Comedy actor Fred Willard was arrested by Hollywood under-cover vice squad officers in an adult movie theater Wednesday night after he allegedly exposed himself.
TMZ caught up with Willard as the actor was coming out of his lawyers office with his wife by his side. Willard denied the charges against him, saying that "it didn't happen" and that is was just a "big misunderstanding."
Willard said he and the cops have "a difference of opinion." He also says "a strange situation" led him to the theater, but says, "It's all being straightened out."
The comic actor, 72, was dropped Thursday from his voice-over gig on PBS's Antiques Roadshow spinoff,Market Warriors, according to People.
"Given the unfortunate news reported today, effective immediately, Fred Willard no longer will be involved with the Market Warriors series," Jeanne Hopkins, a rep for WGBH, the Boston public broadcaster that produces the show, said in a statement.
Willard is perhaps best known for his scene-stealing roles in Christopher Guest parody films (Best in Show, A Mighty Wind) and Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy as well as TV shows such as Get Smart, Everybody Loves Raymond, Modern Family and The Closer.
According to the Internet Movie Database, Willard's next movie is called The Yank.
