Martin Lawrence Says Lawsuit Prompted Him To Depart ‘Martin’
Martin Lawrence is opening up about why his iconic hit present Martin got here to an abrupt ending.
In 2018, Lawrence and his co-stars Tisha Campbell, who performed his girlfriend within the sitcom, and Tichina Arnold, reunited for the primary time in twenty years after Campbell’s controversial sexual harassment lawsuit in opposition to him.
In 1997, Campbell’s go well with claimed she skilled “obsessive” bodily and emotional abuse from Lawrence, together with “repeated and escalating sexual harassment, sexual battery and violent threats.” Martin denied the allegations.
Now, he’s reflecting on the state of affairs. Throughout his newest interview with GQ, he claims the lawsuit is what ended Martin, which was aired from 1992 to 1997.
“You probably did the present for 5 seasons, proper? How come it ended?” Zach Baron, the interviewer, requested.
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“Properly, how can I say this? It simply was time to finish,” Lawrence replied. “Let’s simply put it that means. It was simply, at the moment, there was some, um, there have been some issues that was being stated that—”
“You’re speaking about Tisha Campbell’s lawsuit?” stated Baron.
“Yeah. Yeah,” Lawrence stated, earlier than confirming he’s been spending extra time with the actress. “Yeah. As a result of none of that was true. It was all plenty of bulls**t and — simply whoever’s aspect it was, it was bulls**t.
“We don’t want to speak about one thing that simply didn’t occur,” he continued. “So I simply determined to stroll away from the present. I simply determined to finish it. Folks stated that I received canceled, however that wasn’t the case. I made a decision to only depart the present.”
All is properly now. Martin Lawrence stated his relationship with Tisha Campbell was by no means unhealthy from his perspective. “I really like Tisha,” he stated. “I’ve seen her then and now, from time to time, all the time with nothing however love. I’ve nothing however love for her, and I all the time have.”
