The Slatest

A Weary Nation Thanks Beloved 1980s Actor Judge Reinhold for Breaking the Tension by Getting Arrested for Taking His Shirt Off at an Airport

Judge Reinhold played himself as a TV judge in Arrested Development. Now he’ll be appearing before an actual judge—because he got arrested! What a world.

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These are generally dark times in the United States. Things are tense. A majority of the Americans who voted in the presidential election favored the candidate who, somehow, lost; even many of the winner’s supporters have qualms about his character and temperament, and he will enter office as the least popular inauguree in modern history. Also, it’s December so it’s literally dark outside most of the time.

Which is why we all owe a big debt of gratitude to beloved Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Beverly Hills Cop, Santa Clause, and Arrested Development actor Judge Reinhold for brightening our day with a classic celebrity meltdown arrest.

Airports! They’ll get ya.