Olivia Rodrigo says she was nearly arrested while attempting to reenter the US during her recent world tour.
The singer appeared on The Tonight Show Thursday night, where she offered a humorous account of a harrowing situation.
Yes, thankfully, Olivia was able to maintain her famous sense of humor when recollecting the incident.
Olivia Rodrigo Recalls Nearly Being Arrested
Olivia has been touring and performing nonstop over the past year. So it comes as no surprise that her brush with the law took place between shows.
As she relayed to Jimmy Fallon last night, Olivia’s tour bus was leaving Canada and headed for Portland when the trouble occurred.
“I give ’em my passport and they’re like, okay, whatever. And they knock on the door and they’re like, we need Olivia. And I’m like, I just played a few shows. Maybe their daughter wants an autograph,” she recalled.
“And I come out, it’s 3:00 AM and I’m delirious, and they take me to a room and it’s an interrogation room. And there’s a big cop with a gun and he’s like, ‘Have you ever been arrested?’
“I’m like, ‘No, I haven’t been arrested.’ And he’s like, ‘Are you sure?’ I’m gaslighting myself? I’m like, oh my God. Maybe I was arrested and I didn’t know it.”
Apparently, that’s when the authorities began taking a hard line with Olivia.
Olivia’s Scary Night at the Border
“He’s like, you could go to jail for lying to a federal officer. This is really bad. I’m freaking out. I’m like, I’m not going to be let into America. I’m so scared. I’m having a panic attack,” Olivia told Fallon.
Thankfully, the matter was cleared up shortly thereafter.
“After 30 minutes of interrogation, he looks at me and he goes, ‘What’s your name?’ I go, ‘Olivia Rodrigo, R-O-D-R-I-G-O.’” Olivia said.
“And he’s like, ‘Oh, there’s a girl who looks just like you, that’s your same age that’s been arrested multiple times. And her name’s Olivia Rodriguez.’”
So yeah, it was a simple case of mistaken identity.
Olivia was permitted to enter the country in time to entertain her Portland fans.
We’re sure the 21-year-old pop sensation would’ve preferred not to endure such a stressful situation.
But hey, if there’s any silver lining here it’s that a little brush with the law could add to Olivia’s rebel cred.
After all, swearing onstage is one thing, but nearly getting arrested is quite another.
The really important thing here is that Olivia is able to laugh about the situation. Jimmy Fallon laughed throughout her story, too — but you know he laughs at literally everything.
