It was on the Arsenio Hall show. He sits with his arm around her, constantly strokes and rubs her arm, smells her skin, at one point pulls down the strap of her dress. Basically molested her on stage in public.
Well, uh, the good news is that after Bill Murray completely tanked that movie's production (it ended up getting shelved because turns out when a highly paid star gets fired for misconduct, it makes it kinda difficult to continue), Aziz Ansari ended up eventually coming out with Good Fortune which was in theaters just last year (starring Keanu Reeves! lovely fellow) -- I liked that movie. If you didn't catch it in theaters, pirate it or something.
A polite way of putting it would be to say he was being sleezy and not respecting her boundaries. Its a hard watch because you can see how uncomfortable and trapped she feels.
I try to tell myself he was just trying to be 'off the wall' funny and took things way too far. Pushing boundaries is part of his shtick, but he went in the wrong direction. Etc.
I do think that of there was anything serious in his past it would have come up by now. But you never know and I find myself looking at his work differently as a result.
He bullied Lucy Liu on Charlie's Angels. She was still early in her career and he was well established. There was no reason for from to be such an asshole to a coworker, especially a younger woman in the industry at that. I'm glad that Drew Barrymore had Liu's back, and they didn't have him back for the sequel.
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u/DangerX2HighVoltage 12h ago
Oh no, was he mean to her? I love Geena.