Victoria Rowell is suing CBS and NBC for being treated as a "second-class citizen" while working on the set of "Young & Restless" and for being blacklisted from Hollywood and daytime TV.
On the set, white actors/workers made fun of her and her hairstylist for being black. They also told Rowell that her hair smelled.
The breaking point for Rowell was how her character (Drucilla Winters) was written off the show:
"Rowell quit the show when the writers made her character go insane. She was thrown in a strait jacket and hauled to asylum. Her character then fell off a cliff and the body never found, leaving some fans clamoring for her return and a resolution of the mystery."
Since her resignation, she hasn't been able to get any job on TV/movies...
Link to the article:
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/young-restless-star-sues-show-racism-article-1.2111756
Racism or nah?
On the set, white actors/workers made fun of her and her hairstylist for being black. They also told Rowell that her hair smelled.
The breaking point for Rowell was how her character (Drucilla Winters) was written off the show:
"Rowell quit the show when the writers made her character go insane. She was thrown in a strait jacket and hauled to asylum. Her character then fell off a cliff and the body never found, leaving some fans clamoring for her return and a resolution of the mystery."
Since her resignation, she hasn't been able to get any job on TV/movies...
Link to the article:
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/young-restless-star-sues-show-racism-article-1.2111756
Racism or nah?
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When i was heavy into soaps, this was one of the most beautiful chicks on TV.
Didn't know that.
Not my fave but she was not terrible. Chicks were lighting up the screen and had a brotha enjoying
