Tensions rose on the Cannes red carpet when Denzel Washington appeared to share a heated exchange with a photographer. In the May 19 incident, captured on video, Washington scolds a photographer, pointing directly at the cameraman and appearing to say to get his hands off him after he reached out and grabbed the actor's arm.

After a tense red carpet moment, actor Denzel Washington's clarified his Cannes schedule, denying reports that he skipped events afterward.