Andrew McCarthy Held at Gunpoint in Ethiopia

By PopEater Staff Posted Feb 8th 2010 11:02AM

Times sure have changed for '80s heartthrob Andrew McCarthy. While penning a piece for travel magazine AFAR, the actor was detained at gunpoint after entering an Ethiopian church without proper documentation.

According to PEOPLE, the actor, who found himself without his paperwork while visiting the historic Lalibela church in Ethiopia's Amhara Region, was confronted by an armed guard. "His gun [was] pointed at my back," McCarthy writes. "I thought his reaction to my offense was extreme; I tried to say as much. He grunted something in Amharic and prodded me with the tip of his rifle."

After being escorted from the church, McCarthy was helped to safety by residents of the town.

Despite the alarming incident, the actor maintained his sense of humor, saying it was "just the kind of thing that happens when you show up alone in a distant country without a plan."

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Monday 08 February

By Jake

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Hey, srsnakes, yours is the typical response from who bonedaddy is referring to.

By BC

hey Rebecca, do you have something original to say? or, are you just Daddy's parrot?

By Mary Ann

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All I know, Is, If Andrew was in my town, I would hold him at gunpoint also, and take him home! :-)

By Pattykins1

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LMAO ditto!

By D.

Andrew was always my favorite brat-packer.

By Clinton

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Wow, Andrew McCarthy use to be cute. He didn't age all that well.

By MAGOOS

This is not what happens when you go into a foreign country without a plan. It is what happens when you go into a foreign country and offend the sensibilities of their culture because you were too arrogant to learn about them. I worked in Ethiopia and found its people kind, courteous and obliging, even their soldiers and police. Where I worked in Ethiopia is predominantly Coptic Christian and very traditional. Learn and respect the culture of any nation before you go there and be a little HUMBLE when you do!

By Robert

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You are a liar MAGOOS.

Why would anyone respect a culture where if you walk into a church without permission, you get a gun pointed at you?????? If a white guy did that to a black guy in a church in Alabama, you'd throw a fit you racist pig! You are despicable.

By noel

Robert: You have not lived/worked in a foreign country or you would know he is right....it is people like you and others who feel they are "entitled" to do whatever they want in arrogant ignorance that give the rest of us a bad name.

Friday 12 February

By henok

Honestly that's what he gets for not having a ticket and sneaking in. It's a historic sight. Same would have happened in the U.S. they would have arrested him and fined him, I'm sure.

By Drew

Andre McCarthy states " It shows what happens when you show up all alone in a distant country without a plan " This sounds like Obama.

By ms.r

love it so true badges we need no stinkings papers boy .as for obamma yeah we need a few papers on you as well but your already pres god help us

By Marcus

And the USA keeps sending money to these POS countries. We need to bounce all their worthless asses out of our country. And for you that don't agree, you can go with them.

By brdbrns4

well, the film Mannequin did suck pretty bad. I still can't look at a store front dummy the same way.

By chris

I bet he felt just like being in America.Those Ethipoians are the same no matter where you go.They are always over reacting out in a violent threating manner.,just watch a Jerry Springer show. It`s that Rap music I tell you. its making them in to SAVAGES..It`s like these animals just came out of the jungle. What is your problem stop being stereotypical. Not all of them are like that. You need to think before you speak.

By carlos

typicaL AFRICAN BEHAVIOR. THOSE PEOPLE ARE ALL THE SAME