Hugh Grant jokes about 1995 lewd conduct arrest, says Hollywood Boulevard is a 'lucky place'

Hugh Grant returned to Hollywood Boulevard and poked amusive astatine his infamous 1995 apprehension for lewd behaviour with a enactment idiosyncratic connected Sunset Boulevard. 

While Grant attended the "Heretics" movie premiere astatine the TCL Chinese Theatre successful Hollywood Oct. 24, filmmaker Bryan Woods asked the prima to code the assemblage earlier the movie began, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

"I person thing absorbing to adhd to that but that it is precise bully to beryllium here. Hollywood Boulevard has ever been a fortunate spot for me," Grant teased. "It's bully of AFI to person us. It's bully of you to amusement up. It's bully of these girls to beryllium superb successful the film. It was bully of these 2 weirdos to enactment maine successful it and bully of the producers to wage maine truthful little. So, I anticipation you bask it." 

Hugh Grant joked astir his 1995 lewd behaviour apprehension astatine the "Heretic" movie premiere. (JC Olivera/Getty Images)

Also successful attendance Thursday nighttime were Grant's co-stars, Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East. Woods was joined by chap filmmaker Scott Beck. 

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The actor's apprehension rocked headlines successful the '90s, truthful overmuch truthful that Grant issued a nationalist apology connected "The Tonight Show" aft his arrest. 

"Last nighttime I did thing wholly insane. I person wounded radical I emotion and embarrassed radical I enactment with. For some things I americium much atrocious than I tin ever perchance say," helium said astatine the time.

"I person thing absorbing to adhd to that but that it is precise bully to beryllium here. Hollywood Boulevard has ever been a fortunate spot for me."

According to The Independent, Grant was required to wage a $1,000 good and implicit 2 years' summary probation and compulsory information successful an AIDS acquisition program.

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At the time, Grant reportedly paid enactment idiosyncratic Divine Brown $60 to execute oral enactment connected him successful a car. Brown was sentenced to 180 days successful situation for performing the lewd enactment and breaking her probation. She aboriginal went connected to make $1 cardinal from publicity from the scandal, reports say.

Hugh Grant's mugshot successful Los Angeles successful 1995. (Steve Granitz/WireImage)

Since 1995, Grant has spoken astir the arrest. In 2018, helium told Poeple helium "was conscionable an idiot" erstwhile it came to his decision-making.

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"I didn’t effort to say, ‘I’ve got this intelligence problem.’ I conscionable said, ‘I did it,'" helium added. 

Hugh Grant and Elizabeth Hurley were dating astatine the clip of the incident. (Frank Trapper/Corbis via Getty Images)

Elizabeth Hurley and Hugh Grant divided successful 2000 but stay friends. ( Ian Jones/Getty Images)

At the clip of the scandal, Grant was successful a relationship with Elizabeth Hurley. They remained unneurotic done the incidental but divided successful 2000. They person maintained  a friendship. Grant is adjacent godfather to Hurley's lad Damian. 

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"We’re similar member and sister. … I deliberation it’s partially due to the fact that we went from zero to determination together," Grant told People successful 2018. "We went done unspeakable years astatine the opening erstwhile neither of america had immoderate work, surviving successful a tiny flat. It was rather bonding."

Grant said the merchandise of his archetypal Hollywood film, "Nine Months," contributed to his decision-making. (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)

In 2021, Grant was a impermanent connected Marc Maron's "WTF" podcast and said the Hollywood debut of his movie "Nine Months" contributed to the mediocre decision. 

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"I was astir to motorboat my archetypal Hollywood film. My timing was impeccable. My occupation was that was my archetypal Hollywood film, and I’d conscionable been to spot it," helium said astatine the time. "The movie was astir to travel retired a week oregon 2 aft that, and I had a atrocious feeling astir it. I went to spot a screening. Everyone successful it was brilliant, but I was truthful atrocious that I was not successful a bully framework of mind."

Grant's upcoming A24 fearfulness film, "Heretic," follows 2 young, pistillate missionaries who sound connected the incorrect man's door, Mr. Reed (Grant), according to IMDb. The film debuts successful theaters Nov. 8.