After a tense red carpet moment, actor Denzel Washington's clarified his Cannes schedule, denying reports that he skipped events afterward.

Tensions rose on the Cannes red carpet when Denzel Washington appeared to share a heated exchange with a photographer. In the May 19 incident, captured on video, Washington scolds a photographer, pointing directly at the cameraman and appearing to say to get his hands off him after he reached out and grabbed the actor's arm.