Posted on 04/09/2006 11:38:04 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
(April 7) -- Mablean Ephriam, who until recently presided over the syndicated television show 'Divorce Court," says that she was given her walking papers from the show, in part because FOX would not cut her slack when it came to styling her hair. "...When will FOX and the rest of America accept our cultural differences as African Americans and embrace us with all of our different hairstyles, hair textures, hair color..." she said in a "press conference statement."
FOX gave Mablean the boot after seven years because they say Mablean was asking for a lot more money than the network was willing to shell out. TMZ is told two million a year was not enough for Mablean, so FOX said farewell.
Mablean's statement veers away from salary and onto hairier issues. She says "the most unacceptable demand to me was when FOX said, 'There will be no changes in the current hairstyle to avoid time consuming issues regarding her hair." She believes FOX's position could violate Federal law, calling it "a racial and ethnic issue."
Mablean rhetorically asks why he hair was suddenly an issue: "Because of my ethnicity - African American, Black, Negro, whatever term you prefer to use."'
Mablean adds that she wore a wig last season after losing a substantial amount of hair because of a chemical process gone bad. She feels that FOX wanted her to continue wearing a wig to save time in taping the show.
The former TV judge said there was another issue -- she did not want to tape as many as eight cases a day because "divorce is a very emotional issue." She was also upset that FOX would no longer pay for the show's holiday luncheon .
Finally, Mablean suggests FOX went after her personal assistant Princess and her daughter Darlene Allen (who ran the wardrobe department) by also firing them.
Mablean is being replaced by Lynn Toler, an ex-Ohio judge. Toler is also African American.
I think her hair is attractive.
I'm sorry... that looks like George Foreman in drag.
Mablean's statement veers away from salary and onto hairier issues. She says "the most unacceptable demand to me was when FOX said, 'There will be no changes in the current hairstyle to avoid time consuming issues regarding her hair." She believes FOX's position could violate Federal law, calling it "a racial and ethnic issue."
Hey lady.....they're running a business! If you look like a freak, to hell with "embracing' you....go embrace yourself and get off that " race card" crappola.
So emotional they get it done on tv.
It is not whether or not FOX and the rest of America accept your cultural differences but rather when will you as an employee accept the work standards and dress codes of your employers.
Do not bite the hand that feeds you. Hey, if you don't like the job standards, it's time to move on... Just please, get off this racial crap!
"But I don't wanna be a pirate!"
Tyson's twin sister?
We are way beyond hairdoos here.....whoa!
Yeah that is what I was thinking.
Glad I'm not the only one.
That's a really old photo, I believe. Her hair has been fairly short since 2000 or so.
Compare just a wig to what other actors go through for monsters, aliens, etc.
From what I understand, all of these "trash" shows are cheap to produce, so the ROI is bigger for that particular time slot.
My retired parents watch Bob Barker every weekday morning. I can't understand the attraction.
Likewise, with these "judge" shows.
To each their own.
And it probably is about the $$$, not the hair.
Perhaps the reason that Fox does not want her to change her hair style is that if the show goes into syndication, the shows would not necessarily be run in the order that they were produced. The result would be a different hair style every day, which would be disconcerting to the potential viewers.
The ebonics stuff coming from a judge did me in.
Doogle, how diod you of all people get to photograph Cynthia with no clothes on?
no way
pit pass
Apparently so would a lot of people as Mablean just learned the hard way.
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