In a recent episode of ‘The Howard Stern Show’, Molly Shannon opened up about her sexual harassment. She has also mentioned the incident in her memoir ‘Hello Molly’. Comedian Gary Coleman who is famous for ‘Different Strokes’ (1978), tried to kiss her and make other advances even when she refused several times.
She said, “He was relentless” and she tried to be polite with him but he kept getting more aggressive. “Then, he was like trying to kiss me and get on top and I was like, No, Gary. Stop. So, I pushed 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 threw him off. I was really getting out of breath because it was athletic and aerobic. He grabbed me onto my leg and I was like (tried to) kick him off.” Shannon further said, “And then, I went and locked myself in the bathroom and then he sticked his hands under the door. And he was like, I can see you.”
She had met him after their agents set a meeting for them at his penthouse hotel room. After the incident, she told her agent to watch him better. However, she wished to have stood up for herself more.
