“There’s like a big cop with like a gun”: Olivia Rodrigo’s Terrifying Experience With a Police Officer Over Mistaken Identity Almost Got Her Arrested
- Olivia Rodrigo recalls having panic attacks during an interrogation while traveling to going from Canada to Portland.
- Rodrigo's Guts World Tour movie is streaming on Netflix.
- The singer-actress admits that it's interesting to watch her show as a movie from a different perspective.
Popularly known for her song Good 4 U from her debut studio album Sour, actress-singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo started her career by starring on Disney Channel’s Bizaardvark from 2016 to 2019. She later appeared in the Disney+ series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series from 2019 to 2022. Her first single, Drivers License, released in 2021 was a massive hit and helped her to reach a wider audience.
Rodrigo’s second album Guts was released in 2023, which goes on to reflect the experience of the process of maturity towards the end of her teenage years. Get Him Back, Bad Idea Right?, and Vampire were the most successful songs from the album. Guts has received a lot of appreciation and love from fans and critics, and in support of her album, the singer embarked on the Guts World Tour in 2024. In a recent interview, Olivia Rodrigo talks about having a panic attack during border interrogation.
Olivia Rodrigo opens up about getting in trouble with Law while on the Guts World Tour
Singer-actress Olivia Rodrigo, who embarked on the Guts World Tour in February 2024 in support of her second studio album Guts, appeared on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The singer was asked about two wildest things that have happened to her while being on the road. She shared that she got into trouble with the law for the first time and explained,
We were going from Canada to Portland or something. We were at border control. I give them 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, ‘Ah. I just played a few shows. Maybe like their daughter wants an autograph.’. And I come out; it’s 3 a.m., and I am delirious, and they take me to a room, and it’s an interrogation room, and there’s like a big cop with like a gun. And he’s like, ‘Have you ever been arrested?’
Rodrigo answered the cop, stating that she had never been arrested, and he asked again. The singer noted that by this time she was trying to gaslight herself into thinking that maybe she was arrested and didn’t know. Rodrigo assured the cop that she had never been arrested and that she was not lying and admitted to having a panic attack.
The former Disney star added that after 30 minutes he asked her to spell her name, and that’s when they believed that she wasn’t lying. Olivia Rodrigo shared,
Oh, there’s a girl who looks just like you; she’s your age, and she’s been arrested multiple times, and her name is Olivia Rodriguez.
Rodrigo added that the moral of the story is to be careful and playfully added, Stay away from Canada. During the interview, she added that she is so grateful for the tour that has taken her to the Philippines for the first time. She felt proud due to her Filipino heritage and added that it was really special and everyone was great.
Olivia Rodrigo talks about watching the Guts World Tour movie
Olivia Rodrigo: Guts World Tour movie premiered on October 29, 2024 on Netflix. In an interview with Variety, the singer shares if there was something that she discovered about herself while watching herself perform.
Rodrigo said that it was an interesting experience to sit down and watch the movie from beginning to end. She explained that it’s because she has been living and breathing the show for the past year but she has not been able to sit and watch it.
It was cool to see it from a different perspective. I mean, I try to not be so self-critical. There are certain moments where I can tell: ‘Oh, you’re a little more nervous than other moments’—and other moments where I’m like, ‘Oh yeah, you’re really in it, getting lost in it.’
Olivia Rodrigo noted during the interview that whenever she plays the piano, she gets nervous, and sometimes she can tell that in her face. However, she concluded that it was fun to watch the Guts World Tour concert movie. She shared that her favorite song to perform is All American B**ch, as it feels cathartic.
The singer also added that she liked watching Pretty Isn’t Pretty in the movie, as she finds it visually beautiful.
Olivia Rodrigo: Guts World Tour is streaming on Netflix.
