Paramount TV chief fired over inappropriate comments – IOTW Report

Paramount TV chief fired over inappropriate comments

American Thinker: The president of Paramount Corporation’s TV unit has been fired for what is being called “comments inconsistent with Viacom’s values.”  Paramount TV is a subsidiary of media conglomerate Viacom.

Amy Powell was Paramount’s golden girl, a rising star who helped create several hit TV shows when she came on board in 2013.  But on a studio notes call with executives and talent for the show The First Wives Club, Powell apparently made what was interpreted as racially insensitive generalizations about black women.  Several complaints from those in on the call led to her firing.

Hollywood Reporter:

The news was announced Thursday via an internal memo from Paramount CEO Jim Gianopulos in which he outlined “multiple individuals” who raised “concerns around comments” made by the executive in a “professional setting, which they believed were inconsistent” with Viacom’s values.  According to sources, the comments included racially charged language.  Sources say the inciting incident occurred during a studio notes call for Paramount Network’s First Wives Club reboot, which is being penned by Girls Trip co-writer Tracy Oliver and will feature a predominantly black cast.

Powell, who is said to have been a favorite of Viacom CEO Bob Bakish, allegedly made generalizations about black women that struck some on the call as offensive.  A complaint was filed to human resources, who with the legal department, investigated the claims and those involved on the notes call.  Sources say Paramount considered discipline but decided to to [sic] fire Powell after she denied the allegations.

“Having spent the past several days conducting a thorough investigation into this matter and speaking to those who were present, our Human Resources and Legal teams came to the same conclusion, and we have made the decision to terminate Amy’s employment, effective immediately,” Gianopulos wrote.

We don’t have any idea what Powell said.  We don’t know who registered a complaint about her choice of words or whether they could be construed by a reasonable person as insensitive or racially charged.  more here

11 Comments on Paramount TV chief fired over inappropriate comments

  1. I suspect this was no more then a power play to get rid of a rival that was orchestrated by several people in different departments. I hope the one that was fired writes a book. I wonder if Sumner Redstone is aware enough to understand what’s going on around him. He may not be in the big seat anymore but he still owns 70% of ViaCom which controls everything else.

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  2. These morons made their beds by catering to a low IQ, no morals group of cretins who are now enjoying their 15 minutes in the spotlight. I feel no sympathy for either the SJW’s or the BLM’s. When the hammer comes down, both will be crushed like bugs under a shoe and left to fry on a hot sidewalk!!

    I assume these ladies would probably be of those classified as “First Wives”.

    https://www.theblackloop.com/four-women-allegedly-beat-robbed-stabbed-applebees-waitress/

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  3. “Water Buffaloes?”
    “Eat and Run?”
    “Boyd Women?”
    “Fussy, Dyed-Blond, Loud, and Argumentative?”
    “Whoopie Goldbug, Fuck You! screaming asswipe?”

    I can’t really come up with anything – so I’m guessing they just wanted to get rid of her.

    izlamo delenda est …

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