BBC star 'banned' from clothes store after publicly slamming extra-large brand
ok.co.ukStephen Merchant has hilariously been banned from the High and Mighty clothes store after he criticised its extra-large products.The towering 'The Office' co-creator, who is 6ft 7in, found himself barred by the chain's staff following his less-than-flattering comments about their range in a Time Out interview.
He discovered his ban when someone from the costume department on one of his shows went to buy outfits for him and told a shop assistant: "I'm buying these for an actor." In a Sunday Express article, Stephen shared the laughable moment: "The woman behind the counter said, 'Which actor?'... 'Is it him?' She pulled out a copy of the Time Out interview and said, 'We're not selling clothes to him.'" OK!
has reached out to High and Mighty for comment. In another funny turn of events, Stephen also recently revealed on a US talk show that he used to carry three wallets while out in London, two of which were decoys in case he got mugged.
However, his plan hilariously failed when a mugger demanded his phone instead. Relaying the story to Seth Meyers, he quipped: "They were walking away and I was like, 'Do you want a wallet?' Adding to his string of comical misadventures, he recounted during his latest stand-up special how he once mistook a woman's intentions when she approached him in Trafalgar Square during New Year celebrations.
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