divine Brown in 1995, has recently explained he was frustrated at the time because of a recent acting performance.
After watching a screening of his first Hollywood movie, Nine Months, Grant had sought out Divine and the pair were then later arrested for engaging in a sex act in a car on Sunset Boulevard.
Speaking on the WTF podcast with Marc Maron, Hugh recently opened up about the event that left the showbiz world stunned.
Hugh Grant was arrested in 1995 after being caught engaging in a sex act with a sex worker (Image: Splash News)
“I was about to launch my first Hollywood film – my timing was impeccable,” he said during the podcast.
“My problem was – that was my first Hollywood film and I’d just been to see it.
Hugh added: “The film was about to come out a week or two after that, and I had a bad feeling about it. I went to see a screening. Everyone in it was brilliant, but I was so atrocious that I was not in a good frame of mind.”
Divine Brown was also arrested at the time (Image: Splash News)
Hugh revealed that he was disappointed with his “atrocious” performance and one thing led to another on the fateful day.
He continued: “I had a Ken Russell kind of lunch – and one thing led to another. I just was disappointed in myself.
“I don’t know what was going on. It was called Nine Months.”
Luckily, the movie – that was released just two weeks later – was a hit at the box office.
“The film did alright at the box office, in fact I think it did quite well, and that’s all Hollywood really cares about,” he continued.
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Hugh Grant recently opened up about the events surrounding his 1995 arrest (Image: Getty Images)
“They don’t care what you get up to so long as you make them money.”
Following the arrest, Hugh actually owned up to his actions in a statement and apologised.
“Last night I did something completely insane,” he said in a statement at the time. “I have hurt people I love and embarrassed people I work with. For both things I am more sorry than I can ever possibly say.”
He then pleaded no contest and was fined $1,180 and was placed on two years’ summary probation by Judge Robert J Sandoval.
Hugh is now married and has five children (Image: Getty Images)
At the time, his humility following the arrest might have actually been his saving grace, as well as speaking candidly about how he messed up with talk show host Jay Leno.
Grant – who is now married and has five children – has dramatically changed his ways since his arrest.
During the recent podcast, he added that there isn’t much room for him to “misbehave”.
Back in 1995, Hugh was caught receiving oral sex from Divine Brown – born Estella Marie Thompson – in his car on Sunset Boulevard.
She claimed that police saw them because Hugh kept on pressing the brake pedal in his car, which caused the lights to flash.
Divine was ordered to attend an AIDS class, perform five days of community service, pay $1,150 for parole violations and spend 180 days in jail.
At the time, she did not know who Hugh was but she received plenty of publicity after the fact, appearing on shows such as The Howard Stern Show.
She went on to appear in ads for an LA radio station, a Brazilian lingerie company, and in magazines like Penthouse, as well as as a presenter on UK porn channel Television X.
It’s reported that she became a millionaire after all of the publicity and was able to put her daughters through private school, while also buying a home in Beverly Hills.
She said in 2007: “Everything worked out for the better.
“It helped me turn it into something positive … I was blessed that it could get me out of that lifestyle.”
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
