E! Producer Says She Was Fired For Allowing An Actress's Criticism Of The Network To Air
Eva Longoria
After Gram-Moreno mistakenly let an interview with  Eva Longoria  slip through in which Longoria did exactly that   she  said   she  was fired and was replaced by a man.
âThey said  if thereâs any mention of [Sadler] in the pre-show  make sure you flag it â  she  told the Times  recalling  her  instructions. âYouâre censoring celebrities; itâs just not a good idea in my humble opinion. But it wasnât my decision.â
Sadler very publicly split with the network in December after  she  said  she  learned  her  male co-host âmade close to double my salary for the past several years â yet  she  had been denied a pay raise.
Hereâs the interview with  Longoria  that Gram-Moreno says led to her termination:
 Eva Longoria  brings up women equal pay and says "We stand with you Catt Sadler" to Ryan Seacrest and E!. Debra Messing also called out  E ! on the red carpet. #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/nzBVTI0WVz â Pop Crave (@PopCrave) January 8  2018
Debra Messing drags  E ! (while being interviewed on E!): "I was so shocked to hear that  E ! doesn't believing in paying their female co-hosts the same as their male co-hosts" pic.twitter.com/HF3B2uhwtF â David Mack (@davidmackau) January 7  2018
However  Gram-Morenoâs attorney  Katherine Atkinson  said  E ! never questioned her work.
âIn the 12 years Aileen has been working on red carpet shows for  E ! they never once raised a performance issue â Atkinson said in a statement. âThat is a convenient excuse for covering up attempts to silence women speaking out. Employers often attack women speaking out about discrimination â so I am disappointed in E! but not surprised.
âE! canât have it both ways. They support their position that they were not censoring references to Catt Sadler by pointing to  the Eva Longoria interview . But they fired my client for failing to censor  that very interview . If you attempt to censor  and then fire the person for not catching the speech you intended to censor for letting it go through  you canât then claim that you arenât so bad after all because you âletâ it air. Their argument defies logic.â
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article said that the interview with Debra Messing was the one that led to Gram-Morenoâs dismissal. The interview she cited in her complaint was the one with  Eva Longoria .
After Gram-Moreno mistakenly let an interview with   [TGT]   slip through in which  [TGT]  did exactly that    [TGT]   said    [TGT]   was fired and was replaced by a man.
âThey said  if thereâs any mention of [Sadler] in the pre-show  make sure you flag it â   [TGT]   told the Times  recalling   [TGT]   instructions. âYouâre censoring celebrities; itâs just not a good idea in my humble opinion. But it wasnât my decision.â
Sadler very publicly split with the network in December after  she  said  she  learned  her  male co-host âmade close to double my salary for the past several years â yet  she  had been denied a pay raise.
Hereâs the interview with   [TGT] that Gram-Moreno says led to her termination:
  [TGT] brings up women equal pay and says "We stand with you Catt Sadler" to Ryan Seacrest and E!. Debra Messing also called out  E ! on the red carpet. #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/nzBVTI0WVz â Pop Crave (@PopCrave) January 8  2018
Debra Messing drags  E ! (while being interviewed on  [TGT] !): "I was so shocked to hear that   [TGT]  ! doesn't believing in paying their female co-hosts the same as their male co-hosts" pic.twitter.com/HF3B2uhwtF â David Mack (@davidmackau) January 7  2018
However  Gram-Morenoâs attorney  Katherine Atkinson  said   [TGT]  ! never questioned  [TGT]  work.
âIn the 12 years Aileen has been working on red carpet shows for  [TGT]  ! they never once raised a performance issue â Atkinson said in a statement. âThat is a convenient excuse for covering up attempts to silence women speaking out. Employers often attack women speaking out about discrimination â so I am disappointed in  [TGT] ! but not surprised.
âE! canât have it both ways. They support their position that they were not censoring references to Catt Sadler by pointing to  the Eva Longoria interview . But they fired my client for failing to censor  that very interview . If you attempt to censor  and then fire the person for not catching the speech you intended to censor for letting it go through  you canât then claim that you arenât so bad after all because you âletâ it air. Their argument defies logic.â
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article said that the interview with Debra Messing was the one that led to Gram-Morenoâs dismissal. The interview she cited in her complaint was the one with  Eva Longoria .