Austin Butler has revealed how he was too nervous to get high in front of his “hero”, Robert De Niro . During Monday's episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! , the 32-year-old actor reflected on his get-together with De Niro and Snoop Dogg, which made headlines in March. Speaking with Kimmel, Butler noted that when he was invited to hang out with the two celebrities, he didn’t hesitate to go.
“A mutual friend said, ‘Do you wanna come over to my house and have tacos with Snoop Dogg and Robert De Niro?’, and I dropped everything and I was there in a heartbeat.” After Butler shared that he hung out with Snoop Dogg’s dog, Snoopy, Kimmel then asked if the pet “smoke pot also”, since the rapper often discusses how he smokes weed frequently. While the Elvis star joked that the dog was “indulging”, he then revealed why he didn’t smoke any weed when Snoop Dogg offered it to him.
“He had it there, and I was so nervous to get too high, and then be trying to talk to my hero Robert De Niro,” Butler explained. “So I refrained.” Butler then asked Kimmel if he’s ever smoked weed with Snoop Dogg before the TV host confirmed that he had done so “on television”.
“I was at Snoop’s house,” Kimmel recalled. “He had ordered chicken – a lot of it. And I ate a lot of it.
He was watching me and I overheard him say to his friend, ‘My nephew done ate six pieces of chicken already.’ One of the great moments of my life.” During the interview, The Bikeriders s.
