Fred Willard to Fallon: 'I did nothing wrong'
He discusses his lewd conduct arrest on 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon'
Fred Willard to Fallon: ‘I did nothing wrong’
David Hiltbrand, Inquirer Columnist
Fred Willard has long been one of TV’s most dependable comic utility men. So it’s probably no surprise that when he made his first televised appearance since his recent arrest for lewd conduct in a Los Angeles adult movie theater, he tried to laugh it off.
On Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Willard and Fallon turned the incident into schtick.
“The movie you went to see…was it The Firm?”
“No.”
“Was it Free Willy?”
"No."
“Was it Anaconda?”
“No. Sadly it was Get Shorty.”
Perhaps tellingly, you can see Willard look over to the band, appealing to Roots’ drummer ?uestlove for a rimshot to reward that punchline. Denied! Is that a moral judgement? You take a look.
After professing his total innocence – none too convincingly we might add (you picked the theater for its Polynesian motif?) -- Willard went for one last joke wrapped around a plea for absolution.
“My summary of the whole evening was it’s an interesting theater, a boring movie and a great place to take a nap.” That’s all well and good, Fred, but nobody gets arrested for napping.
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Without getting into the debate about proper use of police man hours...
Now that's how you handle something like that; take it head on, be honest, and move on. Clearly he's upset, as he should be.
I appreciate the fact that his new show hasn't canned him, and people like Jimmy are supportive.— phillyPeteZ- Free Willard!— Blanketman
- I don't understand why he had to go to a movie theater to get his rocks off. Hello? Ever heard of the internet??— F. Harry Stowe
- There's no such thing as bad publicity. Ok, maybe there is but the not in this case.
