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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Entertainment
Maddy Mussen

Ten times Hugh Grant was hilariously curmudgeonly — from being anti-Oompa Loompa to hating Love Actually

While he holds a firm place as a British national treasure and charmer of the highest order, Hugh Grant can also be a cantankerous old man when he wants to be.

This was realised by the masses earlier this year after a clip of Grant being interviewed by model Ashley Graham at the Oscars went viral. Grant, who was giving Graham absolutely nothing to work with, was heavily criticised for his curmudgeonly behaviour — The Times called him “sullen”, The Washington Post labelled him “curt” and Piers Morgan accused Grant of treating Graham with “total disrespect.” And when Piers Morgan is saying that, you know you’re in deep.

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