Olivia Rodrigo says she was almost arrested whereas trying to reenter the US throughout her current world tour.
The singer appeared on The Tonight Show Thursday night time, the place she provided a humorous account of a harrowing scenario.
Sure, fortunately, Olivia was capable of keep her well-known humorousness when recollecting the incident.
Olivia Rodrigo Remembers Almost Being Arrested
Olivia has been touring and performing nonstop over the previous 12 months. So it comes as no shock that her brush with the regulation passed off between exhibits.
As she relayed to Jimmy Fallon final night time, Olivia’s tour bus was leaving Canada and headed for Portland when the difficulty occurred.
“I give ’em my passport they usually’re like, okay, no matter. And so they knock on the door they usually’re like, we want Olivia. And I’m like, I simply performed just a few exhibits. Possibly their daughter desires an autograph,” she recalled.
“And I come out, it’s 3:00 AM and I’m delirious, they usually take me to a room and it’s an interrogation room. And there’s an enormous cop with a gun and he’s like, ‘Have you ever ever been arrested?’
“I’m like, ‘No, I haven’t been arrested.’ And he’s like, ‘Are you certain?’ I’m gaslighting myself? I’m like, oh my God. Possibly I used to be arrested and I didn’t understand it.”
Apparently, that’s when the authorities started taking a tough line with Olivia.
Olivia’s Scary Evening on the Border
“He’s like, you could possibly go to jail for mendacity to a federal officer. That is actually dangerous. I’m freaking out. I’m like, I’m not going to be let into America. I’m so scared. I’m having a panic assault,” Olivia instructed Fallon.
Fortunately, the matter was cleared up shortly thereafter.
“After half-hour of interrogation, he appears to be like at me and he goes, ‘What’s your identify?’ I am going, ‘Olivia Rodrigo, R-O-D-R-I-G-O.’” Olivia mentioned.
“And he’s like, ‘Oh, there’s a lady who appears to be like similar to you, that’s your similar age that’s been arrested a number of occasions. And her identify’s Olivia Rodriguez.’”
So yeah, it was a easy case of mistaken identification.
Olivia was permitted to enter the nation in time to entertain her Portland followers.
We’re certain the 21-year-old pop sensation would’ve most popular to not endure such a annoying scenario.
However hey, if there’s any silver lining right here it’s that a little bit brush with the regulation may add to Olivia’s rebel cred.
In spite of everything, swearing onstage is one factor, however almost getting arrested is sort of one other.
The actually essential factor right here is that Olivia is ready to giggle concerning the scenario. Jimmy Fallon laughed all through her story, too — however he laughs at actually all the pieces.
