Olivia Rodrigo Mistaken for Criminal at Border, Leading to 30-Minute Interrogation

Olivia Rodrigo said she was mistakenly arrested by U.S. Border Patrol during her GUTS World Tour earlier this year.

The "Favorite Crime" artist told the story on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday when she was asked about the incident. The three-time Grammy winner was arrested on the road after being misidentified as an Olivia Rodriquez.

"I got in trouble with the law for the first time in my life," Rodrigo told Fallon around the 30-second mark of the interview.

"So we were going from Canada to, like, Portland or something," she continued. "We were at border control. I give them my passport, and they're like, 'OK, whatever.' And they knock on the door and they're like, 'We need Olivia.' And I'm like, 'Ah. I just played a few shows. Maybe their daughter wants an autograph.'"

But the officers weren't fans; they wanted more information about the 21-year-old.

"And I come out, it's 3 a.m., and I'm delirious. And they take me to a room," Rodrigo continued. "And it's an interrogation room, and there's a big cop with a gun. And he's like, 'Have you ever been arrested?' I'm like, 'No, I haven't been arrested.'"

The agent asked if she was sure. "And I'm, like, gaslighting myself," Rodrigo explained. "I'm like, 'Oh, my God. Maybe I was arrested and I didn't know it.'"

The cop threatened Rodrigo that she could be arrested for lying to a federal officer. The California-born singer, who's of Filipino, Irish and German ancestry, said she was "freaking out."

"I'm like, I'm not gonna be let in to America! Like, I'm so scared," she recalled. "I'm having a panic attack, and after 30 minutes of interrogation, he looks at me. He goes, 'What's your name?' And I go, 'Olivia Rodrigo. R-O-D-R-I-G-O.'

"And he's like, 'Oh, there's a girl who looks just like you, that's your same age, that's been arrested multiple times, and her name is Olivia Rodriguez.'"

Having been pulled out of her sleep at the time, Rodrigo said that she was "pissed" about the incident—but that it was "crisis averted."

"So, Olivia Rodriguez, if you're watching, be careful," Fallon joked. "That's the moral of the story. Be careful. Stay away from Canada."

Rodrigo also found time to get in touch with her roots while on tour. She visited the Philippines for the first time, where she had "incredible" food, and her audience was "perfectly on key."

Hopefully no other interrogations take Rodrigo by surprise, as the South American leg of the GUTS World Tour begins in March. The tour documentary is now available to stream on Netflix.