--- title: Paul Rudd Not Involved in Homophobic Airport Scuffle in Dallas: Rep description: Hunky mensch who took down violent bully looks like Paul Rudd, is not Paul Rudd canonical: https://time.com/3542013/paul-rudd-airport-homophobe-scuffle/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-27T19:59:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T11:02:18.319Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Paul Rudd Not Involved in Homophobic Airport Scuffle in Dallas: Rep og:description: Hunky mensch who took down violent bully looks like Paul Rudd, is not Paul Rudd og:url: https://time.com/3542013/paul-rudd-airport-homophobe-scuffle/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0b202206e3ef2b2c/698762eacd68489305097579/paul-rudd.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: "They Came Together" Screening - BAMcinemaFest 2014 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Paul Rudd Not Involved in Homophobic Airport Scuffle in Dallas: Rep twitter:description: Hunky mensch who took down violent bully looks like Paul Rudd, is not Paul Rudd twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0b202206e3ef2b2c/698762eacd68489305097579/paul-rudd.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # No, That Wasn't Paul Rudd Tackling an Airport Homophobe  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Oct 27, 2014 7:59 PM UTC  Actor Paul Rudd attends the "They Came Together" screening during theBAMcinemaFest 2014 at BAM Harvey Theater on June 23, 2014 in New York City. Actor Paul Rudd attends the "They Came Together" screening during theBAMcinemaFest 2014 at BAM Harvey Theater on June 23, 2014 in New York City.Ilya S. Savenok—Getty Images  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Oct 27, 2014 7:59 PM UTC Sorry, amateur celebrity sleuths — the actor Paul Rudd was _not_ involved in the tackling of a man shouting homophobic slurs in a Dallas airport last week. A man [who looked almost exactly](http://www.mediaite.com/online/did-paul-rudd-help-take-down-dallas-airport-homophobe/) like the _This Is 40_ star was caught on video helping to tackle a man who yelled homophobic slurs and kicked another man waiting in Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport last week. After the man became violent, a group of people swarmed him and brought him to the ground, with the help of a wavy-haired hunk in a checkered shirt who looks a lot like Paul Rudd. The video of the incident quickly went viral, amid[ rumors](http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2014/10/27/whoa-paul-rudd-was-one-of-the-airport-heroes-who-took-down-the-homophobe/) that the Hollywood funnyman was involved. But Paul Rudd’s rep confirmed to TIME on Monday afternoon that the man with a noble heart, quick reflexes, and a strong sense of social outrage is not Paul Rudd. Ladies: That means there is a mensch out there who looks like Paul Rudd but isn’t Paul Rudd, and also appears to be nice, hunky, and quick to stand up to injustice. _Read next:_ [_Take Your First Look At Paul Rudd As Marvel’s Ant-Man_](http://time.com/3144957/paul-rudd-ant-man-marvel/?xid=time%5Freadnext) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3542013/paul-rudd-airport-homophobe-scuffle/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3542013/paul-rudd-airport-homophobe-scuffle/"},"headline":"No, That Wasn't Paul Rudd Tackling an Airport Homophobe","datePublished":"2014-10-27T19:59:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:02:18.319Z","description":"Hunky mensch who took down violent bully looks like Paul Rudd, is not Paul Rudd","url":"https://time.com/3542013/paul-rudd-airport-homophobe-scuffle/","keywords":["celebrity","Gay Rights","LGBT","Actor","Dallas","paul rudd","Homophobia"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0b202206e3ef2b2c/698762eacd68489305097579/paul-rudd.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0b202206e3ef2b2c/698762eacd68489305097579/paul-rudd.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"They Came Together\" Screening - BAMcinemaFest 2014","caption":"\"They Came Together\" Screening - BAMcinemaFest 2014","creditText":"Ilya S. 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