According to The Hollywood Reporter, the star of Get Him to the Greek and the inferior remake of the Dudley Moore ’80s comedy Arthur set off a lot of chatter among his Canuck fans this weekend when he tweeted that he would be late for a stand-up show at the Casino Rama north of Toronto.
“HELP! I’m gonna be late for Casino Rama show unless someone can force Canadian customs officials to let us land in Orillia!” he said.
That, it seems, was interpreted by some to mean that he was the subject of the customs officials’ objections.
Rumors to that effect weren’t killed by a subsequent statement issued by the casino:
“Casino Rama regrets to announce that this evening’s Russell Brand show has been postponed due to a travel issue being experienced by the artist”
Then they were fueled by another tweet from Brand, a.k.a. @rustyrockets:
“I’m sorry. I can’t enter Canada. We must abolish the borders between our nations AND our minds.”
Alas, some Canadians may be disappointed to discover that there appears to be no legal objection preventing Brand setting foot on their soil. Apparently the comedian was trying to be funny.
“Ok all, let’s be clear, @rustyrockets is still in Cali[fornia], he never left, he has no immigration or border issue, it was a tech issue with plane!,” Casino Rama has reportedly since acknowledged on its Twitter account.
A spokeswoman for the casino, Jenna Hunter, has also said that she thought Brand was trying to be ‘witty.’ To paraphrase Borat, a character played by another British comic-turned-film actor, very funny… not.
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