5 sets of television programs that would have been super toxic
From the anatomy of Gray to Icarly, the drama behind the scenes on these sets was out of the charts.
Nothing is like the feeling of watching a new television program and being swept away by the drama of all this. Who does not like to escape their own reality for the evening? But for some television series, the real drama occurred When the cameras did not even ride . From allegations of sexual misconduct to the consumption of alcohol at work, these sets did not seem to have the best environment for distribution and the team. Read more to find out more about five television programs that would have been super toxic.
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1 Icarly
This comedy at Hit Nickelodeon featuring Miranda Cosgrove and Jennette McCurdy Broadcast for six seasons from 2007 to 2012. Unfortunately, hilarious lines and children's pleasure were not so magical for one of the stars on the set.
McCUNDY who reserved the role of Sam when she was only 15 years old, wrote on her experience on the set in her best -selling thesis, I'm glad my mother is dead.
She refers to a boss at the time who she calls, "the creator" would force her to drink alcohol On the tray and rub her shoulders in a way that made her extremely uncomfortable. Although she does not call him directly, Dan Schneider , who wrote and produced Icarly During the six seasons, had Several allegations against him For fault.
After having decided to leave Icarly's spin-off, Sam & Cat , McCURDY alleys that Nickelodeon tried to bring it to With money to keep it silent.
"Nickelodeon offers me three hundred thousand dollars in silence so as not to speak publicly about my experience in the program? My personal experience of creator's abuses?" McCurdy wrote in his memories. "This is a network with programs made for children. Shouldn't they have a kind of moral compass? Shouldn't they try to run for a kind of ethical standard?"
2 A tree hill
For six seasons, Sophia Bush played the beloved character, Brooke Davis, on A tree hill . And while the show was full of drama you could cut with a knife , that's what happened behind the scenes that was even more shocking.
During Ashley Graham podcast, Big enough , Bush talks about his time filming the show. "There was this kind of really weird thing ... You look at it, at the time, I did not know how inappropriate it was, but again, it's a long time ago," said Bush. "I remember that my boss continued to write scenes so that I am in underwear."
"I said to myself:" I don't do that, it's inappropriate. "For example, I don't think that is what we should teach 16 -year -old girls to do, and seek validation this way. And I said," If you want someone to do so so , ask someone else to do it. ' And he literally said to me: "Well, you are the one with the Big F - King Rack that everyone wants to see." "
In 2017, an ex A tree hill writer, Audrey Wauchope , wrote a series of Disturbing tweets On the sexual harassment that she experienced during her time working on the show. Reading tweets, 18 women actors and crew members, including Bush, set up a letter, recalling the inappropriate events that occurred on the set.
Part of the letter reads rebuilding, sometimes physically, because it was clearly indicated that the supervisors of the room were not the protectors they were supposed to be. ""
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3 The OC
The OC It was a modern soap drama that followed beautiful Californian teenagers, including love, lust, sorrow and more. And although this show had its fair share of incidents, when the cameras stopped driving, it was then that the category started.
One of the stars, MISCHA BARTON Told E! News that she was mistreated by many people on the set. "There were people on this set that were very mean to me ", did she say." It was not, like, the most ideal environment for a sensitive young girl who was also pushed into celebrity to have to bear them. ""
Barton and Rachel Bilson (Another advance of the show) would also have had a not so great relationship. In an interview with She, Barton throws an awkward shade to his co-star. "She is much more openly sexual that me "Said Barton." She is so small and I am so tall and tagged. I think I would be afraid of having her pleasure. I like to be absolutely sexy. "
4 Buffy against vampires
This emblematic spectacle revolved around vampires and monsters, but the scenes on the screen were tamed compared to what happened in reality.
In 2021, Charisma carpenter , who played the Demons Cordelia Chase hunter came out with allegations against the creator of the show, Joss Whedon .
In a tweet, Carpenter wrote: " Joss Whedon abused his power on many occasions while working together on the sets of Buffy against vampires and Angel. The disturbing incidents have triggered a chronic physical condition from which I still suffer. It is with a beating and heavy heart that I say that I went bankrupt and sometimes destructive. ""
Of the, Sarah Michelle Gellar , the main star of the show, joined his co-star against Whedon.
In an Instagram post, Gellar wrote: " While I am proud So that my name is associated with Buffy Summers, I don't want to always be associated with the name Joss Whedon. I will not make any other statement at the moment. But I am with all the survivors of abuse and I am proud of them for having spoke. ""
Gellar then decided to share his own work experience on Buffy. During the "Round Narration Table: producers" at the Summit The Wins Power of Women Women, Gellar spoke of the toxic whole.
She says, " For so long , I was on a set which, I think, was known to be an extremely toxic male whole, and it was therefore rooted in my head that it was what all looked like, so we became too powerful, so you had to Keep this. "" AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
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5 Gray anatomy
If you saw Gray anatomy , you know that it comes with a lot of accidents, blood and of course drama. But with a casting as great as this one, it was inevitable that there are also theaters who cooked behind the scenes.
Ellen Pompeo , who has played Meredith Gray since the broadcast of the show, has not been tight on what happened on the set over the years. "" The first 10 years We had serious culture problems, very bad behavior, a truly toxic working environment, "she said in an interview with The variety .
Speaking of wages, Pompeo said that Patrick DEMPSY Who played the beloved character, Derek Shepard, was paid more than she was at the first start. To worsen things, Pompeo did not even know that she was authorized to negotiate her salary. "" I didn't even realize Until we renegore season three. No one offered it, "she said.
Pompeo is not the only star to have had problems with the way the show was directed. Isaiah Washington , who played Dr. Preston Burke from 2005 to 2007, also explained how he was treated on the set. Washington said Tavis Smiley From Kbla Talk 1580 Radio, "Every day, I was a problem that was recalled" You are n ° 4 on the call sheet . You are not the star of this show, "he said.
Another original star star, Katherine Heigl Who played Izzie Stevens had problems with the amount of co-stars and his co-stars. In an interview with David Letterman She said: "Our first day of return was Wednesday. It was - I will continue to say it because I hope it would embarrass them ... A 17 -hour day , which, I think, is cruel and mean. ""