Amy Schumer, Eva Longoria, Brie Larson and other actresses are calling out the E! network over the departure of Catt Sadler, who exited the network last month after discovering that her male co-host Jason Kennedy was earning “close to double [her] salary for the past several years.”
As a result, the actresses are asking that attendees at the Golden Globes ask about Sadler when being interviewed on the red carpet by E!
“If you’re on the carpet tonight or at home post in support and ask @eentertainment what happened?” wrote the “Trainwreck” star on Instagram. “We thought you would be for pay equality and say #imwithcattsad”
Also lending her support to the movement is Oscar-winner Brie Larson, who took to Twitter to join the effort. “We stand with you,” tweeted Brie, adding, “equal pay for equal work!”
Eva Longoria likewise lent her support:
During E!’s red carpet coverage of the Globes, several stars wound up bringing up Sadler’s situation during their interviews, including Longoria and “Will & Grace” star Debra Messing, who told E!’s Giuliana Rancic, “I was so shocked to hear that E! doesn’t believe in paying their female co-hosts the same as their male co-hosts. I miss Catt Sadler and so we stand with her. And that’s something that can change tomorrow. We want people to start having this conversation that women are just as valuable as men.”
Meanwhile, Amber Tamblyn took to Twitter to share her thoughts by warning E! that “we’re watching you… and we don’t mean your programming. You need to address pay inequality at your network and the fact that @IAmCattSadler left after finding out her male co-host was making twice as much as she was.”
