United Kingdom, April 13 -- Dax Shepard "hated" Eric Dane when they first met and they once had a "fist fight" outside an Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meeting.

The 51-year-old podcaster first met the late Euphoria actor - who died in February aged 53 after battling ALS - in recovery and his first impressions of the star was that he was a "bully", with their mutual dislike eventually leading to a physical altercation.

Speaking to Anderson Cooper at the New Orleans Book Festival, People magazine reports Dax said: "Eric Dane, I can now say I met in recovery, and we hated each other. I hated him. I thought he was a bit of a bully."

Of one meeting they both attended, Dax claimed Eric "threatened a younger member of the group."

He added: "This...