OMG yes all of this.

I hadn’t thought of it exactly like this, but I now understand why my reaction to getting out of an abusive relationship is to talk about it ALL. THE. TIME.

Yup.

What continually makes my vision mist over with blood is the knowledge that Weinstein’s company had money budgeted every fucking year specifically to pay off victims.

That’s really what is so frustrating. I had to come to terms with this all over again on Monday. I had two weeks between being yelled at by a judge and Ex ramping up his verbal abuse again. The explosion wasn’t terrible this time around as it was all verbal, but it left me sobbing and vulnerable.

I partially manage a team that does this sort of analysis. And when an exec doesn’t like the numbers, they demand that one factor or another is changed so that the figures come out to whatever justifies their predetermined view.

Zelda spoke of this in the interview - that the trauma and abuse started with the legal system. She was brave and courageous and fighting the monster Weinstein, but the scary part was realizing there was no parent out there to supervise.

The truth is, if Kennedy is as big a best friend as Sadler says he is, he should be the first one to threaten to quit if they don’t meet her pay demands. Now what they will do is find another woman they can pay a pittance to cohost with him and the whole thing will continue.

And even more so, that he’s a terrible host.

Ah, I see, you were bringing in a completely different subject. Anyhoo, in talking about the subject at hand, hosting, my point stands.

Correct response is 100% correct!

Thank you.

But they are co-hosts on the same show. By that reasoning they should have exactly the same pay as they generate the same revenue.

You need to watch the whole thing and then think, “how could a 23 year old, faced with that caliber of legal power, even survive the onslaught?” She is a victim that bears the scars of the abuse of process that tattered her as much/more/less/how can it be measured as the woman she tried to defend. She paid a very real…

Wouldn’t that be an “appear to generate”? I mean Matt Lauer left, and ratings went up.

If he never fulfilled material terms of the agreement (such as attending therapy, addressing the assault in the first session etc) then any decent lawyer can make the case that HE broke the agreement, not her - even before we get to whether you can break an NDA when a crime has been committed.

I’m convinced 90% of workplace issues could be solved if people are paid what they’re worth.

And muchhhhhh less than Sadler had even originally made. Knowing that business, they’ll probably take some other woman who’s already working for E! and make her do double-duty without a raise.

Good for you, Catt Sadler. And E! will undoubtedly replace her with someone younger, willing to break into the industry, for less money. Sigh.