Andrew McCarthy detained in Ethiopia

Actor Andrew McCarthy has reportedly been detained at gunpoint in Ethiopia.

The Lipstick Jungle star was escorted out of a historic church by armed guards for intruding without authorisation.

It is thought that McCarthy, 47, had bought a ticket permitting him to visit the Lalibela church, but left it in his hotel room.

"His gun [was] pointed at my back," he wrote about the incident in travel magazine Afar.

He added: "I thought his reaction to my offence was extreme; I tried to say as much. He grunted something in Amharic and prodded me with the tip of his rifle."

McCarthy was on assignment in Ethiopia for Afar when the incident happened.