“I don’t even know if I should tell this story.”
She goes, ‘I have a confession.’
And I said, ‘Uh-oh.
James Marsden in ‘Hairspray’.Credit:David James/New Line
Can my son hear this?’
He’s 18, but whatever," he said.
“She goes, ‘The first time I ever masturbated was to you as Corny Collins inHairspray.”
James Marsden as Corny Collins in ‘Hairspray’.David James/New Line
“And she goes, ‘Oh, I’m telling him theHairspraystory!'”
Marsden noted that he’s “still close friends” with the couple and even attended their wedding.
Kimmel also took a moment to express his sympathy for Marsden’s son having to hear the confession.
“Theres no age at which you want to hear that about your dad,” he declared.
“This is just a bad decision on this womans part.”
It was adapted from the 2002 Broadway musical, which was based on John Waters’ 1988 film.
Listen to Marsden recall the awkward encounter in the clip above.
