Molly Shannon says she was sexually harassed by actor Gary Coleman

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Molly Shannon has alleged she was sexually harassed by "Diff'rent Strokes" actor Gary Coleman years ago. Shannon, 67, recently appeared on "The Howard Stern Show," where she opened up about an encounter with Coleman that took place at the Plaza Hotel in 1987.The incident is also something she details in her new book, "Hello, Molly!" Speaking of the encounter, Shannon said she and Coleman shared the same agent, Mark Randall.The three met for tea at the Plaza and while there, Shannon confirmed Coleman invited her up to his hotel suite.

She said she was thinking nothing of it.  "And I was a virgin so I wasn't even thinking about that," Shannon said. "He held my hand I was like, ‘He's so cute!’ He had his suit on.

He told me I reminded him of Kimberly from 'Diff'rent Strokes.' And Mark came up with us too, and they had the presidential suite, and we went into the room and Mark disappeared." Molly Shannon visits SiriusXM's "The Howard Stern Show" on April 12, 2022, in New York City. (Cindy Ord/Getty Images for SiriusXM) From there, Coleman playfully asked Shannon to sit down on a bed. "I think he was like, ‘sit down!’ [makes patting motion] It was very sweet.Then he's like tickling me a little and things like that.

I was like, ‘Gary, stop!’ I was trying to be polite and stop. I'm a polite Catholic girl and a virgin. I'm naive about anything about that!" she said.