Leslie Jordan racked up some good stories throughout his life.
Jordan was incarcerated in 1997"for several indiscretions" at the same time that Downey Jr. spent nearly a year in prison for violating parole for drug and weapon charges against him.
"We were in a little holding area. I didn’t really get to converse with him at all," Jordan said, before sharing what he and the actor will always have in common."152, Pod A, Cell 13, top bunk." "I'd start drinking all of a sudden I'd find myself drunk. [I'd say], 'Well how did I get drunk? Excuse me. Do you know how I got drunk? Do you know how I got drunk? 'Cause I’m drunk and it's two o'clock in the morning and I've got to get home,'" he told ET. "Every time I'd get pulled over by this one car and they'd take me to the Van Nuys holding tank and that woman she'd go, 'Baby, baby, baby.
"I was so nervous I couldn't remember exactly what he said, but we talked back and forth a little bit," Jordan recalled."[There's] a new movie called, in which he plays gay. I wrote back, 'Well, you're halfway there with your outrageous outfits and everything.' I said, 'But listen, I've been playing gay for 66 years so if you need any pointers or tips.