Dana Carvey confirms bizarre viral rumor about 9/11: ‘Sensitive topic’

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dressed in a turtle costume while the cast and crew of the 2002 spy movie “The Master of Disguise” held a moment of silence for the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Carvey, 67, recalled the uncomfortable experience on Wednesday’s episode of “Fly on the Wall,” his podcast with fellow comedian David Spade.

Carvey plays a weird humanoid turtle in “Master of Disguise,” and he said he couldn’t get out of his prosthetics in time for the remembrance. “It’s kind of a sensitive topic, but after 9/11 I was shooting a movie called ‘Master of Disguise,’ ” he explained. “We took an appropriate time off and went back to shooting, and I was playing — if you’ve seen the movie, kids — the Turtle Man, with a bald cap and a weird thing on my lip and a big green shell outfit.”“I was in [the costume] all that day, and then they said, ‘We’re going to have a group prayer about 9/11,’ ” he continued.“And I couldn’t get the thing — I would’ve held everyone for a half-hour getting all that prosthetic makeup off — so, as I remember it, everyone else was [wearing] civilian clothes, I’m dressed as the Turtle Man, with a bald head, and I’m holding hands, and I’m lowering my head and praying, and I just thought at the moment: ‘This is very strange.’ “The story of Carvey being in the turtle suit for the solemn moment emerged on the film’s IMDb page and has since become a viral sensation. “It’s very ridiculous,” said Spade, adding that it was crazy that someone “would even repeat that dumb story.” Then he asked Carvey if he took the shell off for the prayer.“They might’ve gotten the shell off, but they didn’t get the turtle head or the turtle lip off,” laughed Carvey.