"Saltburn" actor Jacob Elordi grabbed the throat of radio producer Joshua Fox as he felt uncomfortable with the joke made in reference to famous bathtub scene from his movie Saltburn.
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00:00 Jacob Elordi, who has been striking the attention of the audience with his performance in Salt
00:07 Burn, is currently making headlines due to his involvement in an altercation with a local
00:16 radio producer, and thus he is facing continuous police investigation.
00:22 According to Variety, police are still looking into the matter, and their statement says
00:29 police were told about 3.30pm on Saturday, 3 February 2024.
00:35 A 32-year-old man was allegedly assaulted by a 26-year-old man.
00:41 The man did not sustain any injuries.
00:44 Inquiries into the incident are continuing.
00:47 Joshua Fox, producer for The Kylie and Jackie O Show on KISL FM, approached Euphoria star
00:57 Jacob Elordi on Saturday, 3 February at a hotel in Sydney's eastern suburb for his
01:05 radio show.
01:06 And on that show, using a reference to a viral bathtub scene in the movie Salt Burn, he asked
01:14 Jacob if he could have some of his bathwater for Jackie O for her birthday.
01:22 But his joke landed in the most unexpected way and Elordi physically attacked the radio
01:27 producer.
01:28 Radio producer Joshua Fox said that Elordi insisted on stopping recording as the joke
01:36 didn't go well.
01:37 He got right in the face.
01:39 He added, "And then Jacob kind of just flips and he kind of pushes me against the wall
01:47 and his hands are on my throat.
01:50 In the recorded tape, it can hear Jacob saying, 'You are kidding me.
01:55 Are you filming?
01:57 Can you not, man?
01:58 Please?'
01:59 And after that, the radio producer was about to stop it but till then Elordi indulged into
02:05 a fight.
02:06 Well, radio reporter Fox said that he doesn't want to file any charges for now.
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