Sop you've been a fantastic Monday.

Welcome back to the Philip DeFranco show and let's just jump into it.

And the first thing we're going to talk about today is the controversy around the predator,

which in the context of where this story goes is an accidental pun.

So reports came out in the past week that 20th century Fox ended up pulling a scene from the predator.

The deleted scene reportedly featured a guy by the name of Stephen Wilder Stregel. And it turns out Stregel, whose past included appearances on days of our lives, Melrose Place,

also included a guilty plea that resulted in him being a registered sex offender.

And specifically, it was a guilty plea in 2010 around allegations that he was trying to lure a 14 year old girl into a sexual relationship via the internet.

And reportedly he did not have a massive role in this movie. He had a short scene with Olivia Munn but it has now been cut.

A Fox spokesperson has released the statement saying our studio was not aware of Mr. Stregel's

background when he was hired and explaining we were not aware of his background

during the casting process due to legal limitations that impede studios from running background

checks on actors. However, Shane Black, the director, apparently has always known.

Shane Black saying, I personally chose to help a friend. I can understand others might disapprove as his conviction was on a sensitive

charge and not to be taken lightly.

According to the Los Angeles Times, Black said that Stregal was quote, caught up in a bad situation

versus something lecherous.

And it turns out the reason we are actually here today is because of

Olivia Munn. According to reports, Olivia Munn was the first person to notify the studio.

But also saying that she found it, quote, both surprising and unsettling that Shane Black, our director did not share this information to

the cast crew or Fox Studios prior to during or after production.

According to the LA Times after Shane Black saw the previous story, he said it has

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