EXCLUSIVE: The Full Steven Seagal Story Jenny McCarthy Told Movieline in 1998
When Steven Seagal was sued earlier this week for sexual assault and trafficking women for sex, CBS News dug up an excerpt from a 1998 interview with Movieline where actress Jenny McCarthy appeared to confirm Seagal's tendency for inappropriate behavior. We reached into our back issues to provide you with the entire anecdote.
Movieline's Stephen Rebello conducted the interview with McCarthy to promote her new film BASEketball, and the actress was unusually candid, discussing all the film parts she'd lost, like Mallrats ("Kevin Smith didn't even wait until I was out of the office to start laughing. So rude"), and the ones she'd turned down, like Drew Barrymore's role in Batman Forever ("I didn't want to play a fluff") and Elizabeth Berkeley's in The First Wives Club ("Even though that movie would have let me work with one of my absolute idols, Goldie Hawn, I wouldn't play a girl who sleeps with someone to get fame").
The audition that really wounded her, as Rebello would find out, was the one she had to do in front of Seagal:
When I press her on the subject, the hurt in her voice says she's still freaked. "I went to the audition for Under Siege 2 with, like, 15 other Jenny McCarthys. These girls came in and out of his office and I was last. Steven comes out and goes, 'Hmm, so you're last.' I'm thinking, 'Shouldn't a casting person be doing this?' I go inside his carpet, which has shag carpet and this huge couch, and he's by himself and says, 'Sit on the couch.' I have my [script pages] and I say, 'OK, I'm ready,' but he says, 'No, I want to find out about you.' I knew what was coming. He goes, 'So, you were Playmate of the Year,' and I was trying to go--" Here, McCarthy breaks off and adopts a Laverne & Shirley blue-collar foghorn delivery: "Yeah, but, like, I lived in Chicago, see, and..."
The accent was apparently no turnoff. "I was wearing this very baggy dress," she continues, "which I always wear to auditions, with my hair pulled back. I'm listening to him go on and on about how he found his soul in Asia and is one with himself and whatever. When I said, 'Well, I'm ready to read,' he said, 'Stand up, you have to be kind of sexy in the movie and in that dress, I can't tell.' I stand up and he goes, 'Take off your dress.' I said, 'What?' and he said, 'There's nudity.' I said, 'No, there's not, or I wouldn't be here right now.' He said again, 'There's nudity,' and I said, 'The pages are right in front of me. There's no nudity.' He goes, 'Take off your dress.' I just started crying and said, 'Rent my [Playboy] video, you a**hole!' and ran out to the car." That wasn't quite the end of it. "I'm closing my car door and he grabs me and says, 'Don't you ever tell anybody.' He won't sue me or say anything because he knows it's true. If I saw him today, I would still say, 'You're a f***ing a**hole and I really hope you change your ways.'"
Seagal's lawyer, Marty Singer, said this week about the sex claims: "The lawsuit filed by Kayden Nguyen against Steven Seagal is a ridiculous and absurd claim by a disgruntled ex-employee who was fired for using illegal narcotics." He also called the suit a "complete fabrication without a scintilla of truth."
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Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, say it ain't so, the vixen is lying for publicity? Personally, I blame her hot flashes.
Let's do lunch, wear a dress.
Yes Seagal is a douche but come on Jenny. I have a very hard time believing you were all broken up in tears because he asked you to strip. I am not saying what he did was appropriate but you cant say it shouldnt be expected. BTW did you see the first Under Siege?! Naked blonde chick... So give me a freakin break Jenny. You and Seagal are both no talent clowns, how about you both just go away....
Why hasn't anyone addressed the scenario where JM is asked to strip, says "f-no, you jerk," and leaves? Does anyone actually believe that she went "wee, wee, wee, all the way home?"
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED: There was no casting. JM walked into a room. SS was there. He looked up, saw it was JM, and calmly and politely asked to see her naked.
WHO WOULDN'T DO THAT?
Well, she's lucky he didn't drop kick her, break her arm in three places and twist her neck til it snapped like a potato chip.
Why wouldn't she want to get "nekkid" for him because she did it for millions of masturbatory males with her shennanigans in front of the camera. I bet the Hef got some sweet geezer-luvin'. Just check her appointment book.
