Actress Holly Robinson-Pete named in an age discrimination lawsuit filled against the Hallmark network, claiming execs called her old and too expensive...
From Variety
Hallmark executive VP of programming Lisa Hamilton Daly told her staff she did not want to cast “old people,” saying they did not fit with her image for the channel, a new age discrimination lawsuit filed against the studio claims.
In the suit, Hamilton Daly is quoted as singling out Holly Robinson Peete and Lacey Chabert, who are 60 and 42 respectively, as examples of “old talent” that needed to be “replaced.” Both actors have starred in Christmas movies and shows on the Hallmark Channel.
“Lacey’s getting older and we have to find someone like her to replace her as she gets older,” Hamilton Daly allegedly said.
Of Robinson Peete, she said, “No one wants her because she’s too expensive and getting too old. She can’t play leading roles anymore,” the suit alleges.
Penny Perry, a 79-year-old casting director, filed the lawsuit on Oct. 9 in Los Angeles Superior Court. She alleges that she was unceremoniously fired in April after nine years with the company.
According to the complaint, Hamilton Daly repeatedly told Perry that she was “too long in the tooth,” and sought to have her removed as part of a goal of finding “new talent.”
6 comments:
I watched a few episodes of Queens something reality show with K. Michelle, Lisa Raye and London aka Deelishious. All that surgery and they look terrible trying to stop Father Time! I was trying to focus on their stories but couldn’t get past their warped looks. Yikes!
So much for women's rights and feminism...guaranteed the VP is a WW. Irony o f it all...Hallmark is appreciated and watched by Gen X, smh!
It's probly more about money, they apparently hired Penny at 70 yrs old. They don't wanna pay and they claim Holly is too expensive.
Her husband is the one that looks old. Sitting next to him doesn't help her. She looks good.
She’s beautiful and I call jealousy. Them white executives skin probably cracking like crepe paper so they mad. I had no idea Holly was 60! She looks 40 in that picture to me. And someone who has been acting for years will be expensive. Anyone who has been working any field a long time will be more expensive. You have to pay for talent. That’s just how it goes.
HRP JUST TURNED 60YO LAST MONTH
YEAH, IT'S NOT YOUTHFUL ANYMORE, BUT SHE'S NOT OLD-SHE'S SEASONED
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