He's back: Arnie in red hot mess after terminating a pothole

14/04/2023
Dominic Browne

He's used to taking matters into his own hands but this time Arnold Schwarzenegger may have finally gone too far, as trying to terminate a pothole has left the running man with nowhere left to run to.

The film star and former Governor of California posted a video of himself filling in a road trench in his local area.

In the video, the last action hero turned politician described his three-week wait for the hole to be filled as 'crazy'.

He tweeted: 'Today, after the whole neighborhood has been upset about this giant pothole that’s been screwing up cars and bicycles for weeks, I went out with my team and fixed it. I always say, let’s not complain, let’s do something about it.'

A noble intention perhaps, and one fellow celebrity pothole activists Rod Stewart and Mr Pothole might applaud; however, authorities have claimed that Mr Schwarzenegger had actually filled a 'service trench' being used by a gas company.

A City of Los Angeles representative told NBC Los Angeles: 'This is not a pothole. It's a service trench that relates to active, permitted work being performed at the location by SoCalGas, who expects the work to be completed by the end of May.

'As is the case with similar projects impacting City streets, SoCalGas will be required to repair the area once their work is completed.'

Experts may also question Arnie's barbaric servicing technique; sadly he is no pothole pro.

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