I run this show.'"
She continues, “One day he says, ‘Come here Joann, let me slap you.’
I was like, ‘Slap me?’
Gary Coleman.Getty
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Garychronicles the rapid ascent and protracted decline of the beloved child star.
Willie in particular is singled out for Gary’s on-set behavioral shift.
“I was told that Gary was the lead of the show.
Joann Stafford Chaney in ‘Gary’.Peacock/Raw TV Ltd
The only reason the show stayed on the air was because of Gary,” Willie Coleman says inGary.
So he started tagging along with Gary to set.
“The atmosphere changed on the set when Mr. Coleman showed up,” saysDiff’rent StrokesstarTodd Bridges.
and Gary came in on the top of some bodyguard’s shoulders.
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Chaney remembers that “nobody wanted Willie on set, because he created havoc.
Mial remembers Willie being “very vocal about the fact that his son wasthestar of the show.”
It was in this context that Chaney recalled Coleman threatening to slap her, which she promptly shut down.
Garyis currently streaming on Peacock
