Tom Arnold accused Apprentice producer Mark Burnett of choking him at a pre-Emmys party on Sunday night — and Burnett’s wife Roma Downey fired back by accusing Arnold of ambushing the couple.
“Mark Burnett just went apeshit & choked me at this huge Emmy party then he ran away with his torn Pink shirt & missing gold chain,” Arnold wrote on Twitter. “I’m waiting for LAPD”.
Around an hour later, Downey tweeted a photo of a bruise on her hand, with the caption: “Got this bruise tonight when Tom Arnold tried to ambush my husband Mark and me at a charity event. Is your TV show worth it Tom?Please stop”.
Arnold responded to Downey accusing her of lying about the incident. “I’m filing police report & suing you for defamation,” he wrote.
Arnold’s upcoming television show — The Hunt for the Trump Tapes — is set to debut Tuesday on Viceland. The premise of the show involves Arnold searching for damaging tapes of President Donald Trump — including rumored tapes of Trump making
Per the Hollywood Reporter, the LAPD was aware of the incident, but said no report had been filed.
Patton Oswalt tweeted out a photo with Arnold after the scuffle: