Actor Tom Arnold and the wife of TV producer Mark Burnett tweeted Sunday evening that Arnold and Burnett got into a scuffle at an Emmy's event on Sunday evening.
On Sunday evening, Arnold tweeted that Burnett had gone "apes*** & choked me" at a "huge Emmy party." He also tweeted that he was "waiting for the LAPD."
Burnett's wife, Roma Downey, later tweeted a photo of her bruised hand, which she says she sustained in the scuffle between Arnold and Burnett.
"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 (sic)," she tweeted.
Arnold responded "You lie your crazy husband attacked me you psycho. I’m filing police report & suing you for defamation."
Mark Burnett just went apeshit & choked me at this huge Emmy party then he ran away with his torn Pink shirt & missing gold chain. I’m waiting for LAPD
— Tom Arnold (@TomArnold) September 17, 2018
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 pic.twitter.com/lXvuKjIMI2
— Roma Downey (@RealRomaDowney) September 17, 2018
Bullshit. You lie your crazy husband attacked me you psycho. I’m filing police report & suing you for defamation. https://t.co/9yXAEXM6na
— Tom Arnold (@TomArnold) September 17, 2018
Downey's tweet seems to suggest that the scuffle centered around Arnold's latest project, The Hunt For The Trump Tapes with Tom Arnold. Arnold has been searching for tapes of President Trump making racist and sexist remarks on the set of The Apprentice, a show which Burnett hosted.
A number of former employees and contestants on The Apprentice, including former White House staffer Omarosa Manigault Newman, have reported that Trump made uncouth remarks on the set of the show. However, Burnett has denied the existence of such tapes, and President Trump tweeted earlier this year the Burnett had called and confirmed that such tapes do not exist.
.@MarkBurnettTV called to say that there are NO TAPES of the Apprentice where I used such a terrible and disgusting word as attributed by Wacky and Deranged Omarosa. I don’t have that word in my vocabulary, and never have. She made it up. Look at her MANY recent quotes saying....
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 14, 2018
The Hunt For The Trump Tapes with Tom Arnold premiers Tuesday on Viceland.
Alex Hider is a writer for the E.W. Scripps National Desk. Follow him on Twitter @alexhider.
