Hugh Grant details the “insulting and frightening” interaction at the airport

Hugh Grant makes public the details of a negative interaction that his children had at Heathrow airport in London during recent trips.

“I just went through Heathrow with a woman and children,” he wrote on X. “We all have the same family name (Grant) on our passports. The immigration officer engages my children in the cat who falls to them and then their whisper:” Is it your mom and dad? “”

Grant smashed the question as “intrusive, insulting and frightening”.

Weekly entertainment Contacted representatives for Grant, Heathrow airport and home office, which oversees immigration agents across the United Kingdom

Grant has five children, two with her ex, actress Tinglan Hong, and three with his current wife, television producer Anna Eberstein. His elder, Tabitha Xiao XI Grant, is 13 years old, and her youngest blue subsidy, is 7 years old.

The “Immigration and Passports” page on the Heathrow airport website notes that “if you (travel) with a child who has a different family name or that is not yours, you may be asked to confirm your relationship.” Grant noted in his post that all his children share his last name.

The British government’s website also notes that when you travel with children, airport agents “can ask you a few questions to establish your relationship with the child” if you are not the child’s parent or “may seem not to be the parent”.

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In an interview with Kelly Clarkson in 2024, Grant talked about his relationship with her children, joking that there is a lot to fear “about paternity”, because I am old and it’s noisy, and it’s unbearable, and I do a lot of hiding places in the toilet. “”

“But that’s good,” he continued. “Let’s face it, the song they jump in your arms – the six -year -old child, she calls her” Chimpanzee hug “. I like that.