Hugh Grant Calls Out ‘Creepy’ Airport Officer over ‘Intrusive’ Encounter with His Youngsters

Hugh Grant was left unimpressed by his newest airport expertise.

On Friday, April 4, the actor, 64, referred to as out an immigration officer at London’s Heathrow Airport for allegedly performing “intrusive, insulting and creepy” throughout an encounter along with his youngsters.

Writing in a submit on X, Grant claimed that immigration officers on the London airport requested his children if he and his spouse Anna Eberstein have been their mother and father.

“Simply got here by way of Heathrow with spouse and kids,” Grant’s submit learn. “All of us have the identical final title (Grant) on our passports. Immigration officer engages my youngsters in chit chat then whispers to them ‘Are these your Mum and Dad?’ .  Intrusive, insulting and creepy.”

Whereas Grant shares daughter Tabitha Xiao, 13, son Felix Chang, 11, with actress Tinglan Hong, he’s additionally dad to son John Mungo, 12, and daughters Lulu Hazard, 9, and Blue, 6, with Eberstein, 46.

A spokesperson for Heathrow Airport confirmed to PEOPLE that Border Pressure officers are employed by the Residence Workplace and never the airport.

PEOPLE has contacted the Residence Workplace for remark.

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“In case you are travelling with a toddler (underneath 18) and usually are not the kid’s dad or mum, or might seem to not be the dad or mum (for instance, you probably have a distinct household title), we might ask you a number of questions to ascertain your relationship with the kid,” a Border Pressure article on the U.Ok. authorities’s web site reads. “We’ll all the time do that as shortly as attainable and in a method which is delicate to the pursuits of the kid and the grownup concerned.”

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In November, Grant opened up about having youngsters later in life.

“I had them a lot too previous in life , I began once I was 52,” he stated on the Smartless podcast. “Now I am 64, , and the youngest is 6, and I would like a protracted stint in a sanatorium or an abbey.”

He additionally received emotional when talking about his children on The Kelly Clarkson Present earlier that month.

“I imply there’s so much to dread as a result of I am previous and it is noisy and it is insufferable and I do a little bit of hiding within the lavatory,” he joked.

Tearing up, he continued, “I imply, I am going dwelling tonight and, let’s face it, the bit the place they leap in your arms — my 6-year-old calls it her ‘chimpanzee hug.’ I fairly like that … I’ve made myself cry.”