Russell Crowe’s close call with slithery “buddy”
Russell Crowe has shared a snap of the venomous snake he had a close encounter with over the weekend, with a warning for others who could come in contact with them.
Crowe came across the snake while walking barefoot outside his home in Nana Glen, to the west of Coffs Harbour in New South Wales.
“On the driveway. Me and my buddy Band Bandy. Thankfully, his markings broadcast his presence,” the Gladiator star wrote on Twitter, accompanied by a photo of the reptile.
“Broke my own rules, walking outside at night, without shoes. A little reminder of the folly of that choice.”
The 58-year-old also shared a clip of the Bandy Bandy, a snake that is endemic to Australia, with the caption: “Who’s my buddy now?”
His close call comes shortly after he shot down rumours he had married Britney Theriot, his girlfriend of two years, after the Broken City actress was spotted leaving an Italian hotel wearing a ring on her wedding ring.
Crowe reportedly dismissed the gossip in a text message to 2Day FM radio host Erin Molan.
“'[He texted me] Yeah, good guess. We are not married'.. Yeah, they are not married…” Molan said on the Hughesy, Ed, Erin show last month.
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