2023/08/04
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Bravo stars are claiming they’ve been sexually and mentally exploited by the network and its parent company, NBC.
A letter sent to NBC, and obtained by TMZ, alleges the network has subjected current and former reality show cast and crew members to “grotesque and depraved mistreatment,” including provoking mental instability, exploiting minors, and distributing or condoning the distribution of revenge porn.
As part of magnifying employees’ wavering mental health, NBC is accused of “plying cast members with alcohol while depriving them of food and sleep,” as well as denying appropriate treatment to those “displaying obvious and alarming signs of mental deterioration,” according to the outlet.
The network is also accused of burying acts of sexual violence, of not permitting stars to leave their shows “even under dire circumstances” and of having “threatened” anyone who goes public with the treatment dished out.
The alleged exploitation of minors includes having them take part in “sometimes long-term appearances” on shows for which they are not paid.
The letter comes on the heels of “Real Housewives of New York City” alum Bethenny Frankel advocating for the unionization of reality stars.
Streaming services and television networks are “going to get as much milk out of the cows as they (can) because it’s legal. We signed a contract. Does it mean we should be exploited?” asked Frankel, 52. “Just because you can exploit young, doe-eyed talent desperate for the platform TV gives them, it doesn’t mean you should.”
Frankel went on to call for a strike of those starring on reality shows currently in production.
Her statements came a week after SAG-AFTRA initiated a strike, joining that of the Writers Guild, as both unions’ negotiations broke down with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents studios and streamers.
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© New York Daily News
Bravo stars are claiming they’ve been sexually and mentally exploited by the network and its parent company, NBC.
A letter sent to NBC, and obtained by TMZ, alleges the network has subjected current and former reality show cast and crew members to “grotesque and depraved mistreatment,” including provoking mental instability, exploiting minors, and distributing or condoning the distribution of revenge porn.
As part of magnifying employees’ wavering mental health, NBC is accused of “plying cast members with alcohol while depriving them of food and sleep,” as well as denying appropriate treatment to those “displaying obvious and alarming signs of mental deterioration,” according to the outlet.
The network is also accused of burying acts of sexual violence, of not permitting stars to leave their shows “even under dire circumstances” and of having “threatened” anyone who goes public with the treatment dished out.
The alleged exploitation of minors includes having them take part in “sometimes long-term appearances” on shows for which they are not paid.
The letter comes on the heels of “Real Housewives of New York City” alum Bethenny Frankel advocating for the unionization of reality stars.
Streaming services and television networks are “going to get as much milk out of the cows as they (can) because it’s legal. We signed a contract. Does it mean we should be exploited?” asked Frankel, 52. “Just because you can exploit young, doe-eyed talent desperate for the platform TV gives them, it doesn’t mean you should.”
Frankel went on to call for a strike of those starring on reality shows currently in production.
Her statements came a week after SAG-AFTRA initiated a strike, joining that of the Writers Guild, as both unions’ negotiations broke down with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents studios and streamers.
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© New York Daily News
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