By Sheri
NICOLLETTE SHERIDAN SUING DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
Launching a 20 million dollar lawsuit against Desperate Housewives creator, Marc Cherry, Nicollette Sheridan, who played Edie Britt on the show, claims the set was a “hostile work environment.” Sheridan alleges Cherry hit her in the face after she was questioning a script and went above him to the ABC execs.
Sheridan says Cherry was “abusive and aggressive” to other Desperate Housewife actors including Teri Hatcher. According to a passage in Sheridan’s lawsuit, Cherry commented to her, after Hatcher also went above him to the ABC execs: “I hope Teri Hatcher gets hit by a car and dies.” (If that’s true, I hope it was before Gale Harold (super gorgeous sweetie deluxe), who played Hatcher’s love interest, Jackson, had a motorcycle accident and almost died!)
THREE PARTS IN SHERIDAN’S LAWSUIT AGAINST CHERRY
Wrongful dismissal, assault and gender violence form the basis of Sheridan’s 20 million dollar lawsuit. Sheridan says the amount is appropriate as she’s “losing millions in future earnings” by not being on Desperate Housewives. The 46 year old Sheridan was fired by Cherry last year. Sheridan claims she was fired after she complained to ABC execs about the script.
EVA LONGORIA PARKER SHOCKED ABOUT SHERIDAN’S ALLEGATIONS
Nicollette Sheridan’s Desperate Housewives co-star, Eva Longoria Parker, is making statements that she’s shocked about the 20 million dollar lawsuit and claims against Marc Cherry. Eva calls Cherry “funny and sweet” and insists that Sheridan wasn’t even on the set in September of 2008 when the alleged hit in the face was supposed to have occurred.
However, Nikki Finke, a columnist for Deadline Hollywood has a different story. She mainly defends Cherry, but says the incident Sheridan describes did happen. Finke explains that Cherry slapped Sheridan across the face to show her how to react when her character’s husband did the same thing. WTF!!?? What happened to the classic Hollywood fake hit, smack sound effect and quick face turn away?