And do you think if Seagal were Brad Pitt that this mess woulod be going home??? Nah, she'd probably be pregnant and shouting out the fact on every talk show from here to Tinbuktoo.
Ms. Jenny has been doing nothing but positive things in her life for her and her son, and appears to be getting rid of negative things that affect her. I believe what she says about Segal, he's had a history of unfavorable behavior so it's not suprising that he did what he did. Remember his marriage to Kelly LeBrock? Why did that end so abruptly? I would surely like to hear what she has to say about this...lol....sure it would be an unsuprising eye opener....
Hollywood is full of hypocrites and contradictions. People in the states need the drama of that for sustenance. I wish folks would thrive on thoughts of kindness and upliftment rather than work hard making big efforts to make someone appear to be less human than they really are.
A bad person does bad things. IF YOU ARE DOING BAD THINGS, YOU ARE A BAD PERSON. It doesn't mean a man or woman cant change ways. Most of the time they just wont.
A good person does not find it difficult to do good things. There's always some jerk around though who wants to make a good person seem less good to help there own image seem not as bad as it really is. Deviants! Don't trust them. Don't work with them.
Give Love, not lust! Give Love and Trust!
I was turned on to a good youtube channel to help ease your mind from all this. It is new and will improve quickly. My friend set it up for all this and have a moment of meditation, helping us from being caught up in nasty controversy by keeping our minds clean.
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why is this all about playboy, for f sake? it has nothing to do with it. jenny didn't even come forward to be part of this current shit (tho i'm sure she'll speak her mind if asked, good for her)- some reporter was digging up shit on segal and found this interview from 12 years ago. let's face it. steven segal feeds off of weak people. he thought jenny was weak. she wasn't. period. as for jenny's sensitivities, my guess is that this happened right about the time when jenny was trying to break out of the playboy stuff and was probably very frustrated and vulnerable because nobody would take her seriously. she's not boo-hoo'ing about it now. she is the type that knows she has to lay in the bed she made. segal knew she was vulnerable and/or desperate to break out of that mold, and he tried to take advantage of it and her b/c he is a creep. you don't "find" yourself in asia (as he has said he did) b/c you like strong women, friends- you find yourself in asia b/c you like submissive women. that is what their culture is about, and what segal expects everyone, especially women, to do in his presence. submit. this isn't about jenny mccarthy, it's about him- and he's a douchebag creep.
Oh give me a break....
Steven Segal - who on earth is that, some ugly, no talent man. Go and get a career Segal. You could always drive a truck for Safeway's - just don't hit anyone.
So let's get on with some REALLY interesting comments and subjects.
Does anyone see any contradiction regarding her distress over Seagal's inappropriate behavior and the photo accompanying the article, in which she appears to be a hundred-dollar hooker sprawled, open-legged on a sofa in a Vegas hotel, which features a $6.99 prime-rib dinner in its coffee shop?
I bet if Seagal would have had a suitcase with a hundred grand in it, she would have had sex with him and everyone else in the building, including the janitors.
Like my grampa said: "Treat ladies like hookers, and treat hookers like ladies. A sure-fire formula.
Bee-ahch!!!
I'm a little tired of people like you who have negative attitudes about Hollywood and then heroic people who give their lives som that we may be entertained. I'm reporting you to Homeland Security. Don't ever again say anything negative about Hollywood and all then wonderful people connected to the generous, giving film industry. Freakin' commie!!!
Exactly! I'm glad that common sense is ruling on at least one comment. You should win a Pulitzer.
What are you, crazy!!??!! Machete is the summer blockbuster that will have Seagal on the red carpet at the Academy Awards this year.
I remember you told me that you were resentful that Steven slobbered on your back on the casting couch last week while you were being interviewed. So now you want revenge. I heard Steven is showing up at your tenement apartment, with flowers in hand, so don't go burning your bridges.
It is a known fact that JM had quoted a price of $50 to give a good twig-and-berries cleaning, but Steven shortchanged her $5. This is how it all started. He said the $5 was to clean the go stains off his couch.
Well, it was not so much the posing nude that might be JM's moral downfall, but I do have to admit that I found the around-the-worlds and the Crater Lake circumnavigations to put JM in a class by herself. I saved a ton of money on Charmin during her residency here at the Arco restroom broomcloset in San Bernadino.
