Anthony Anderson addresses resurfaced clip of him telling a teen Lindsay Lohan he ‘likes them young’

Comedian Anthony Anderson has clarified “creepy” comments he made about Lindsay Lohan in a resurfaced interview from 2003.

Anthony Anderson claims he was just kidding around when he told an underage Lindsay Lohan he “likes them young.”

“This interview was clearly intended as comedy,” a rep for the comedian told Entertainment Weekly n Friday in response to a resurfaced clip of Anderson interviewing Lohan on The Sharon Osbourne Show in December 2003 when he was asked to fill in.

The spokesperson continued, “He regrets if the humour was in poor taste and maintains the utmost respect for Lindsay. Any implication to the contrary is both inaccurate and potentially defamatory.”

Anthony Anderson clarified that a 2003 interview in which he came across as a “creep” to a young Lindsay Lohan was “intended as comedy.” Picture: Kevin Winter/Getty Images

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Page Six has reached out to Anderson’s rep for further comment but has not heard back.

In the resurfaced clip, the Black-ish star asked the Freaky Friday actress about what it was like being roommates with fellow child star Raven-Symoné at the time.

He began with a compliment, stating they are “both beautiful women” and wondered how they would compromise on decorating the home.

The comedian was called out on social media for telling Lohan in 2003 that he “likes them young.”

Lohan then explained that she was much more into the colour pink than the Cosby Show star, so that wouldn’t be an issue, but then Anderson asked, “What gentleman will be at the new pad?”

“No one,” the Parent Trap star immediately responded, nodding her head. “No, I don’t have a boyfriend.”

In the same interview, Anderson, then 33, said that Lohan and her then-roommate Raven-Symoné, who were both teens, were “beautiful women.”.

When Anderson highlighted Lohan’s single status in the interview, she pointed out, “I’m illegal for people that are old.”

Anderson then leaned in and shouted to the audience, “Hmmm. She’s single! But looking.”

However, Lohan clarified, “I’m illegal for people that are old,” prompting the Guys With Kids star to reply, “Well, you know some men like them young. We ain’t gonna mention no names but, you know, I’m one of them.”

The then-33-year-old erupted into laughter but the audience was noticeably not as enthused.

One person on social media expressed dismay over the comment, writing, “He actually said that out loud.”

Another asked, “Is it a rule that to be successful in Hollywood you have to be a complete creep?”

Lohan, seen here in 2003, was only 17 at the time. Picture: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images

Lohan, now 39, has not addressed Anderson’s resurfaced remarks. Picture: VALERIE MACON / AFP

A third social media user pointed out Anderson’s history of sexual assault allegations, asking, “How does he still have a career?????”

In 2018, the Los Angeles Police probed the Barbershop star for allegedly assaulting a woman at an event she catered. However, his rep said at the time, “Anthony unequivocally disputes the claim.”

Anderson and assistant director Wayne Witherspoon were also previously accused of raping an extra on the set of the 2004 film Hustle & Flow, but the charges were dropped when the judge ruled that there was no probable cause to try the case.

A rep for Lohan, now 39, could not immediately be reached for comment.

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