Garrison Keillor Says He Was Fired for Putting Hand on ‘Woman’s Bare Back’

“I meant to pat her back”

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Garrison Keillor has weighed in on being fired by Minnesota Public Radio for “inappropriate behavior with an individual who worked with him.”

The former “A Prairie Home Companion” host told the Minnesota Star Tribune in an email on Wednesday he was fired for touching a “woman’s bare back.”

“I put my hand on a woman’s bare back. I meant to pat her back after she told me about her unhappiness and her shirt was open and my hand went up it about six inches,” said Keillor in an email to the Minnesota Star Tribune. “She recoiled. I apologized.

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