Hollywood star Anne Hathaway has come under fire from fans who thought she was being rude when she refused to take selfies with a crowd who were waiting to meet her as she left a Valentino fashion show

Anne Hathaway has come under fire after a clip of her meeting some fans in Italy went viral.

The Hollywood star was seen wearing a sparkling fuschia pink dress as she stood outside her car after the Valentino fashion show in a video that has resurfaced from last summer. Anne, 41, was faced with a crowd of fans cheering and asking for selfies and decided to address the situation by speaking Italian to them.After posing for some photos by herself and waving and smiling she spoke out to explain that she didn’t want to take photos with anyone. She said: “I cannot take photos with everyone as there’s too many of you but I will stand here and wave if you would like to take a photo. Mi dispiace [I’m sorry] but I want you to have something so if you’d like I’ll just wave a little bit. Thank you for understanding. Thank you for waiting.’

Her message didn’t get across to everyone with some still begging for a selfie so she told one fan: “I cannot [get a photo] with you because then I have to get a photo with everyone – it’s too many, but thank you so much.” Anne then thanked her fans for their patience before speaking to them further in Italian for several sentences.

The clip received mixed messages in the comments section with fans debating whether Anne was being rude or if her speech was understandable. One wrote: “Very polite. Celebrities are not obligated to engage with fans. I will never understand how sheepish people are with celebs. Stop idolizing them, they are just people.”

Anne tried to compromise with the waiting crowd

Another added: “With how long she took to he condescending, she could possibly have signed and took the photos. She was being unnecessary and rude. I think she’s being what she is – an unlikeable narcissist.” A third said: “Is ‘condescending’ an option? She isn’t very gracious to her fans. In reality she is probably repulsed by them.”

A fourth social media user asked: “What does she have to do that is so important that she couldn’t take 20 selfies with her fans?”

A fifth said: “Very polite; she has no obligation to even hold for a photo. I know people are excited, but they also need to be mindful that celebrities are people too with personal lives. Like she said, there are too many, and she couldn’t possibly pose or sign for all.”

The Hollywood star had been to a Valentino show