RantCrush Top 5: August 12, 2016

He’s known as Bollywood’s George Clooney, has been in more than 80 movies, and has received numerous accolades, including 14 Filmfare awards. He’s Shah Rukh Khan, an Indian actor, producer, and TV personality. So why does he keeps getting detained at U.S. airports? This morning, SRK was detained at Los Angeles Airport, and he wrote this heartbreaking tweet:

I fully understand & respect security with the way the world is, but to be detained at US immigration every damn time really really sucks.

— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) August 12, 2016

Khan has been detained quite a bit. This includes an instance in 2012, where he was detained for 90 minutes in the White Plains airport near New York. In 2009, he was stopped for two hours at Newark and he was finally released after India’s embassy intervened.

Today, SRK’s tweet got the attention of many American diplomats, including the US Embassy.

Sorry for the trouble at LAX @iamsrk. We are working to ensure it doesn’t happen again. Your work inspires millions, including in the US.

— Rich Verma (@USAmbIndia) August 12, 2016

Hey TSA, Shahrukh looks like a threat ~only~ in the movies, not in IRL. https://t.co/WbdL81RKUspic.twitter.com/M1HIEkMHOD

— Anup Kaphle (@AnupKaphle) August 12, 2016

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