"Is your refrigerator running?"
"Yes."
"Well, you better go and catch it!"
These are the types of things that actor Russell Crowe never wants to hear again.
Crowe claims that he received some persistent prank calls from none other than . . . Michael Jackson.
The late King of Pop reportedly prank called the 50-year-old Oscar-winner "for two of three f---ing years," Crowe revealed in a recent interview with The Guardian.
"I never met him, never shook his hand, but he found out the name I stayed in hotels under," he said, admitting some of the habits stars have to maintain some privacy.
"It didn't matter where I was. He'd ring up, do this kind of thing, like you did when you were 10, you know. 'Is Mr. Wall there? Is Mrs. Wall there? Are there any Walls there? Then what's holding the roof up? Ha ha.'"
Crowe was clearly not amused by the singer's jokes. "You're supposed to grow out of doing that, right?" he said.
Michael Jackson died six years ago, so it looks like we'll just have to go with the Aussie's story on what allegedly happened.
MJ's harmless, cheesy pranks were nothing compared to the time in 2001 when Crowe was targeted by al-Qaeda - a frightening, and potentially life-threatening situation.
"I still really don't know to this day what the f--k that was all about. All I know is, I arrived in L.A., got to my hotel, as I'd done umpteen times before, started unpacking, and there was a knock at the door and a team of FBI guys wanted to sit down and discuss something with me.
"And then, for nearly two years, they were always around. I remember going to the Golden Globes and having, like, 16 security guys with me. I don't even know why. They wouldn't give me any details. And of course, people were like: 'Look at him, he thinks he's f--king Elvis.' And then one day they just weren't there anymore," he told The Guardian.
Crowe attempts to avoid scandals by choosing to live in his native land, according to People.
"There's an ease that I have living in Australia. The best things about Sydney are free: the sunshine's free and the harbor's free and the beach is free."
He most likely disconnects his phone line at home, too.
The "Gladiator" star is currently promoting "The Water Diviner," due out on April 24.
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