Arts & Entertainment
Bruce Willis' Die-Hard Mask Stance Bites Him With A Vengeance
After being booted from a Los Angeles Rite Aid for not wearing a mask, and widely mocked on social media, Bruce Willis apologized Tuesday.
LOS ANGELES, CA — Actor Bruce Willis apologized Tuesday for refusing to wear a mask at a Rite Aid store in Los Angeles despite the city's mask mandate.
The die-hard mask stance got the "Die Hard" star booted from the pharmacy Sunday. While shopping at the pharmacy, Willis refused to wear a mask or pull the bandana around his neck over his nose and mouth, Page Six reported. A photo from the kerchief kerfuffle was circulated on social media and widely scorned in Los Angeles, where more than 200 people are dying daily from the coronavirus.
The 65-year-old action star is currently appearing on the small screen in a DieHard car battery commercial, and a slew of negative headlines Tuesday prompted him to issue a statement about the incident.
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In a statement to People magazine, Willis called it "an error in judgment."
"Be safe out there everyone and let's continue to mask up," he said.
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Still, critics took to Twitter to give Willis a hard time.
Bruce Willis: Do you know who I am? Rite Aid: pic.twitter.com/BCUZKSPcm6
— Johnny Akzam (@JohnnyAkzam) January 12, 2021
Wonder how the @riteaid employee approached this? "We have an unbreakable mask on rule. I don't have a sixth sense for this, but your mask isn't on. I'm no boyscout either. It'll be armageddon if you don't fix it in a split second."
— Nick Potts (@NickPotts__) January 13, 2021
Bruce Willis would rather DIE HARD than LIVE FREE - The actor was reportedly told to leave a Los Angeles Rite Aid after refusing to wear a mask (@nypost)
— Geek Vibes Nation (@GeekVibesNation) January 12, 2021
I remember when Bruce Willis was so cool, Tony Amato on Miami Vice, David Addison on Moonlighting, now this, Bruce Willis, asked to leave a Rite Aid, for not wearing a mask
— Jason Elias (@Zebop) January 13, 2021
Bruce Willis went into a Rite Aid and was asked to leave cause he wouldn’t wear a mask. What a “Cop Out” he might end up in the “Trauma Center” with a “Death Wish” and could “Die Hard” cause he’s not “Unbreakable” without a “Sixth Sense”
— Mayday Mindy (@maydaymindy9) January 12, 2021
bruce willis refused to wear a mask inside a rite aid once he realized he was actually dead the whole time
— Anthony Kapfer (@AnthonyKapfer) January 12, 2021
I'm stunned. Bruce Willis doesn't have a personal shopper to go to Rite Aid? https://t.co/2yjdETX2b0
— Tom Harrington (@cbctom) January 13, 2021
City News Service contributed to this report.
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