I Thought My Kente Fabric Will Fall Off And I’ll Be Left In Simply my Boxers – Idris Elba Recounts Assembly Asantehene Throughout Akwasidae

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British actor with Ghanaian roots, Idris Elba, has recounted the second he met the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, throughout this 12 months’s Akwasidae.

Elba famously met the Asante monarch in February throughout a visit to Ghana to shoot a documentary.

He was captured sporting a formidable kente material and regarded virtually as regal because the king.

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Elba addressed the images throughout an look on American discuss present the Late Present with Stephen Colbert.

In keeping with him, he wasn’t even conscious he needed to put on kente material to fulfill the Otumfuo.

He stated he turned up in his denims and was given kente to put on.

He additionally revealed he was scared as hell that his kente material would fall off and he’d be left earlier than the king sporting simply boxer shorts!

“So if you meet the king, sometimes what it’s important to drop the kente material shoulder down slightly bit after which shake the King’s hand. It’s a part of the custom like an emblem of respect.

“That is the primary time I’m sporting it and beneath, you simply received your shorts on. And my factor stored unravelling. I used to be like, ‘oh, man, I’m going to fulfill the king, and it’s going to fall off me and be standing there in my boxers’.”

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The Luther actor stated he was glad to not have had any mishap happen including “I did my factor gently. It was really a extremely lovely time. I don’t imply to make enjoyable of it. It was very lovely.”

Watch Elba on Colbert beneath…

Supply: GhanaCelebrities.Com













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