Current Events > Adam Sandler blasted after repeatedly touching Claire Foy's knee

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGphsf81QhE

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/10/30/adam-sandler-blasted-after-repeatedly-touching-claire-foys-knee.html

Viewers of The Graham Norton Show hit out last night after Adam Sandler repeatedly touched actress Claire Foys knee during an interview, leaving her looking extremely uncomfortable.

Fans immediately took Twitter to question why the Hollywood actor kept resting his hand on The Crown star's knee.

Looking uncomfortable, Claire in the end put her hand over his to show him that she had noticed him resting his hand there.

Unfortunately her efforts to pat away his hand went unnoticed, and he soon placed it back on her knee.

Emma Thompson, who was also a guest on the show, appeared then to look confused at why Adam kept touching Claire's knee throughout the awkward encounter.

Adam, meanwhile, seemed oblivious to what was happening, as he carried on telling a story to the audience with a story.

But he didn't stop there, he also touched Emma's leg, his co-star in the new Netflix film The Meyerowitz Stories.

Fans vented on Twitter, with one saying: "Claire Foy replacing Adam Sandlers hand onto his own knee rather than hers, was the perfect haha dont touch me again move #GrahamNorton"

While another said: "Adam Sandler has no social awareness of how awkward he seemed to be making Emma Thompson and Claire Foy #stoptouching #GrahamNorton."

One tweeted: "With all that's happening did I just see Claire Foy looking a little distressed at Adam Sandler's hands all over her knee?'"

Another viewer fumed: "Adam Sandler touching Claire Foys knee for no reason, she put his hand back, he then does it again, she looked rightly p***** off."

While one wrote: "Felt very uncomfortable watching Adam repeatedly put his unwanted hand on the knee of Claire Foy."

Fortunately for Sandler, Foy released a statement after the backlash explaining that she took no offense from the actor's gesture.

"We don't believe anything was intended by Adam's gesture, and it has caused no offense to Claire," a spokesperson for the actress told Page Six.

It comes as Hollywood was left reeling from the Harvey Weinstein scandal, with a string of A-listers accusing the mogul of sex crimes - including a number of rape allegations.

The FBI and police in New York and London have all opened investigations into Weinstein, with one cop calling him a super-predator.

Emma Thompson spoke out against the sleazy producer, saying he was at "the top of the ladder of a system of harassment and belitting and bullying".

She also compared him to vile Jimmy Savile, and said Weinstein is just the tip of the iceberg of what goes on in the movie business.

Sopranos actress Annabella Sciorra is the latest star to make allegations against Weinstein claiming he violently raped her in the 1990s after dropping her off following a party, the New Yorker reports.

And Daryl Hannah says her career suffered following a series of encounters with Weinstein including one where he burst in like a raging bull when she was staying in a hotel room.

Model Cara Delevinge, who also appeared on the show, has also told how Weinstein once tried to force her into a threesome.

A spokesman for Sandler described the actor's actions as a "friendly gesture".

Weinstein has denied allegations of non-consensual sex.
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#metoo

knee assault is never ok
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Christ what an asshole

lol
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Does the video capture it all? Like was that it? Or did he keep doing before or after?
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One of the comments on YouTube says she was just trying to pat his hand but he moved it away before she could.

Looks about right tbh
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CapnMuffin posted...

Does the video capture it all? Like was that it? Or did he keep doing before or after?

I saw him do it for like a second then stopped when he noticed.
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She's already dismissed the claims herself afaik, so basically nothing to this.

Something like she just saw it as a friendly gesture, even if it may not have been welcomed.
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It's a little off topic but why are Twitter comments newsworthy now.
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This is not going to end well
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Fishy posted...

It's a little off topic but why are Twitter comments newsworthy now.

Sad state of the world
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Funkydog posted...

She's already dismissed the claims herself afaik, so basically nothing to this.

Something like she just saw it as a friendly gesture, even if it may not have been welcomed.

This
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Fishy posted...

It's a little off topic but why are Twitter comments newsworthy now.

Unfortunately this is a very common thing now
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ConfessPlease posted...

CapnMuffin posted...

Does the video capture it all? Like was that it? Or did he keep doing before or after?

I saw him do it for like a second then stopped when he noticed.

Yeah going by the video it just seems like the equivalent of an awkward botched handshake.
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eston posted...

Fishy posted...

It's a little off topic but why are Twitter comments newsworthy now.

Unfortunately this is a very common thing now

I remember CNN citing youtube comments during the 2012 election. It was wild
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Holy fuck, enough already

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/claire-foy-adam-sandler-graham-norton-touch-knee-bbc-no-offence-a8026731.html

According to the MailOnline, Foy's spokesperson said:"We don't believe anything was intended by Adam's gesture and it has caused no offence to Claire."

Sandler's spokesperson told the publication that the action was a "friendly gesture".

Sandler made a similar move when he patted Dustin Hoffmans knee during a recent US talk show.

This is a non-story.
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You can't just easily unlearn character traits. Touching someone while you're talking to you is one of these traits that you can't just stop doing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7RrZISKlRI

It's the same thing with those idiots that get offended when people talk with their hands. It's not an easy thing to stop doing normally.
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whaadididdchu NOTHINGBURGER
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Lmao liberals
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RuffledPeanuts posted...

Sandler made a similar move when he patted Dustin Hoffmans knee during a recent US talk show.

SJWs rekt.
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Bad_Mojo posted...

You can't just easily unlearn character traits. Touching someone while you're talking to you is one of these traits that you can't just stop doing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7RrZISKlRI

It's the same thing with those idiots that get offended when people talk with their hands. It's not an easy thing to stop doing normally.

You seriously think the communications director in that video normally touches people like that? The reporter was being a dick to the councilwoman, so he (communications director) was guiding the reporter to leave.

SJWs are just jealous that they've never had someone pat their knee.
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That creepy stash isn't helping
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The Hollywood Witch Trials
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She thought it was ok so why
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Will Sandler's career ever recover from Kneegate?
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Twitter: liberals number one news source
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I guess he's next on the list
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Soon you won't be able to flirt with, touch, smile at, or even approach the opposite sex because of internet warriors trying to destroy people for just normal friendly interactions.

The world is ridiculous at the moment, I'm pretty liberal but the way the western world and especially the US reacts to stuff like this is downright stupid. They want everyone to be their version of perfect all the time, but they are the worst sort of people. Real life is not a movie!
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utarefson posted...

Soon you won't be able to flirt with, touch, smile at, or even approach the opposite sex because of internet warriors trying to destroy people for just normal friendly interactions.

This is the beginning of the end of the human race
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Bad_Mojo posted...

You can't just easily unlearn character traits. Touching someone while you're talking to you is one of these traits that you can't just stop doing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7RrZISKlRI

It's the same thing with those idiots that get offended when people talk with their hands. It's not an easy thing to stop doing normally.

Yep. I have a guy in shipping who literally puts his hand either on either shoulder or your back and he does this to everyone when youre talking to him side to side so habits are just habits sometimes
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Some people are very touchy. I've known people like this and sometimes it's cool sometimes it's annoying. They want to put their arm around you, tap your arm or leg. Come up from behind and instead of just saying "Hey Mac" with no touch they put their hand on your shoulder etc.
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Adam Sandler is fucking garbage.
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