Another Hollywood celebrity is responding to allegations from a female colleague, but not about sexual assault.
Comedian Charlyne Yi took to Twitter on Sunday to share her story about meeting fellow comedian, and Arrested Development star, David Cross a decade ago.
Then after he saw I was offended he asked me if I was going to fight with him karate in a southern accent. Then a few years later he was re-introduced to me after my comedy show with his girlfriend at the time & he said "Hi nice to meet you".
— Charlyne Yi (@charlyne_yi) October 16, 2017
Yi alleges that Cross made fun of her tattered pants and when she didn’t respond he said “what’s a matter? You don’t speak english? Ching-chong-ching-chong.”
She says that he followed that up by using a southern accent to ask an offended Yi if she was going to fight him using karate.
Cross responded to the allegations with shock, tweeting back “Charlene, I don’t remember this at all! It’s bonkers to me and WAY, way out of character.”
Charlene, i dont remember this at all! It's bonkers to me and WAY, way out of character. DM me so I can understand all of this.
— )))David Cross((( (@davidcrosss) October 17, 2017
A short time later, the comedian published a full length explanation and apologized to Yi.
“This accusation from Charlyne took me by surprise and was deeply upsetting,” he wrote.
“I would never intentionally hurt someone like that. I do not remember doing this when I met her.”
Adressing the Charlyne Yi tweet below. pic.twitter.com/WMHxH6lZco
— )))David Cross((( (@davidcrosss) October 18, 2017
He emphatically added that he wasn’t accusing Yi of lying in any way and he’s “truly sorry” if he hurt her.
Yi has yet to say anything publicly about the response from Cross.
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