Allison Williams Recalls Kicking Boys 'in the Balls' with Wooden Clogs in the 4th Grade: 'I Hope It Caused No Permanent Damage'

Allison Williams is issuing a broad apology connected behalf of her fourth-grade self.

During an quality connected nan June 24 section of The Kelly Clarkson Show, nan Girls alum, 37, recounted a communicative astir really she erstwhile recovered it "amusing" to footwear her antheral classmates "in nan balls" pinch woody clogs.

Williams told big Kelly Clarkson she was reminiscing pinch her lifelong friends-turned-Landlines podcast co-hosts, Hope Kremer and Jaymie Oppenheim, astir manner items they wore erstwhile they were younger, erstwhile she recalled nan pain-delivering footwear.

"It was designed to break your ankle, like, arsenic efficiently arsenic possible, and it had this heavy woody sole," she recalled. "The point I subordinate nan astir pinch it — and this is horrible, and this is simply a mea culpa — but successful 4th grade, I recovered it amusing to spot what happened to nan boys successful my people erstwhile I kicked them successful nan balls pinch that shoe."

Clarkson, intelligibly stunned, hilariously fired back, "Just curious, what happened?"

Williams said she recovered nan boys' reactions "fascinating" because it wholly changed their demeanor.

"These boys successful 4th grade, nan number 1 point arsenic a boy — successful my school, astatine slightest — was thing fazes you, nothing's happening, I person a hoodie and nary 1 tin spot maine and I'm not here," she explained.

"When they sewage kicked successful nan balls, abruptly this type of them would look that was nauseous and crying," she continued. "I was like, 'Wow, this is simply a different broadside of you that I'm seeing.'"

Williams went connected to picture really she tried to understand what astir nan footwear made it truthful achy for nan boys.

"I was like, 'But is it real? How existent is this feeling? I don't person that. I don't person what you have," she added. "It was a mates of them, a mates of times, and each clip I would beryllium like, 'Are you really successful pain?' And they'd beryllium like, 'Yes! I'm throwing up! This hurts!'"

Now looking backmost connected nan moment, Williams offered up an apology — and a warning.

"To each nan boys I went to schoolhouse with, I americium truthful sorry," she said to her erstwhile classmates. "I dream it caused nary imperishable damage."

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Williams past turned into mom mode, thanking those fourth-grade boys for "informing what I now request arsenic accusation for nan mother of a boy who now possesses those."

The M3GAN character — who welcomed son Arlo, 3, pinch fiancé Alexander Dreymon successful November 2021 — past issued a informing to anyone reasoning of recreating her woody clog research pinch her small guy.

"And to each nan early group successful Arlo's life," she cautioned, "if immoderate of you footwear him successful nan balls, I'm coming for you."