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The Moonves were well known among CBS women as a misogynist brute whose mantra was "Why would I want to run the show if I do not want to do it?", According to the creator of the sitcom "Designing Women".
In a new column for the Hollywood Reporter, Linda Bloodworth-Thomason says the media mogul – who recently resigned as president and CEO of the network amid allegations of sexual misconduct – never told him years.
"People have been asking me for years, 'Where were you?' What happened to you? & # 39; & # 39; She wrote. "The Moonves have arrived."
According to Bloodworth-Thomason, when Moonves entered the network in 1995, she signed an unprecedented $ 50 million contract with the network following the success of "Designing Women" – and produced a pilot project called
"I was immediately concerned when I heard that Mr. Moonves was a big fan of topless bars. Then, someone announced that he particularly hated "Designing Women" and their speeches out loud, she wrote.
"As soon as the pilot was finished, Moonves informed me that he would not be picked up. I was at the top of my career. I would not work for seven years.
She soon began hearing stories about her lascivious ways – including the female star of an "iconic police series", who said Moonves had stuck her tongue out just after telling her "she was too old to be on his network.
Bloodworth-Thomason has already shared this anecdote – in a column about Harvey Weinstein last year. But at the time, she only identified him as the "seemingly Teflonian" president of a network "whose career has been marked by rumors of sexual harassment over decades."
She also noted that "crazy, interesting" female characters like Murphy Brown disappeared from CBS, while Moonves favored "macho shows featuring a virtual genocide of nude bombs in morgue drawers."
Bloodworth-Thomason says that Moonves seemed to have a "personal vendetta" against her – and even refused Bette Midler when the famous actress wanted to make a series with her.
"Was it because I defended the New South? Or a feminist agenda, certainly aggressive? Or both? "She writes in the Reporter.
"The day I officially separated from CBS on the same day, Mr. Moonves said he would only pay a very small portion of the penalties, my incredulous agent asked me what was wrong." He had to tell me. Mr. Moonves replied, "Tell him to go f-k herself!"
The TV writer says that she was not surprised when Moonves finally admitted recently that "maybe he had made some women feel uncomfortable" – but has always insisted that he did nothing wrong.
Let's be clear. Transferring your tongue or penis into a woman's throat at an office meeting and greeting is not a "mistake". It's an act of terror. This can not be corrected with a special "Hallree" card! My bad! & # 39; Written she.
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