Leeann Tweeden's questionable claims. [View all]

[pnwmom]

1. She claimed to have been groped, but the photo doesn’t show contact.

2. She claimed that she was only expecting to emcee and introduce acts. But she performed in multiple bawdy skits – with and without Franken -- not just the “kiss” skit.

3. She claimed that “When I saw the script, Franken had written a moment when his character comes at me for a ‘kiss’. I suspected what he was after.”

Funnily enough, her CHARACTER made the same claim IN THE SKIT:

“Now you just wrote this so you could kiss me. I am so onto you. If I were going to kiss anybody it would be one of these soldiers out here!”

(And Franken didn't write the skit for Leann. It had been performed with another actor as early as 2003.)

4. She claimed to have never had a voluntary conversation with Al Franken again. That hasn’t been proven one way or another, but there is a happy looking photo of them on the plane.


http://www.kabc.com/2017/11/16/leeann-tweeden-on-senator-al-franken/

FROM TWEEDEN'S QUESTIONABLE STATEMENT:

"Franken had written some skits for the show and brought props and costumes to go along with them. Like many USO shows before and since, the skits were full of sexual innuendo geared toward a young, male audience.

"As a TV host and sports broadcaster, as well as a model familiar to the audience from the covers of FHM, Maxim and Playboy, I was only expecting to emcee and introduce the acts, but Franken said he had written a part for me that he thought would be funny, and I agreed to play along.

"When I saw the script, Franken had written a moment when his character comes at me for a ‘kiss’. I suspected what he was after, but I figured I could turn my head at the last minute, or put my hand over his mouth, to get more laughs from the crowd.

SNIP

"I tried to let it go, but I was angry.

"Other than our dialogue on stage, I never had a voluntary conversation with Al Franken again. I avoided him as much as possible and made sure I was never alone with him again for the rest of the tour."

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FROM THE KISS-SKIT WITH FRANKEN:(which had first been performed by another actor in 2003)

(READING FROM SCRIPT) Now kiss me! (FRANKEN KISSES HER.) Now you just wrote this so you could kiss me. I am so onto you. If I were going to kiss anybody it would be one of these soldiers out here!

Link to tweet

ANOTHER SKIT THAT SHE DIDN’T EXPECT TO BE A PART OF.But she does a pretty good job making the best of things, doesn't she?

Link to tweet

ON THE WAY HOME, NEVER TALKING TO HIM AGAIN.

https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2017/11/18/1716798/-More-Photos-Emerging-From-Franken-Tweeden-s-USO-Tour-They-speak-for-themselves