Ron Jeremy fondly remembers Gary Coleman
Mark Denson
Ron Jeremy Fondly Remembers a Former Colleague ... Gary Coleman
Posted May 30th, 2010 12:50 PM by Iris Blocks
They were an odd couple: a porn star whose sexual partners number over
2,000 and a former child star who was a real-life 40-year-old virgin.
But when news hit about the death of former child star Gary Coleman,
his passing struck up some fond remembrances for Ron Jeremy.
�I loved his smile,� said Jeremy, who worked with the diminutive star
of Diff�rent Strokes professionally in four projects.
�Getting to know Coleman wasn�t easy," Jeremy told AVN. �Gary was very
serious sometimes. ... If he didn�t know you, he�d say hi and just
keep walking. ... He didn�t want to spend a lot of time with people he
didn�t know.�
Underneath that shy exterior was a playful soul. �He loved toys,�
Jeremy said. �He didn�t experience a real childhood,� he added, as
explanation for why Coleman found such satisfaction in such pursuits
as playing with model trains.
The differences between the unlikely partners were highlighted when
they both appeared on The Weakest Link in 2002. Talking about their
stint on the game show, Jeremy recalled, �I voted him off, and then
Corey Feldman voted me off. That was the show where after Annie
announced that I had been with thousands of women, Gary said, �I�m the
opposite of Ron Jeremy�I�m a virgin.� �
And, added Jeremy, Coleman was �happy to be so.�
Coleman also shared a television set with Jeremy in 2004, when the
porn star was on The Surreal Life with an oddball assortment of
characters that included Tammy Faye Messner (formerly Bakker), Vanilla
Ice and Erik Estrada. Gary Coleman had a guest-starring role, but he
stormed off the set. According to Jeremy, Coleman was annoyed when
Vanilla Ice repeatedly repeated Coleman�s catch phrase from Diff�rent
Strokes, �Whatchu talking� �bout, Willis?�
Most recently, Jeremy and Coleman acted together in Midgets vs.
Mascots, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2009. Jeremy
served as narrator on the film, a mockumentary about a very short porn
star (not played by Coleman). The film, which Jeremy says �is
available at Blockbuster right now,� also features porn star Sunny
Lane.
But Jeremy�s favorite collaboration with Coleman was their first:
working on Kid Rock�s �Cowboy� music video, in which Coleman and Kid
Rock�s sidekick Joe C. engaged in a gun battle while Jeremy played the
piano. �Anybody can see it right now,� Jeremy said, noting the video
can be found on YouTube.
�We used to joke around,� Jeremy said, but Coleman had a very serious
side. �He didn�t believe he could separate romance and sex. He asked
me, �How could you make these movies�you don�t really love these
girls?"
Laughing, the adult legend recalled telling Coleman that if he wanted
to �learn how to separate the two,� Jeremy would give him a chance to
star in a porn movie.
�No thanks,� Jeremy said the actor told him, adding gently, �I don�t
believe he ever saw [a porn movie], and that�s totally fine.�
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