Molly Shannon says she was sexually harassed by ‘Diff’rent Strokes’ star Gary Coleman

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

Shannon, while appearing on “The Howard Stern Show” to talk about her new memoir “Hello, Molly!” was asked by Stern about a portion of the book in which she recounts the experience.

Shannon, 57, told Stern that she had landed Coleman’s agent, and the agent asked if she wanted to meet the megastar. She was initially excited, but after her agent led her up to Coleman in the presidential suite of a hotel, she said, the agent “disappeared.”

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