The comedian also revisits the experience in her new memoir, Hello, Molly!
Molly Shannonsaid she was sexually harassed by late actorGary Colemanat the start of her career.
Once they arrived, the agent “disappeared.”
Molly Shannon says Gary Coleman sexually harassed her at the start of her career.Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP/Shutterstock; Mike Coppola/FilmMagic
Coleman invited her to sit on the bed, Shannon said, and began tickling her.
“I was trying to be polite and stuff,” Shannon recounted.
She continued, “So I’d push him off.
I was like, ‘Gary, stop!’
but I guess because of his size I didn’t feel physically threatened.”
Coleman, whodied in 2010 at the age of 42from an accidental fall, was 4'8".
Shannon said Coleman grabbed her leg after she got up for the bathroom.
“I had to kick him off,” she said.
“I think I was probably very polite,” she said.
“I wish I could’ve stood up for myself more.”
Watch Shannon’s interview with Stern above.
