Henry Winkler Reveals FBI Confirmed Up at His Residence to ‘Meet the Fonz’

Henry Winkler is opening up about his brush with the regulation.

Talking on the SmartLess podcast in an episode launched on Monday, July 8, the actor, 78, revealed how the FBI as soon as arrived at his house simply to “meet the Fonz.”

“So I am sitting in my residence. I’ve a Victrola as a result of every little thing was vinyl,” he started. “I went to Tower Data on Sundown Boulevard. I purchased, Dan Fogelberg, and I used to be listening to Dan Fogelberg on my rented Victrola. The door knocks.”

Winkler added, “I rise up. There are 3 males with badges. And I stated, ‘Oh no, you don’t odor what you suppose you are smelling. Oh my God.’ ”

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“They usually stated, ‘We’re with the FBI.’ Mhmm. ‘We’re not right here for that. We simply needed to fulfill the Fonz,’ ” the comic continued in reference to his character in Pleased Days. “I used to be so completely satisfied that I used to be not being put in handcuffs, I did not care what they did.”

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Winkler’s story comes after he needed to be evacuated from The Shelbourne lodge in Dublin, Eire in June attributable to a hearth.

The star arrived on the lodge the night time earlier than the hearth occurred on the fifth flooring of the Nineteenth-century lodge at 10:38 a.m. native time.

Sharing a snap on Instagram, Winkler posed with firefighters as they stood open air following the evacuation. 

“Dublin’s most interesting does a terrific job when our lodge is evacuated on our first morning !!!!,” his caption learn.

Again in February, Winkler reunited along with his Pleased Days costar Ron Howard — who performed Richie Cunningham — at Winkler’s occasion in Sydney Australia for his memoir Being Henry: The Fonz…and Past.

“LIFE! Because the WORLD turns ⁦@RealRonHoward⁩ got here to my e book occasion in Sydney Australia. SO thrilling for everybody !!!!” Winkler, 78, wrote on X (previously often known as Twitter) alongside a snap of the 2.

Reposting Winkler’s tweet, Howard, 70, wrote, “Simply began post-production in Sydney on my not too long ago wrapped newest film @edenthemovie starring a tremendous solid.”

“An amazing artistic expertise however that’s for an additional submit,” he added on X. “Once I touched base with Henry, I found he was making an look right here in help of his wonderful best-selling memoir #BeingHenry: The Fonz…and Past. Incredible!” 

He added: “We linked backstage and I watched him give a terrific speech to an enormous crowd. What a blast! @RealImagine.”