Josh Brolin Explains His New Year’s Day Arrest

Josh Brolin's 2013 didn't get off to a good start. The actor was arrested on New Year's Day for public intoxication and spent the next six hours in a jail cell.   

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"It was New Year's," Brolin said on Good Morning America. "It was a pretty innocent thing.  It was a fun thing. The most awful thing about it is you see this shot of me, they don't show you the other shot when I turn and I have a huge smile on my face."

Josh Brolin arrested for public intoxication

According to his booking report, Brolin was arrested shortly before midnight on Jan. 1 in Santa Monica and was released at 7:14 a.m. the following morning after posting $250 bail. The actor will not have to go to court since he wasn't given a citation for the arrest. "They were very sweet to me actually," Brolin said of his arresting officers.

Check out his full explanation below: