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Kansas police pulled over an '80s pop icon for speeding and it turned into a hilarious photo shoot

Summary by Upworthy
Being pulled over by the police is always nerve-racking, and it’s probably even more awkward when the driver is a pop star with multiple chart-topping singles. In July 2025, one such encounter went viral after sheriff’s deputies in Kiowa County, Kansas, stopped a vehicle transporting British ’80s hitmaker John Waite. But instead of leading to tension, the traffic stop resulted in a genuinely wholesome moment. Waite and his band were en route to …
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Upworthy broke the news on Wednesday, July 1, 2026.
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