Jon: Last Christmas, I was coming off the set, I was driving home with my dog Boss. We were driving in L.A. and I heard a woman on the side of the road scream, ‘Stop him! He stole my purse!’ And I see a guy running down the street with this lady’s purse, and it was Christmastime, and there was a guy dressed up like Santa Claus … he gets in front of him and the guy with the purse barrels his shoulder right into Santa Claus and knocks him over. I mean, you do not do that to Santa Claus, man! And me being the idiot that I am, it was like a voice went off in my head that just said, ‘Action!’ And all of a sudden I jump into cop mode and I’m pursuing the perp, you know. The guy’s running down the road. He takes a right so I chase him, and I did that thing you always see in the cop movies and tv shows. I pulled my truck right in front of him on the curb and I flipped him over the hood of my truck and I got out and -
Letterman: Whoa!
Jon: I know! What an idiot! And I said ‘Police! Freeze!’
Letterman: Wait a minute. You said ‘Police, freeze?’
Jon: Like a moron, I did!Jon Bernthal on Letterman [x]
right in the feels.
