HANGOVER funnyman Zach’s close encounter with menacing man-brutes had him corking his whiskey. PLUS: his homeless 87 year-old new love!
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“Hangover III” star Zach Galifianakis gave up boozing after a terrifying confrontation with two thugs.
The 43-year-old comedy star – who made headlines for escorting an 87-year-old “homeless” lady to his movie premiere – changed his life forever after walking home tipsy one night in New York City.
“I’d gotten into the whiskey and was listening to my headphones,” he recently told Conan O’Brien.
Suddenly a Jaguar cut him off while he was crossing the street, and he angrily walloped the car on its side as it sped by.
Zach kept walking until he felt a tap on his shoulder.
“I turn around and there’s TWO 6-foot-6 guys. And they both, at the same time, spit in my face.