Heather Nichols is a small-time television and commercial actress who has been toiling away in Hollywood with small parts and roles people have not heard of.
She was not heard of, that is, until she scored a gig as a reporter for Cagepotato.com, a Mixed Martial Arts and Ultimate Fighting Championship fan site.
A classic YouTube moment took place when Heather Nichols interviewed MMA star Rampage Jackson, who for whatever reason decided to get frisky with her.
To almost an uncomfortable degree.
Seriously, the way he gently, sensually dry humped the reporter until other people had to step in and remove him was a little disturbing, albeit hilarious.
As was the fact that Heather Nichols just kept on asking questions.
She later described the borderline molestation to SI.com: "At first I was just shocked when he grabbed me. All I could think was, 'My gosh, what is he doing?!'"
"Then I tried to play along a little bit because I knew he was trying to be funny, but after about the first 5-10 seconds, it was just plain awkward."
That sums it up. See below to check out the video of the Internet's most-talked about dry humping since Miley Cyrus went to town on that chair ...
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July 10th, 2009 5:57 PM
He is a pig as far as far I'm concerned and demeaning and degradeing to women it looks to me.
July 11th, 2009 1:30 PM
he's no pig...she didn't look like she minded very much, she didn't exactly seem to want to get away either.
July 11th, 2009 11:38 PM
she totally liked it. what an unprofessional slut. she totally encouraged and propted his behavior.
July 12th, 2009 3:22 PM
She clearly was NOT uncomfortable for most of the incident. She could have put a stop to this by stopping the interview, telling him to back off and calm down, and restart the interview again.
Her skanky behavior and his animalistic display were both at fault.
How dreadful.
July 13th, 2009 3:43 AM
Wow. You people are fucking scary with "she was asking for it" comments. She was conducting an interview. That's all. He is the one who violated and took advantage of a situation. You can see that she shoots a look over to someone, probably her producer that basically says "help me out here". People should be saying nothing other than:
he was way out of line
he basically assaulted her
he preyed on her inexperience/the people filming should have stepped in. But it looks like they only care about ratings/publicity.
You people obviously don't understand how when a person feels threatened a million things go through their minds and the brain and body just kick into survival mode. How can you get through a situation without getting hurt. She did the best she could as she was stunned this was actually happening, nobody was doing anything, and you want to not escalate anything. This guy is a fighter and very intimidating.
This is one of the most disturbing things I've ever seen. And it's obvious as she's looking around she's alone in it.
Believe me, she put on a brave face but she was in panic.
July 13th, 2009 12:00 PM
Some women like attention, no matter who it is from. Heather Nichols is obviously an attention whore.
July 19th, 2009 2:18 AM
Sure she ask for it. You know, like rape victims ask for it too. You are disturbed to make excuse for him. I'm not saying that he's a bad guy, he might have just done it in good humor, but it's still wrong.
July 21st, 2009 2:05 PM
Give me a break, he was trying to be funny and drew it out a little too far. As far as I'm concerned when she started talking about the "reporter and the fighter romantic story" she kind of did ask for it.. Either way it was hilarious for the first 10 seconds or so, after that just stupid.
August 14th, 2009 4:36 PM
Heather is a sweet gal. She is inexperienced and although this caught her off guard she handled it the best way she could at the time. I am sure after the fact she thought of, and has been coached, on the alternative ways she could have handled thie awkward situation. Give her a break, she had a script and he violated her. This is just a nasty blooper and should never have been aired.