Scott Patterson of Gilmore Girls says he was embodied in the show

  • Scott Patterson said he felt protest during an episode of “Gilmore Girls” on his podcast.
  • The back of his character became the subject of a series of jokes in episode 19 of the third season (2003).
  • Patterson revealed that comments about his body continued off-camera as well.

Scott Patterson said he felt objectionable during the Gilmore Girls episode “Keg! Max!” on him audio notation “I’m in everything with Scott Patterson.”

“Picturing a part of someone’s body – that was annoying,” Patterson told co-hosts Amy Sugarman and Daniel Romo about the scene (starting at the 40:30 minute podcast).

Patterson played dinner owner Luke Danes on the series. In 2003, during Season Three, Episode 19, characters Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren Graham) and Suki St. James (Melissa McCarthy) discussed his character’s butt at length after Suki accidentally groomed her. The scene begins with an extended shot of Patterson at 8:20 minutes into the show.

“I realized it wasn’t good, and I didn’t feel comfortable at all,” Patterson said. “It made me feel really embarrassed, actually.”

His character objected to their comments saying they were “in bad taste”. Patterson said in real life that he was also upset by the dialogue.

“It’s annoying because you’re being treated like something,” he said. “It’s annoying and disgusting, and I had to put up with that whole scene and so many photos.” “It was all about butt, butt, butt, butt.”

Luke Gilmore Girls

Scott Patterson played Luke Dance in “Gilmore Girls” for seven seasons and in four films.

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Patterson said the comments about his butt didn’t stop when the cameras stopped rolling.

“When we weren’t filming, we were sitting – people were still talking about butt, butt, butt,” he added.

He saw the scene as a reflection of the series creator’s thoughts on his role. “Gilmore Girls” was created by Amy Sherman-Palladino, and she and her husband and collaborator Dan Palladino co-wrote the episode.

“That’s how the creator of this show sees that character that you can humiliate and take away in this whole scene and that’s okay and that’s not good for me,” Patterson said.

He said he also felt uncomfortable during rehearsals and at the table reading where the scene read in front of the crew, actors, and network executives.

“Just because it was 2003 doesn’t mean things are okay,” he said. “It’s never okay. And I didn’t feel comfortable doing that and it upset me. I never said anything, so I was mad at myself for not saying anything. But, you know, I had this job and I didn’t want to make waves and all that” .

Patterson said he felt “incredibly small” and “kind of like a meat finger.”

He told his colleagues that he was relieved when the experience passed.

“I couldn’t wait for that day to end,” he concluded.

Listen to the full episode below.

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