LOS ANGELES, CA – Actor Bruce Willis apologized on Tuesday for refusing to wear a mask at a Rite Aid store in Los Angeles despite the city’s mask mandate.
The 65-year-old action star is currently appearing on the small screen in an advertisement for a DieHard car battery, and a series of negative headlines on Tuesday prompted him to issue a statement about the incident.
“Be safe there everyone and keep hiding,” he said.
Bruce Willis: Do you know who I am? Aid to the rite: pic.twitter.com/BCUZKSPcm6
– Johnny Akzam (@JohnnyAkzam) January 12, 2021
I wonder how the @riteaid the employee approached this? “We have an unbreakable mask on the ruler. I don’t have a sixth sense for this, but your mask is not on. I am not a boyscout either. It will 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 asked to leave a Los Angeles Rite Aid after refusing to wear a mask (@nypost)
– Nation Geek Vibes (@GeekVibesNation) January 12, 2021
I remember when Bruce Willis was so cool, Tony Amato on Miami Vice, David Addison on Moonlighting, now that, Bruce Willis, asked to leave a Rite Aid, not to wear a mask
– Jason Elias (@Zebop) January 13, 2021
Bruce Willis entered Rite Aid and was asked to leave as he would not be wearing a mask. What “cop” he could end up in the “Trauma Center” with a “Death Wish” and could “Die Hard” because he is not “Unbreakable” without a “Sixth Sense”
– Mayday Mindy (@ maydaymindy9) January 12, 2021
Bruce Willis refused to wear a mask in a ritual aid once he realized he was in fact dead the entire time
– Anthony Kapfer (@AnthonyKapfer) January 12, 2021
I am amazed. 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.
