Actress Jenny McCarthy has again publicly told her story of sexual harassment and a threat by actor Steven Seagal, reprising the allegation as new reports have surfaced of his past conduct against women.
McCarthy, speaking on SiriusXM today, detailed her encounter with Seagal at a 1995 tryout for the film Under Siege 2. She first told her story back in 1998, but recounted it again in the wake of allegations by actress Julianna Margulies that Seagal made similar overtures to her.
McCarthy said she went to try out for the film and “purposefully wore a muumuu to the audition so the casting people would actually look at my face and watch my work.”
At the audition, McCarthy took notice that no one else was in the casting room.
“So I stand across from (Seagal) and he plops onto a sofa that’s near a fireplace,” she said. “And he points at the sofa cushion next to him, saying to me, ‘Take a seat. Relax.’ I said, ‘No, thank you! I’m just really excited to read for this part. And I have so much energy I need to stand.’ ”
Seagal began to recount his experiences on combat missions before telling McCarthy, ‘’‘You know, this part has nudity in it. And I can’t really tell what your body looks like in that dress that you’re wearing.’ ”
McCarthy claims Seagal said, “There is off-camera nudity,” and asked her to lower her dress. A distressed McCarthy said she asked, ‘Could we please read the scene,’ ” but Seagal again made his request “so I can see your breasts.”
At that point, McCarthy started crying and claimed she yelled, “Go buy my Playboy video — it’s on sale for $19.99,” before departing.
The ordeal wasn’t over, though. As she reached her car, Seagal had followed her, and allegedly warned her not to tell anyone of their encounter “or else.”
“It was so disheartening,” she said. “And I thought about like, ‘I was the last girl that day. How many girls had to take off their clothes? How many girls had to do more?’ It just so grossed me out.”
Seagal’s spokesperson has denied McCarthy’s allegations to at least one media outlet.
Earlier this month, Margulies said on the SiriusXM Just Jenny show that she was asked to Seagal’s hotel room when she was 23. The meeting was ostensibly for casting purposes.
Margulies said when she arrived at the hotel, no casting director was there, but Seagal was. When she entered his hotel room, “I saw his gun, which I had never seen a gun in real life.”
Margulies said she got out of the room “unscathed. I never was raped. And I never was harmed. And I don’t know how I got out of that hotel room. … I sorta screamed my way out.”
In my opinion Steven Segal has done nothing wrong if there is off camera nudity in the movie surely he is within his rights to ask to see Jenny McCarthy’s body.He has not commited any physical sexual act also Jenny McCarthy poses for playboy and makes a living out of it so she is willing to show her body naked is she not jumping on the bandwagon?
Bro, I could be mistaken, it could Ben a phrase or something I don’t know of. But he said off camera nudity, which means its not on camera, or in the movie. Basically he just wants to see her naked.
Who is to say the nude off camera scene needs to be filmed for later when editing and the producers decide whether or not to include in the movie?
The bottom line is Steven Segal has not committed any physical sexual act,he told Jenny McCarthy there was nudity in the film,her agent told her there wasn’t who is to say her agent hasn’t misinformed her?
If you think Steven S. did nothing wrong…why would Steven S. follow Jenny M. to her car and tell her ” not to tell any one…or else.”
Sounds like a threat to me..which is also wrong, no?
May your daughter be treated as kindly. Then perhaps you will get it. The misogyny in your comment comes through loud and clear. Enablers like your self constitute as much of the problem as the sexual harassers and abusers themselves,\.
These men are bullies who behave badly to men and women.
Okay… Steven Seagal has a Spokesperson??? Why???
Oh hell yeah. Been there. Seagal used to have his assistant walk around and demand cell phone numbers when he saw something he liked. So gross. I believe every single word these ladies speak.
surprised Seagal isn’t head of Homeland Security for his buddy Drumpf. Have u seen the people he put in the USDA? Be frightened about your future food consumption.
And what did Trump have to do with this story?