She may be one of the most famous people on the planet, but Beyonce was no match for Egypt's "Indiana Jones".The singer was stopped from seeing the Pyramids because she kept renowned archaeologist Zahi Hawass waiting and refused to apologize, he has revealed.
"Most people I take on tours are very nice and we become friends. But this lady…," Hawass, the former Egyptian Minister of State for Antiquities, told The Independent newspaper.
"She said she would come at 3 p.m. but she came late. I said 'You have to say I'm sorry I'm late'. But she didn't open her mouth.
"I brought a photographer and she also had a photographer and a guard. When my photographer started to shoot, he said 'No, Stop! I am the one who says yes or no, not you.' I said 'In that case since you almost hit my photographer and you are not polite — out! I am not giving you the privilege of having you on my tour.' I said Beyoncé was stupid and I left," he told the newspaper. Hawass lost his job during the uprising in Egypt in 2011.
He has been accused of corruption over the alleged smuggling of antiquities.
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