LeVar Burton recalls spending 'a lot of time naked' at the spa with the late Carl Weathers
Burton memorialized the "Rocky" actor at the posthumous Hollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony for Weathers.
LeVar Burton has fond memories of the late Carl Weathers — and many of them involve sweating it out butt naked.
Burton recalled hitting the steam room with the late Rocky actor during his speech at the ceremony honoring Weathers with a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Thursday.
"Carl and I used to meet sometimes at a Korean spa here in Koreatown just east of us, and so we spent a lot of time naked in the sauna," the Star Trek: The Next Generation actor said. "Now, when you're naked with somebody, there's nothing to hide. No, I mean really, there's nothing to hide. But there are two meanings to that, because there is no artifice in the sauna. And Carl had no problem being his authentic self in every single moment."
Burton went on to say that Weathers' authenticity was "probably his greatest gift and greatest talent," adding, "I'm really glad that we have all gathered here today to celebrate such a remarkable human being."
"He was, in fact, the embodiment of a good man," the Reading Rainbow host said of Weathers' exemplary character earlier in his remarks. "Now, I do not use those two words in combination lightly, but Carl deserves it. In Carl's presence, you knew that he was focused 100 percent on you. He wasn't looking around to see who more important came in the room, he was laser-locked on this now-moment with you."