PARIS — Gerard Depardieu is in hot water again after an alleged road rage incident in the middle of Paris in which the French film star admitted he may have gone “a bit over the top.” A Parisian driver has accused Depardieu of punching him in the face after he swerved his car into the path of the actor's scooter in the chic left-bank quarter of the French capital earlier this week. “There was a car, the driver wasn't paying attention and ‘paf!'” Depardieu told RTL radio on Friday. “It was more a case of fear than anything else,” he added. “My reaction was a bit over the top but I was very, very scared. That's it. Full stop. That's all there is to it. It was as stupid as that.” Police have not yet decided whether to follow up the driver's complaint, which Depardieu claimed had only been lodged because of his celebrity status. “There are people who see me and immediately file a complaint,” he said. “It's the price of celebrity, as the idiots would say.” – AP
