SHORT HORRIFIED BY DINNER TABLE SPITTING SHAME
Funnyman MARTIN SHORT was left red-faced when he spat potato at his hero, late chat show king JOHNNY CARSON, at a poker party.
Short was down almost $2,000 (£1,110) at the celebrity card game, which featured Carson, STEVE MARTIN and other celebrities when dinner was called.
Nervous and sweating, Short was trying to enjoy the meal when Carson cracked a joke.
He recalls, "There was a dinner break… and I was so nervous and Johnny said something funny and I went, ‘Ha ha ha,’ and I spit mashed potato out and I knew it had landed somewhere and I looked down and it was on Johnny’s hand.
"No one saw it apart from Steve Martin. Steve kinda looked over and went, ‘Are you gonna leave it there?’ "When I looked back it was gone, so I just assumed Johnny had eaten it."
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