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 think she has a book, or something coming out. Memoir?
What’s wrong with some Diff’rent Strokes?
Isn’t Stern dead yet?
Isn’t Stern dead yet?
lol ... Molly Shannon is 18”-24” taller than Gary Coleman (deceased). How is going to harass her? I remember Molly Shannon as being very funny on SNL.
Thanks!
that’s nauseating.
a swift kick in the nuts might have worked. Pointy shoes too.
Just wait 3 years and pick a copy up at the Restore for a buck!
What is it with black dudes and unattractive white girls?
In the early 90s, I remember pulling up next to him on South Broadway here in Englewood, CO. He caught my attention cuz he looked like a little kid who stole a car - until I recognized his bulbous head. After getting behind him, I saw his Colorado plate read “HAMAD1”. Took me about five minutes to figure that one out.
I saw him in person when I attended a Merv Griffin show in Hollywood in 1982, around the time of his career peak. Precocious and entertaining is how I would describe him then. I followed his career off and on in the news, and reading between the lines, my opinion of him as an adult during post-acting success is close to what you observed in Denver. He definitely was a worker and did not appear to seek pity. He could have made a bundle back then charging people $5 to have a picture taken with him.
Well sort of ... he has the embalmed look.
You win the thread.
This is a much more detailed and far more depressing biography of Driscoll than any I have read. The contemptuous manner the Disney organization handled his firing is squalid even by Hollywood standards. Particularly as Walt Disney himself had earlier cultivated Driscoll, telling him how Driscoll reminded Disney of himself when he just got started in Hollywood and playing on their mutual Midwest small town roots and telling the youth he really should look on WD as a real uncle figure to help him navigate the treacherous waters of Tinseltown
I personally believe this young man could have had an outstanding movie and TV career had someone like Disney had only taken a bit of time to mentor him and make a few calls to the right people.
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