I just don't know.
Posted on 04/14/2022 8:16:11 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Molly Shannon said on a recent episode of “The Howard Stern Show” (via People) that she was sexually harassed by comedian and “Diff’rent Strokes” star Gary Coleman. The “Saturday Night Live” veteran also detailed the alleged incident in her new memoir, “Hello, Molly!” Shannon said she had just signed with Coleman’s manager at the time and got the chance to meet him at his penthouse hotel room.
“I think he was like, ‘Sit down [on the bed].’ It was very sweet,” Shannon said. “And then he’s, like, tickling me a little. This and that.”
Shannon told Coleman that she was “a virgin” and she tried “to be polite” about turning down his advances. Coleman allegedly only became more aggressive with her.
“He was relentless,” Shannon said. “Then, he was like trying to kiss me and get on top and I was like, ‘No, Gary. Stop.’ So, I push him off. Then, I would get off the bed. Then, he would bounce on the bed. Jump, jump, jump. And wrap himself around me. Then, I would fling him off. And then he got on top of me. I guess because of his size I didn’t feel physically threatened. But … it was going on and on. Repeating. I would throw him off, he would get back on. And then finally, I throw him off. I was really getting out of breath because it was athletic and aerobic.”
“He grabs me onto my leg and I was like [trying to] kick him off,” Shannon continued. “And then, I go lock myself in the bathroom and then he sticks his hands under the door. And he’s like, ‘I can see you.'”
Shannon said she “sprinted out” of the room after coming out of the booth and later told her agent “watch” Coleman better. Shannon added, “I wish I could have stood up for myself more.”
Watch Shannon’s full appearance on “The Howard Stern Show” in the video below.
I guess he wanted to play with more than trains.
I just don't know.
Have no idea who this lady is, but why bring this up decades later? And on Stern.
That sounds like a comedy sketch. How did she get on a bed with him in the first place?
She was on Saturday Night Live years ago, she could be very funny. Gary Coleman apparently became an oddball when he “grew up.” Sad how two of the three young stars of “Diff’rent Strokes” ended up dying young. The one still living had problems with drugs and a record.
His health problems made him short, cute, at a young age, and he had talent, but it was a detriment as he got older.
In 1992, he came for the Special Olympics in this area, and seemed genuine in his concern for disabled kids, and spending quality time with them.
Like a lot of child stars, he didn’t have a happy ending.
How long has he been dead?
He’s conveniently dead so can’t respond to the comments.
She can’t be sued for both slamder and libel by him.
Molly brings this up as her career is essentially over and wants to sell her memoir book.
What the heck? He’s long since passed away. Why bring this up now?
The Lollipop Guild guys had hands all over Dorothy.
“...the chance to meet him at his penthouse hotel room.”
No, no alarm bells going off there...
Who can forget that popular show...
“Touched By A Midget”
He died at 12:05 pm MDT (18:05 UTC) on May 28, 2010, at age 42.
Thank you. I recall Coleman working as a security guard later in his adult life. Showbiz is tough on children. I don’t see any point in dredging up this kind of stuff decades later.
so why dint you just swat the lil bastard?
[[How did she get on a bed with him in the first place?]]
Slipped and fell walking out of the bathroom of course
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