Wandering hand on Graham Norton’s sofa
SHOCKED viewers have hit out at Hollywood star Adam Sandler after he repeatedly touched British actress Claire Foy during a chat show – leaving her squirming with embarrassment.
As the fallout from the Harvey Weinstein scandal continued, Sandler was criticised for his wandering hands during Friday night’s Graham Norton Show.
Sandler, 51, put one hand on the knee of Ms Foy as she sat beside him. Looking uncomfortable, she pats it away – only for the American actor to do it again. Ms Foy, star of the Netflix series The Crown, then patted Sandler’s hand while smiling awkwardly.
Sandler, a married father of two, appeared oblivious to what was happening as he regaled the audience with a story.
To make matters worse, he also touched the leg of double Oscar winner Emma Thompson, his co-star in the new Netflix film The Meyerwitz Stories.
Stunned viewers took to social media to voice their concerns about Sandler, star of The Wedding Singer and Grown Ups.
One viewer wrote: ‘Adam Sandler touching Claire Foy’s knee for no reason, she put his hand back, he then does it again, she looked rightly p ***** off.’
Another said: ‘Felt very uncomfortable watching Adam repeatedly put his unwanted hand on the knee of Claire Foy.’
Thompson, 58, recently said that Weinstein was at ‘the top of the ladder of a system of harassment and belittling and bullying’. Last night, a spokesman for Sandler described the actor’s actions as ‘a friendly gesture’.