Is Hugh Grant rude or just British? Oscars interview may be lost in translation.

LONDON — British actor Hugh Grant’s unconventional approach to typical red-carpet chitchat at the Oscars kicked off a heated debate about whether he was rude. Some Brits argue: He was just being British.

Grant went viral online for his evasive answers in a brief interview with model Ashley Graham, in an interaction dubbed on social media as “deliciously awkward,” as she struggled to engage the “Notting Hill” star.