Molly Shannon father accident: Molly Shannon Talks Father’s Alcoholism

Molly Helen Shannon is an American actress and comedian who was a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 2001.

Molly Shannon was born to Mary Margaret “Peg” (née Keating), teacher and James Francis Shannon, a sales manager.

When Molly Shannon was 4 years old, she lost her mother, younger sister, and cousin in a car accident due to her father driving under the influence of alcohol.

Molly Shannon said her father had been drinking at an all-day family party and had asked her mother to drive on the day of the crash.

In her new memoir, “Hello, Molly!” Molly Shannon recalled in an interview on “The Howard Stern Show” how she found out her father was gay.

Molly Shannon believes her mother may have also known about his sexuality before her death.

Molly Shannon said:

“I think he had tried to tell my mom before that,”

“He said, ‘I saw this psychiatrist, and the psychiatrist told me I’m a latent homosexual,”

‘Oh, that psychiatrist never should’ve told you that.’”

Molly Shannon also asked her father point-blank while they were at a hotel during downtime for her press junket for the 2001 romantic comedy “Serendipity.”

He was 72 at the time, and Shannon said he died about six months later.

“I just one day asked him by the pool, ‘Have you ever thought you might be gay?’” she said. “And he just said, ‘Most definitely.’”

“He really tried his hardest raising us, and he had to learn to walk again after the car accident with braces on his legs, so I admired him,” Molly Shannon said.

“He tried really hard. … He felt so guilty.”

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