【new balance freeze 3.0】Jason Bateman says he nearly 'ran over' Michael Jackson with his bicycle as a kid

It turns out

Jason Bateman

and

Rick Schroder

weren't exactly the most smooth criminals as kids.

Bateman has revealed that the pair once nearly "ran over"

Michael Jackson

with their bicycles while the King of Pop was visiting the set of their sitcom

Silver Spoons

back in the '80s.

Thenew balance freeze 3.0

Ozark

star explained that the incident occurred while he and Schroder were on a break from filming and riding around the show's set.

"This is while we were doing

Silver Spoons

at Universal and we'd need to have our bikes because kids gotta play," Bateman told

Jimmy Kimmel

on Friday's episode of

Jimmy

Kimmel

Live

. "Michael was there to see [Schroder]."

The actor then paused his story to give the crowd an apprehensive look — seemingly a subtle nod to the

child sexual abuse allegations against Jackson

that eventually surfaced — which caused them to respond in shock and awe and with some laughter.

"I don't — listen,

hey

!" Bateman replied, raising his hands in the air. "He was a fan of the show

and

a fan of the Ricker!"

Jason Bateman on Loving New York, Letterman Calling Him Notoriously Chatty & Knowing Every 80s Star. youtube.com/watch?v=39PXzQ50hAs ; 1983: Portrait of American pop star Michael Jackson wearing a red leather jacket at the opening of the stage musical, 'Dream Girls,' Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frank Edwards/Fotos International/Getty Images)

Jimmy Kimmel/ABC; Frank Edwards/Fotos International/Getty

Jason Bateman says he nearly ran over Michael Jackson with his bike as a kid.

But not even being a fan of the show could keep Jackson from almost getting clipped by Bateman and Schroder's wheels. As Bateman recalled, "[Jackson] was coming onto the stage while we were zooming off and almost took him down." Jackson was ultimately able to moon-walk away from the incident without any harm.

Schroder starred as lovable lead Ricky in the NBC family comedy, which centered around the father-son dynamic between him and his wealthy socialite dad Edward Stratton III (Joel Higgins). For its first two seasons, Bateman played Ricky's best friend, Derek Taylor. After Bateman's departure,

Alfonso Ribeiro

took over as Ricky's BFF for the remainder of the series.

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