Adam Sandler blasted for repeatedly grabbing "The Crown" star Claire Foy’s knee
Adam Sandler has been slammed for repeatedly touching Claire Foy’s knee during an interview on The Graham Norton Show, leaving Foy and fellow guest Emma Thompson looking very uncomfortable.
Viewers immediately took to social media to question why the actor kept placing his hand on the The Crown star’s knee when she made repeated efforts to move it away.
Unfortunately her efforts to pat away his hand went unnoticed as Sandler soon returns his hand back on her knee.
Emma Thompson, noticing Sandler’s repeated gesture, also looked on in confusion.
Sandler seemed oblivious and continued telling his story, touching the leg of Thompson as well, his co-star in the new Netflix film The Meyerwitz Stories.
One viewer wrote on Twitter: “Claire Foy replacing Adam Sandler’s hand onto his own knee rather than hers, was the perfect ‘haha don’t 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.”
A spokesman for Sandler described the actor’s actions as a “friendly gesture”.
It comes after the Harvey Weinstein scandal in Hollywood, with a string of A-listers accusing the powerful executive of a string of sexual assault crimes, including a number of rape allegations.