Denzel Washington confronted an autograph seeker after being accused of lying about his sobriety.
A video uploaded by New York City-based autograph seeker GTVReality shows a tense exchange with the two-time Oscar winner that appears to have taken place around August 2025. The confrontation began when Washington, from the inside of a car, asked GTV to “get away” from him. After Washington’s car began to move forward in traffic, GTV approached again, pleading for an autograph and saying, “Takes seconds to help a brother out.”
The incident brought attention to a timeline inconsistency in Washington’s sobriety claims. In the video, he stated he had been sober for 15 years. However, in a 2024 interview with Esquire, he said he stopped drinking at age 60 and would be celebrating 10 years sober in December.