6 celebrities that have been prohibited from whole countries
Find out what these stars have done to be denied the entrance.
Think Be a celebrity Is a free pass to travel the world? In fact, a certain reputation can make surprisingly easy to find yourself on the wrong side of the immigration authorities, like these stories of exiled celebrities reveal. Read the rest to discover the range of indiscretions, social causes, associations and allegations that have led these six stars prohibited to whole countries around the world.
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1 Selena Gomez
Supporting Tibet - that it means talking, attending an advantage or simply appearing in a film linked to the region - is an apparently sure way for celebrities to be banned from China, whose government does not recognize the autonomy of the autonomy Tibet. In 2016, Selena Gomez seal Harrison Ford ,, Keanu Reeves ,, Brad Pitt and other celebrities prevented China Image on his Instagram account of her smiling on the face of Dalai Lama , the spiritual leader of Tibet. Although she published the image two years earlier, it would have led her to be Impossible to do a tour in China .
However, it was not the first time that Gomez had been prevented from performing in a particular country. In 2013, Russia refused Gomez's entry For fear, she would denounce her Laws of "gay propaganda" .
2 Alec Baldwin
During an appearance in 2009 on The David Letterman Show ,, Alec Baldwin joked by saying that he thought "obtaining a Philippine correspondence sales bride". This led to members of the Philippine Senate excuse And the Consul General of Manila in New York calling the remark " offensive and detrimental . "A week later, Baldwin apologized On his blog HuffPost. Although the Philippines ambassador to the United States calls for apology A "positive reflection" on Baldwin , the actor was nevertheless Soon blacklist By his immigration office after being "considered an unwanted foreigner".
3 Sacha Baron Cohen
According to AOL UK, Sacha Baron Cohen was initially prohibited of the country at the heart of its politically (and factually) incorrect parody of 2006 Borat! Cultural learning of America to make glorious Kazakhstan nation benefits . So it's a surprise when Cohen was thanked Six years later, by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan to "stimulate tourism" after the country's visa requests have increased tenfold. By the time Borat 's Subsequent moviefilm The continuation was published in 2020, the Glorious Nation even used the slogan of the "very nice" character in Its tourism campaign .
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4 Snoop Dogg
Snoop Dogg Had a few difficult spots with regard to entry and stay in the United Kingdom. When he did a tour in 1993 and faced an accusation of murder be acquitted later from , Britain Daily star ran A story on the first page About the rapper urging the legislators to "launch this evil [Expletive]". To Snoop's surprise, none other than Queen Elizabeth II defended the artist. He said The Guardian In 2015, "when they tried to throw me from England, the queen made a comment according to which her grandchildren loved the dog Snoop Dogg, and he had not done any harm in the United Kingdom, then she 'gave permission to be here. " AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
However, the queen was not found after he and her entourage were involved in an altercation at Heathrow airport in 2006. Following this incident, Snoop was refused a travel visa The following year, ruin the plans for a tour with Diddy . An immigration court finally ruled That the border guards were wrong to deny the visa, but Snoop was then faced with problems elsewhere.
In 2007, the Australian authorities Prohibited the rapper The penetration of this country due to "a whole series of convictions", including accusations of cannon and drugs, associated with a two -day surpassing on a previous visa which had left it on thin ice. Five years later, the rapper was also Norway prohibition For two years after customs agents discovered that he was carrying more money than legally authorized in the country with eight grams of cannabis.
5 Cat Stevens
The first timeYusuf Islam, the British singer-songwriter also known as the scene Cat Stevens, wasforbidden to enter Israel was in 1990 - the same year that hecalls on the Iraqi presidentSaddam Hussein For the release of four British hostages. Although he has already visited Israel in 1988, Islam and his eight-year-old son were denied the entry this time on the field of "security reasons". After trying to enter the country in 2000,Islam said he had been detained In a small windowless cell without water for hours before being returned to Germany. Surprisingly, a government spokesman saidThe singer was denied the entrance "Because he is a supporter of Hamas", alleging that he had transferred funds to the militant Islamic group during his 1988 visit, according to ABC News.
The United States tooexpelled Islam in 2004 A few hours after the FBI diverted its flight linked to DC to Bangor, in Maine, when it was discovered, its name appeared on a terrorism surveillance list. This time, the British Foreign MinisterStraw Intervened, telling the American Secretary of StateColin Powell that action "should not have been taken“Islam has since returned to the United States to perform. He also said that he had never "knowingly supported terrorist groups", pronounced against terrorism and successfullyPublications pursued in defamation On stories binding the terrorism.
6 Lily Allen
Cat Stevens is not the only celebrity to have been sent home by the United States in 2007, the singer of "Smile"Lily Allen was detained and searched at Los Angeles Airport before she does her job O-1Visa revoked by the authorities Before a tour in the United States. Although it was not publicly specified why the visa was revoked, there wasspeculation it was due to an incident Outside a London nightclub in the months earlier in which she was warned by the police but not arrested. After marrying AmericanStranger Things starDavid Harbor In 2020, reports emerged thatAllen planned to move to the country which had rejected it in the past.