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James Naughton denies he went off script for ‘gross’ moment with Heather Locklear

Heather Locklear claims that she had a “gross” encounter with James Naughton whereas filming the 1996 film “The First Wives Membership;” nevertheless, the actor says he was solely following the script.

“There was a few scenes that they [cut me out of] after which the one scene [I ended up in] had no traces,” she lately mentioned on the podcast, “Pretend Medical doctors, Actual Buddies with Zach and Donald.”  “And one of many actors [Naughton, who played her husband], we had been at a funeral, and he was imagined to take his hand and contact my breast.”

Locklear, 58, felt that Naughton took issues too far.

“He truly touched extra … Gross,” she mentioned. “So I mentioned, ‘Are you able to simply take my identify off the credit since now I don’t have any traces?’ So it was creditless.”

She described the moment, saying that as a substitute of grabbing her breast, he “truly outlines my areola with his finger.” She added that the script didn’t direct Naughton to take action.

“I used to be like [gasps] and I’m so glad they’re following his hand down [with the camera] as a result of my face, my mouth is fallen open and I can’t consider it and don’t do it once more. One take and let’s go.”

However Naughton, 74, has since refuted Locklear’s declare, saying that he was certainly following the script.

“James remembers capturing this scene as written within the script,” his spokesperson instructed Yahoo Leisure. “He fully understands that Heather would have felt uncomfortable capturing this scene, as he felt uncomfortable as effectively.”

His rep then shared with the location a web page of the film script dated Dec. 9, 1995, which acknowledged, “Regardless of the grave facade, we see that Gil is subtly utilizing his finger to really feel Mary’s breast. Mary smiles at him shyly.”

Their reps didn’t instantly return our request for remark.

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