Renee Zellweger claims she was "mortified" after committing a "cultural faux-paus" during a recent trip to the conservative country of Jordan. Apparently it's a big no no to hug a man you don't know. Zellweger explains:

"I had this driver in Jordan, he was lovely, he was taking care of me, really, really generous very, very sweet. He didn't speak any English. He safely delivered me to the airport and he was just really nice, so I threw my arms around him and I gave him a big Texas thank-you hug. I stepped back and I looked at his face and he was horrified, and I thought, 'You don't do that! You don't go over there and you don't hug a man that you don't know.' Cultural faux-pas! I thought, 'Oh, my God, here we go. He's insulted and I'm a prostitute and I'm probably going to jail...or I'm probably married to that guy! We're a couple now!''"

So hugging a cabby is frowned upon in Jordan? Gee, no shit. This is the same country whose main method of execution is piling rocks on top of you or--if the judge is lenient--having rocks thrown at you. I think Canada does the same thing--it's why their crime rate is so low.