He was named Rome’s Ambassador to the world in 2022, awarded as a “Global Icon” by GQ magazine, but he was also barred entry from a suburban Japanese restaurant in Melbourne for not wearing the correct attire, on a Friday, at lunchtime, in 37° heat, after tennis. A non-story that became global news. In February 2024, he shaved for the first time in five years, which created another non-story printed far and wide from page six in New York to Vanity Fair. Whether he’s telling the story, or people are telling a story about him, life’s always interesting if you’re Russell Crowe.
