More On: goldie hawn Goldie Hawn reveals why she and Kurt Russell never married after 40 years of dating Kate Hudson defends mom Goldie Hawn for being a βdifficultβ actress Kate Hudson sees nepo babies βway moreβ in other industries: βIt doesnβt matterβ Best of star snaps of the week: Celebs wearing bright and bold, and more
Goldie Hawn has shared a story from her early years in the industry, accusing famed cartoonist Al Capp of π eπ₯ually harassing her during an audition at the age of 19.
βI had a script and I was reading for this script,β Hawn, 76, recalled of the 1964 incident on SiriusXMβsΒ βThe Megyn Kelly Showβ Friday. βI go to Park Avenue at the time Iβm supposed to meet with him. Next thing I know Iβm in this rich guyβs apartment, and heβs famous and his name is Al Capp.β
Capp β who died in 1979 β is the famed cartoonist and humorist best known for his satirical comic strip, βLiβl Abner.β
βIn he walks with his β I didnβt know he had a wooden leg, but he did β well, he walked like he had a wooden leg. He had this insidious grin. It was really ugly,β Hawn continued. βAnd he said, βIβll be back in a minute, Iβm just going to slip into something.β And he came back in a robe. So now I am freaking out because I am recognizing that something is going on.β
4 Goldie Hawn in 1964, the year of her inappropriate audition for Capp. Getty Images
βNow Iβm thinking to myself, βI better let him know Iβm a good girl, I better let him know that, whatever heβs thinking, itβs not going to happen.’β
βSo I talk about my mom and my dad, and the fact that they wanted me to marry a Jewish dentist, and I wanted him to know that I was religious,β she said. βI wanted him to know that I had scruples.β
Hawn went on to say that Capp asked her to slowly walk toward him with a βstupidβ expression.
4 Hawn claims the cartoonist asked her to raise her skirt during an audition after he changed into a robe. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images
ββLook stupid. Look like an imbecile,’β she claims he ordered before asking her to raise the hem of her skirt for a better look at her legs.
While she initially obliged, lifting her skirt just above the knee, his demand for her to raise it βhigherβ led to the beauty refusing.
βHe said, βCome on over here and give me a kiss.β I was shocked, but I expected something like that,β she continued.Β βAnd so I went over to the couch because I wanted him to know that I wasnβt going to run out of the room, I was going to stay calm, and whatever. And he pulled over hisβ¦whatever that robe wasβ¦and his whole apparatus, his whole wiener, was literally lying there.β
4 Hawn was 19 years old during the incident with Capp. Getty Images
At this point, Hawn made it clear that the audition would go no further.
βI looked at it and I said, βOh, Mr. Capp, Iβll never get a job like this.β And he said, βWell Iβve had them all, and nothing will become of you.β And I said βThatβs okay, Iβm a dancer anyway, but Iβll never get a job like this.β And he said, βWell, you just go back and marry a Jewish dentist.β And I said βOh, I might.β And I walked out,β Hawn said.
4 Capp β who died in 1979 β is the famed cartoonist and humorist best known for his satirical comic strip, βLiβl Abner.β Getty Images
As she left in tears, she realized that NYCβs L train was not running, and that she needed to get to her dancing gig at the 1964 Worldβs Fair.
βHe threw me $20 for a taxicab. It wasnβt a good day,β she added.
In 2017, Hawn recalled the story to People, calling the encounter, βso scary.β