Stephen Merchant has been barred from a shop after he took a swipe at their clothes.
The comedian and co-creator of ‘The Office’ said he was banned from High and Mighty after he slated their extra-large clothing range. The 49 year old, who stands at a whopping 6ft 7in, was allegedly blacklisted by the store following his less-than-complimentary remarks in a Time Out interview.
He found out about the ban when a costume department worker, shopping on his behalf, was told by a shop assistant: “I’m buying these for an actor.” Stephen told the Sunday Express: “The woman behind the counter asked, ‘Which actor? ‘… ‘Is it him?.
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“She pulled out a copy of the Time Out interview and said, ‘We’re not selling clothes to him.'”. In a comical turn of events, Stephen also revealed on a US chat show that he used to carry around three wallets while out and about in London, two of which were decoys to fool muggers.
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However, his clever scheme fell flat when a robber demanded his phone instead, reports the Mirror. Recounting the incident to Seth Meyers, he quipped: “They were walking away and I was like, ‘Do you want a wallet? ‘”.
Adding to his catalogue of funny mishaps, Stephen disclosed during his latest stand-up gig a cringe-worthy encounter where he misinterpreted a woman’s intentions. He believed she was flirting, but she simply wanted to use him as a meeting point.
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He said: “I was in Trafalgar Square at New Year. So I was watching the New Year fireworks.”
“It was approaching midnight and a woman kind of was looking at me and I was like, ‘Hang on, here we go. Game on. This lady’s seen me on the telly. She wants a little piece of Stephen. She’s only human.’ And she came up and she said, ‘Are you going to be here for a while? ‘ And I said, ‘Yes, I am!'”.
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“And she said, ‘Great, because my friends and I have arranged to meet back at you.’ Because I’m 6ft 7in. I’m normally about a foot and a half taller than most people in any crowd. She said, ‘Don’t worry. You can still move around. We’ll see you wherever you are.’ And yeah, by about five past midnight, a bunch of people were just gathered around me.”
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