The Office co-creator Stephen Merchant, who stands at 6ft 7in, said he was barred from the store after he criticised its offerings in an interview with Time Out
Stephen Merchant, the towering ‘The Office’ co-creator, has been banned from High and Mighty after he criticised their extra-large clothes.
The 49-year-old, who stands at a lofty 6ft 7in, was reportedly barred by the store following his less-than-flattering comments in a Time Out interview.
He discovered the ban when a costume department worker, shopping for him, was told by a shop assistant: “I’m buying these for an actor.” Stephen recounted to the Sunday Express: “The woman behind the counter said, ‘Which actor? ‘… ‘Is it him? ‘” before pulling out the interview and declaring, “She pulled out a copy of the Time Out interview and said, ‘We’re not selling clothes to him.'”.
In a hilarious twist, Stephen also shared on a US talk show how he used to carry three wallets while out in London, two of which were decoys in case of muggers. However, his cunning plan fell through when a thief demanded his phone instead. Recalling the incident to Seth Meyers, he joked: “They were walking away and I was like, ‘Do you want a wallet? ‘”.
Adding to his string of comical misadventures, Stephen revealed during his latest stand-up special an awkward encounter where he mistook a woman’s intentions. He thought she was making advances, but she merely wanted to use him as a rendezvous point, saying: “I was in Trafalgar Square at New Year. So I was watching the New Year fireworks.”
“It was approaching midnight and a woman kind of was looking at me and I was like, ‘Hang on, here we go. Game on. This lady’s seen me on the telly. She wants a little piece of Stephen. She’s only human.’ And she came up and she said, ‘Are you going to be here for a while?’ And I said, ‘Yes, I am!’
“And she said, ‘Great, because my friends and I have arranged to meet back at you.’ Because I’m 6ft 7in. I’m normally about a foot and a half taller than most people in any crowd. She said, ‘Don’t worry. You can still move around. We’ll see you wherever you are.’ And yeah, by about five past midnight, a bunch of people were just gathered around me.”
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