With new developments including legal action being taken against NBCUniversal, Bethenny Frankel's call for a reality TV strike may actually happen.
Reality TV has lived in a nebulous place similar to streaming in that compensation has not been quite clear. Bethenny Frankel's calls for unionization are beginning to pick up speed, with support coming from NeNe Leakes and more recently, Lisa Rinna. Now a lawyer has released a letter informing NBCUniversal that its stars are fighting against mistreatment from the network. With pressures building, it may be time to start speculating what could happen if they all decide to go on strike.
Calls For Regulation and Unionization From ‘RHONY’s' Bethenny Frankel Since the writer’s strike began in Hollywood, Bethenny Frankel has spoken out against networks taking advantage of their reality stars. She has called for unionization as well as more compensation in the form of residuals. Other housewives current and former have spoken in support of Bethenny’s calls for action, and it does make sense.
It’s less about money and more about human rights violations. According to the recent letter sent to NBCUniversal from the lawyers representing a group of not yet named reality stars, there have been plenty of those violations. The letter states, “While our investigation is still ongoing, we have reason to believe that cast members and crewmembers on NBC reality TV shows have been subjected to disturbing mistreatment by NBCUniversal and/or its employees, contractors, and third-party affiliates.
These are some incredibly serious allegations, and certainly goes beyond wanting some residuals. Another network has been accused of similar things in the past few months. Discovery was called out in the docu-series Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets for similar mistreatment. Jill Duggar Dillard and her sisters were being sexually assaulted by their older brother Josh when he was a teenager.
A Reality TV Strike Could Change A Lot For TV Viewers With the WGA and SAG/AFTRA strikes going on currently, it would make sense for reality tv stars to take a stand. The letter crafted by the lawyers representing the unidentified stars has called for litigation. If talks between the two parties do not go well, there is a potential for a strike, at least for the stars under the NBCUniversal umbrella.
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