Just minutes after Danny Masterson was sentenced to 30 years to life in jail for a number of rapes Thursday, an previous late-night clip with the actor resurfaced on X, immediately going viral to amass 2.6M views inside hours.
In the video from a 2004 look on NBC’s Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Long Island native Masterson is quizzed by the comedy host about his lack of Long Island accent.
The innocuous banter takes a pointy flip after an eyebrow-raising anecdote Masterson chooses for example his level that his accent “just goes away naturally, and then there’s also certain words that there’s nothing you can do about.” The anecdote includes his good friend, actor Bodhi Elfman, who Masterson says “always teases me, and he says ‘Hi, my name is Danny Masterson, would you like to touch my balls?’” saying the final phrase with an exaggerated Long Island accent.
Naturally, the weird instance doesn’t go unchecked by O’Brien, who reacts by asking, “So why are you asking people to do that? That’s the more important question.”
Masterson’s reply makes an already awkward scenario much more awkward.
“I mean, you got ’em, you know what I mean? Everybody should grab,” he says.
O’Brien then pauses, making it ambiguous whether or not his subsequent line is in response to the trade or separate.
“I’ve heard about you,” O’Brien says. “And you’ll be caught soon, I know you will.”
“I will,” Masterson replies.
Here is the video:
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