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Oh my: “Naughty gay grandpa” George Takei apologizes for joking about “touching men” without consent

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ABC/Lou Rocco(LOS ANGELES) — George Takei has once again taken to social media to address allegations that he sexually assaulted a former model and actor in the 1980s.

This time, Takei was responding to a Howard Stern interview in which the former Star Trek star joked about touching men.

“Many have raised concern over a back-and-forth between Howard Stern and myself, where we joked about me touching men during my Star Trek days 50 years ago. Out of context, I agree that the joke was distasteful, and I’m very sorry he and I made fun out of a serious matter,” Takei wrote on Facebook.

“For decades, I have played the part of a ‘naughty gay grandpa’ when I visit Howard’s show, a caricature I now regret,” Takei continued. “But I want to be clear: I have never forced myself upon someone during a date.”

“Sometimes my dates were the initiators, and sometimes I was. It was always by mutual consent,” he added. “I see now that that it has come across poorly in the awkward sketch, and I apologize for playing along with Howard’s insinuation.”

He concluded his post by saying, “Non-consensual acts are anathema to me and my personal code of conduct, and I would never do something against anyone’s will, period.”

Takei’s post comes after the 80-year-old actor was accused of sexual assault by a former model and actor.

Scott R. Brunton told The Hollywood Reporter last week that when he was 23 and Takei was in his 40s, the actor took him to his home for a nightcap. After drinks, Brunton said he, “leaned my head back and I must have passed out.”

Brunton then claimed the actor groped him inappropriately.

“I said, ‘I don’t want to do this.’ He goes, ‘You need to relax. I am just trying to make you comfortable…And I said, ‘No. I don’t want to do this.’ And I pushed him off, and he said, ‘OK, fine,” Brunton alleged, claiming he left after that.

Takei took to Twitter to deny the allegations, saying he was “shocked and bewildered at these claims,” and insisted he doesn’t remember ever meeting his accuser.

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