{"id":41,"date":"2024-11-01T19:30:05","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T19:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=41"},"modified":"2024-11-01T19:30:05","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T19:30:05","slug":"steve-martin-78-breaks-silence-with-4-powerful-words-after-shock-allegations-come-to-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=41","title":{"rendered":"Steve Martin, 78, breaks silence with 4 powerful words after shock allegations come to light"},"content":{"rendered":"

Steve Harvey\u00a0has lashed out at claims made by former\u00a0Little Shop of Horrors<\/em>\u00a0co-star Miriam Margolyes after the 82-year-old actress claimed he hit her during filming for the 1986 movie.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Within the pages of Margolyes\u2019 new memoir\u00a0Oh Miriam: Stories from an Extraordinary Life,<\/em> she pulled no punches when it came to suggesting that Martin isn\u2019t quite the friendly, lovable figure fans believe him to be.<\/p>\n

Instead, Margolyes described the actor as being \u201chorrid\u201d to her on set, suggesting that he had struck her more than once while filming\u00a0Little Shop.<\/em><\/p>\n

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According to the Independent,<\/a>\u00a0in her memoir, which dropped on September 12, Margolyes wrote:\u00a0\u201cI was hit all day by doors opening in my face; repeatedly punched, slapped and knocked down by an unlovely and unapologetic Steve Martin \u2013 perhaps he was method acting \u2013 and came home grumpy with a splitting headache.<\/em>\u201c<\/p>\n

She added:\u00a0\u201cLet it not be said that I have never suffered in the name of art.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The actress then doubled down on the troubling claims during an interview with Australian outlet news.com.au while promoting her book.<\/p>\n

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LONDON, ENGLAND \u2013 DECEMBER 04: (UK TABLOID NEWSPAPERS OUT) Miriam Margolyes attends the Women In Film And TV Awards held at the Hilton Park Lane on December 4, 2009 in London, England. (Photo by Fergus McDonald\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cSteve was and is brilliant, this is not about his talent, just about his kindness at that time in his life,\u201d Margolyes said.<\/p>\n

Recalling the filming of the famous \u201cDentist!\u201d musical number \u2013 wherein Martin\u2019s character punches Margolyes\u2019 and slams a door in her face \u2013 the 82-year-old added:<\/p>\n

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\u201cI didn\u2019t enjoy it and I had a splitting headache at the end of the day.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe [Martin] was incredibly unfriendly, because he was a perfectionist. He was an artist and all he was interested in was getting the comic moment right, and he was correct to do that, but he should have included me.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would have included the person I was working with. He wasn\u2019t interested in that.\u201d<\/p>\n

In conclusion, she added: \u201cI just thought he was rather horrid. He was a c\u2014, that\u2019s all I can tell you.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Needless to say, the allegations quickly evoked a reaction from fans of the parties involved. For his part, though, Martin has denied the claims, labeling them \u201cpejorative.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a statement given to\u00a0Fox News Digital<\/a>,\u00a0The Pink Panther\u00a0<\/em>star Martin wrote:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I first read Miriam Margolyes\u2019 pejorative account of our scene in Little Shop of Horrors, I was surprised. My memory is that we had a good communication as professional actors.\u00a0But when it is implied that I harmed her or was in some way careless about doing the stunts, I have to object.\u201d<\/p>\n

He went on: \u201cI remember taking EXTREME caution regarding the fake punch \u2013 the same caution I would use with any similar scene. She assured me she felt fine, and we did a few successful takes and stopped.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was\u00a0never any physical contact between her and me, accidental or otherwise, in this scene or any other we shot.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlso on the set, keeping their eyes on the action, was the highly skilled and sensitive director, Frank Oz, a stunt coordinator, a camera crew, a script supervisor, as well as extras who witnessed the entire, very-well rehearsed scene.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coincidentally,\u00a0Little Shop of Horrors\u00a0<\/em>director Frank Oz also weighed in on the matter, appearing to put his weight behind Martin\u2019s version of events.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always rehearse physical actions in slow motion,\u201d Oz said in his statement to\u00a0Fox News Digital.\u00a0<\/a>\u201cThe scene was supposed to include a fake punch. It\u2019s puzzling what she\u2019s talking about. It\u2019s not the Steve I know or anyone knows. He\u2019s always been professional and respectful of everyone on all of my shoots.\u201d<\/p>\n

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