Gary Coleman

Comedian Molly Shannon said she was sexually harassed by "Diff'rent Strokes" star Gary Coleman at the start of her career.

She was able to shake him off and lock herself in the bathroom, she said. "I was trying to be polite and stuff, I’m a polite Catholic girl — and a virgin," Shannon said. But "I’m getting really out of breath because it was like athletic and aerobic."

The Superstar actress went on to claim that she was “trying to be polite” to the Diff'rent Strokes alum, but he didn't pick up on her unease. “He was relentless ...

“And then, I go lock myself in the bathroom and then he sticks his hands under the door. “I wish I could have stood up for myself more,” she added. Repeating. I would throw him off, he would get back on.” Then, he would bounce on the bed. “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.

In an episode of The Howard Stern Show, Molly Shannon described being sexually harassed by late comedian Gary Coleman in his hotel room at the Plaza in the ...

In a new interview with Howard Stern, Hello, Molly! author Molly Shannon said a “relentless” Gary Coleman pursued her in a hotel room.

Molly Shannon says late actor Gary Coleman sexually harassed her in the late 1980s. 'He was relentless,' she said in an interview with Howard Stern.