Chris Tucker In Beijing: 'Let's Go To The Forbidden City & Do Stuff That's Forbidden'

Access Hollywood - August 11, 2008 1:16 PM PDT
Story photo: Chris Tucker In Beijing: 'Let's Go To The Forbidden City & Do Stuff That's Forbidden'Access Hollywood

By Mike Marson & Jeremy Blacklow

BEIJING, China -- "Let's go to the Great Wall and let's go to the Forbidden City, and let's do stuff that's forbidden," comedian Chris Tucker suggested to Access Hollywood's own Shaun Robinson as they went for a stroll in the Houhai district of Beijing.

Chris Tucker may be getting just a little TOO into the China spirit, but it was hard not to as the "Rush Hour" star made a bunch of new friends in a short amount of time.

"Ni hou Ni hou ma," locals said to him.

[ 2008 Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony - Play it Now ]

Even our driver was excited to get the star's John Hancock.

"It's great, somebody says your name in another country, like, 'Chris Tuck-ah you Chris Tuck-ah,' - Yeah, that's me!"

Then, it was time for a little shopping.

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"Have you bought any souvenirs at all," Shaun asked.

"I gotta buy my momma something, I might buy her a fan," Chris said. "She could take this to church," he replied, picking up a traditional Chinese fan.

Next, the two looked at horsehair brushes, but Chris needed to brush up on some of his facts.

"The emperor used this to get all that stuff off of him," he insisted. "The emperor - back in the day, people used to do it for the Emperor."

"Uh, actually it's a calligraphy brush," the booth salesman said, with the help of their translator, Haitao.

But Chris did indeed know a thing or two about the Forbidden City.

"Why do they call it the Forbidden City," Shaun asked Chris. "What is so Forbidden?"

"Because people back in the centuries, they were forbidden from coming inside," he answered correctly.

"The emperor would be like, 'You better not come up in here.' I like how they was rollin' back then."

Actually, on this one, Chris was indeed pretty much spot on!

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  • Nancy
    Does anyone have any information regarding the woman, Gail Webb ,whose saying that Chris Tucker is her daughter's father.
    report abuseposted May 29, 2009 11:14 PM PDT
  • chillyfromphilly
    everyone is entitled to his/her opinion. some thinks he funny, some don't. i do know one thing for a fact. he agent is a genius. because chris tucker has been able to become a multi, multi,multi millionare, by basically doing the same movie over and over and over again. i would love to see him do stand up again.
    report abuseposted September 18, 2008 5:58 AM PDT
  • Pamela G
    my panties are just fine, curlycute, as is my sense of humor...which is exactly why i don't find him funny - just crude and ignorant, and i'm as entitled to my opinion as you are. now for heaven's sake, extricate YOUR panties and take a tranquilizer.
    report abuseposted August 11, 2008 7:43 PM PDT
  • Brown Lobster
    It figures from this Garbage mouthed Loser...
    report abuseposted August 11, 2008 2:04 PM PDT
  • nicole
    i LOVE chris tucker!! one of the best around!
    report abuseposted August 11, 2008 1:34 PM PDT
  • Veronica M.
    I NEVER FOUND HIM FUNNY, IT'S LIKE HE'S ACTING LIKE A CARTOON STEROTYPE....IS IT JUST ME? MAYBE I AM LAME...BUT HE'S JUST NOT FUNNY TO ME.
    report abuseposted August 11, 2008 1:30 PM PDT
  • Ladibug
    I would love to see more Chris Tucker... By himself, in a movie... he's very funny!
    report abuseposted August 11, 2008 1:30 PM PDT
  • Curlycute
    Pamela G get your panties from out of a bunch. You must not have any sense of humor at all. Chris Tucker is loved by many and that includes Asian people. Take your conservative, tired behind and go find a clue!
    report abuseposted August 11, 2008 10:50 AM PDT
  • B.Money
    Maybe he was researching for his roll in Rush Hour 4...haha!!
    report abuseposted August 11, 2008 10:34 AM PDT
  • Lisa
    radrobd:WHO U THINK SHOULD BE THERE???THE WHOS FROM WHOVILLE,LOL
    report abuseposted August 11, 2008 8:14 AM PDT
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