Wayne Brady bought right into a battle over the weekend in Malibu with a driver who hit his automotive and tried to run away, authorities mentioned. The incident ended with the arrest of the opposite driver.
The “Don’t Overlook the Lyrics” host was driving alongside Pacific Coast Freeway in Malibu close to Las Flores Street and Duke’s restaurant round 7:30 p.m. Sunday when one other automotive backed into Brady’s, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. mentioned in an announcement shared with The Occasions.
When Brady and the opposite driver pulled over to change info, the driving force heard first responders’ sirens and ran away, the assertion mentioned. Brady tried to cease the individual, which led to “a minor bodily altercation.”
The motive force bumped into a close-by neighborhood, the place deputies arrested the person on suspicion of driving drunk, hit and run with injury to property, and battery, the assertion mentioned.
The division declined to launch the individual’s identify, citing an ongoing investigation. No person required medical consideration.
Representatives for Brady didn’t instantly reply to The Occasions’ requests for remark.
Brady most lately made headlines when he introduced his pansexuality in an interview with Folks.
He mentioned he was prompted to start out discovering new components of himself after the 2014 dying of Robin Williams, alongside along with his personal battle with melancholy.
“I did all of the remedy I might do,” he mentioned. “I used to be handled for love habit. It’s part of my journey. I needed to begin inspecting why I used to be searching for myself and happiness in a slew of individuals.”
Brady has hosted TV exhibits together with “Don’t Overlook the Lyrics” and “Let’s Make a Deal” and was a frequent panelist on “Whose Line Is It Anyway,” for which he gained a Primetime Emmy. He has additionally acted in “30 Rock” and “Chappelle’s Present.”
An completed stage actor, Brady additionally has starred in Broadway hits “Chicago,” “Hire” and “Hamilton.” He carried out in a Hollywood Bowl revival of “Kinky Boots” in 2022 and subsequent yr will star because the titular character within the touring revival of “The Wiz.”