Someone who looked like her sat behind me at a Denny's just off I-80. She smelled so offensive, I complained to the waitress, but when she leaned over for me so I could whisper in her ear, I realized that it was the waitress, who upon questioning, admitted to having eaten a large plate of semi-grilled onions on her break.
My guilt was such that I turned to the Jenny McCarthy look alike, apologized for my rush to judgement and commented that she would look scrumptious were she unclad, much the same as Jenny McCarthy. She thanked me and turned around to order a Grand Slam Breakfast. Her nose cutely crinkled as the waitress spread her charged breath throughout the area.
I had the chicken fried steak and a cup of coffee.
well hell, I'll say it if nobody else will...c'mere baby. I'll drop my dress for you anytime! I think you're mighty fine. 🙂
so you could kick his arse ????????? dumbshit! these women see $$$$$$$$$$$ and yell rape period so few are true. how bout tiger youd think with all his cash any one of those "women" I say loosley would have yelled rape! Or ben rothlisraper 2 times accused nothin comes of it. call it the michael jackson stigma if you will. but im betting 90% are out for cash . so are you challengeing segal to a fight? youd lose >
amen!
For all those bashing S.S. I'll bet you all loved his first few flicks. And yes he can or should I say could fight, one of the best, and made more fuk'n money than all those who commented combined 10 fold. Could he be a smacked ass ? Probably, how many in hollywood aren't? As for J.Mc. she is a loud mouth herslf, and if that's just her shtick then she lives it pretty good. BUT, she really is smokin from the thighs up,she just needs a 9 inch gag in order to keep a man from running for the hills.
Ok,ok lets try to make some kind of bottom line here. Jenny McCarthy, neive innocent victim brought to tears,even scarred by an offer to take her dress off ? { I don't think so } Steven Segal, taking advantage {though a little to publicly} of his years as a sex symbol, {what man wouldn't and what woman who wasn't raised on a remote island wouldn't know that especially one who works with celebrities on a constant basis ?} So I guess the bottom line here is, if you can't stand the heat, stay away from Steven Segal's casting couch. LOL, Now that's some funny s**t. That being said, I'll take that lunch, and if you're really nice, I might let you be in my next movie. Dont think you'd fare well as a long time partner, but it would be, {in my opinion} truly, a night to remember. But don't sweat that, we all got's to be good at what were good at and let the rest go. Something it looks like you have down good. You're one hot little cha cha. Love the shooting range.
What?? Give me a break... She was in playboy.....She uses sex to her advantage.... then she gets the attention she built her career on and ..."Oh No" Playboy isn't "NewsWeek"... it's a mag full of naked girls because guys like to look at naked girls.. Do people actually believe what is being driven into their heads that Playboy isn't anything but a sex mag for guys? DING DING DING... Jenny brought that kind of attention on herself like EVER girl that does something like that. I'm so sick of women wanting to wear slutty clothes, be in playboy, use sex to get what they want, and then turn around and wonder why that kinda crap happens. It happens because you cause it!! Do you tie raw meat around your neck and run around in front of bears?? STOP RUNNING AROUND LIKE A SLUT! STOP WAVING YOUR GOODS INFRONT OF MEN AND THEN DEMANDING TO BE TAKEN FOR ANYTHING OTHER THEN A PIECE OF A$$.
What?? Give me a break... She was in playboy.....She uses sex to her advantage.... then she gets the attention she built her career on and ..."Oh No" Playboy isn't "NewsWeek"... it's a mag full of naked girls because guys like to look at naked girls.. Do people actually believe what is being driven into their heads that Playboy isn't anything but a sex mag for guys? DING DING DING... Jenny brought that kind of attention on herself like EVER girl that does something like that. I'm so sick of women wanting to wear slutty clothes, be in playboy, use sex to get what they want, and then turn around and wonder why that kinda crap happens. It happens because you cause it!! Do you tie raw meat around your neck and run around in front of bears?? STOP RUNNING AROUND LIKE A SLUT! STOP WAVING YOUR GOODS INFRONT OF MEN AND THEN DEMANDING TO BE TAKEN FOR ANYTHING OTHER THEN A PIECE OF A$$. ~TRUTH HURTS~
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