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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Tuesday 09 February

By Carlos

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Wow, a George Bush reference from a Hollywood liberal douchebag. Hey numbnuts, the world was a dangerous place before the US invaded Iraq, and it will continue to be long after the war is over. Idiot.

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.