Tensions rose on the Cannes red carpet when Denzel Washington appeared to share a heated exchange with a photographer. In the May 19 incident, captured on video, Washington scolds a photographer, pointing directly at the cameraman and appearing to say to get his hands off him after he reached out and grabbed the actor's arm.

Denzel Washington skipped a Cannes press conference after blowing up at a pushy photographer on the red carpet. The Hollywood legend was on the French Riviera to attend the world premiere of his latest collaboration with director Spike Lee,

People act like celebrities aren’t people. Stop putting your hands on strangers,” one fan wrote in response to the video of the heated moment.