Russell Crowe took to X, formerly known as Twitter, on Wednesday (July 26th) to honor Sinead O’Connor following the news of her death at the age of 56. The Gladiator actor shared a descriptive story about meeting the “Nothing Compares 2 U” singer by chance last year.
Crowe was working in Ireland and having a “pint in the cold outside a Dalkey pub with some new friends” when a “woman with purpose” walked by. He said one of his new friends followed O’Connor and then waved him over to meet her.
“There under streetlights with mist on my breath, I met Sinéad. She looked in my eyes, and uttered with disarming softness ‘Oh, it’s you Russell,'” he wrote.