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'They were angry because My Name Is Khan'
'They were angry because My Name Is Khan'
"I'm sorry if I made you wait but I had a few issues at the airport," he said. "I was stopped and questioned for a couple of hours. It's a big drag because they kept telling me my name is very common, and I kept telling them, my name is Shah Rukh. I've never even met anyone whose name is Shah Rukh. Later, I realised that were pissed off because I'm Khan."
The actor said no more about the experience, quickly switching over to chat about his other travel woe, the fact that his bags were delayed on British Airways. He then joked about how he'd had an offer of a loan of underwear from one of the show's organisers.
'They were angry because My Name Is Khan'
'They were angry because My Name Is Khan'
Ironically, Johar's 2010 release My Name is Khan has the Badshah playing Rizvan Khan, a man with the Asperger's symdrome -- a condition which affects social skills and the ability to read human emotion -- and is detained in Los Angeles because he has a Muslim name.
Shah Rukh Khan is expected to continue his US travel where he is scheduled to make another meet-and-greet appearance in Houston on Sunday.
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