Two former Price Is Right models have been fired from the show for no other reason than the fact that they were pregnant.
Shane Stirling and Brandi Cochran are suing the show for being shamed, discriminated against and fired because they were pregnant. There is not much information out about Shane Stirling, other than the fact that she was discriminated against, but Brandi Cochran has shared details of the extent of the hell she went through at the hands of Price Is Right producers.
In the lawsuit filed with the L.A. County Superior Court in March, Cochran states that in 2007, she was afraid to tell anyone about her pregnancy because she was afraid of losing her job on the show, but she said that the stress of keeping it a secret resulted in a miscarriage. When she told a producer about the miscarriage, she claims that the producer said "It's nature's way of getting rid of a bad baby."
When she got pregnant again in 2008, she was open about her pregnancy--with twins--and when she walked past a producer, he commented on her weight, saying "Wide load coming through." She ended up being put on disability because of complications with her pregnancy, but says that she did eventually lose her job completely.
Simply put, the people behind Price Is Right have made misogyny and discrimination an everyday business practice. It is unfortunately telling that details of this lawsuit have just made it out into the media when the lawsuit was filed in March and the events that are described in the lawsuit took place in 2007 and 2008. Comments that were made by Price Is Right producers to Brandi Cochran are not okay and should not be tolerated by anyone in any situation--especially a work situation.
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