When Crowe defeated journalist in cycling challenge
By IANSFriday, September 4, 2009
LONDON - Infuriated by an Australian journalist’s comments on his fitness regime and unhealthy habits, Hollywood actor Russell Crowe not only challenged the journo to a cycling duel but also defeated her.
The star was infuriated when Sydney’s Daily Telegraph published an article headlined - “Smokes and fatty foods the fitness regime for Rusty” - after he was spotted puffing cigarettes and eating fast food during a bike ride, reports imdb.com.
The paper ridiculed Crowe for taking breaks from his personal trainer to eat plates of tacos and satisfy his nicotine cravings, but the star has hit back by challenging gossip columnist Annette Sharp to take him on in a cycle challenge.
Crowe’s spokesperson phoned the writer and said: “Get on your bike. Russell wants you to go riding with him. Are you ready to die?
After accepting the duel, the actor met up with Sharp for a 12-mile cycle ride through Sydney.
In a video, the journalist is seen struggling to keep up with Crowe but the actor credits her efforts, insisting she is “twice the man Baz (Luhrmann) is.”
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September 23, 2009: 4:42 am
A great revenge I would say. This incident which occurred has a great lessons to be learned. |
 Macca |
September 10, 2009: 11:31 pm
You repeat the rude and mostly untrue gossip stories as if true. So many of the claims have been proven untrue, exaggerated and mostly just nonsense. Allow me to refute just a few…. The pub owner has said that not only was Crowe not banned from his pub, he’d never even been in it. The tabloid newspaper that published the claim eventually admitted the story was 100% fabricated. Crowe was not infuriated by the biking and smoking story, he turned it into a joke and PR romp. Both he and the writer had a bike ride, yes, but it was all in fun, with smiles and photographers recording it. Crowe was not flown by helicopter to the Robin Hood film set. He lived there in a trailer for weeks on end. |
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September 8, 2009: 3:18 am
A great revenge I would say. The incident has a great lessons to be learned. |
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