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Longtime “The Price Is Right” shaper Roger Dobkowitz defended Bob Barker amid damning allegations successful nan “Dirty Rotten Scandals” documentary.
Dobkowitz, who worked connected much than 4,600 episodes of nan crippled show successful a 36-year span, shared a lengthy social media statement saying he attempted to debar commenting connected nan “obvious ‘hit piece'” and hoped nan bid would “quietly disappear.”
Two episodes of nan six-part E! bid focused connected nan long-running CBS show and featured interviews pinch “Barker’s Beauties” models who claimed they either knowledgeable aliases witnessed intersexual harassment, retaliation aliases a dispute activity environment.
“Many of my friends person asked maine for my comments successful regards to the E documentary that was precocious shown connected their network,” Dobkowitz wrote. “However, up until now, I avoided commenting connected it because I didn’t want to adhd immoderate societal traction to specified an evident ‘hit piece’. The ‘documentary’ should conscionable softly vanish into nan bottommost of a TV balanced of a discarded handbasket on pinch each nan different forgotten alleged ‘exposes.'”
Dobkowitz acknowledged nan programme “doesn’t look to person received overmuch traction anyway” earlier claiming that “fewer group care” aliases retrieve “probably since nan purported incident took spot 30 years agone connected a daytime crippled show.”
“I consciousness it is OK for maine to uncover my thoughts and, astir importantly, take sides nan dignity and integrity of our awesome show,” he wrote. “This alleged ‘expose’ makes maine recognize that location are immoderate group successful this world who will happily exaggerate and create falsehoods successful bid to warrant a individual hateful vendetta against a personification successful bid to tie attraction to themselves.
“Making nan business worse is nan truth that nan accused is deceased, and therefore, making it intolerable for nan accused to take sides himself. The adjective ‘brave’ should ne'er beryllium utilized successful reference to a personification attacking a dormant person.”
He wrote, “Most group successful nine and individuals move connected pinch their lives, particularly aft tribunal rooms person settled disputes and they are closed. Most group are happy that a headache successful their lives is over.
“Such closure is usually a life-marker to punctual nan personification to turn and put things down them. When personification feels nan compulsion to perpetually bring it up for different 30 years is simply a motion that thing could beryllium incorrect pinch their capacity to logic maturely.”
Dobkowitz mused nan thought of writing a book about his 36 years pinch nan show, which would see “36 years of observations pinch Bob, nan models, and nan staff,” and apt “clear up tons of misconceptions and disregard galore wrongful accusations.”
“The show was a happy spot … our moving situation was nan envy of different shows. Staff seldom discontinue … nan dozens of women who were successful our repertoire of models came backmost twelvemonth aft year, happy to beryllium connected our show,” he wrote.
“The only unhappy people, arsenic would beryllium recovered successful immoderate company, were nan ones that didn’t get nan raise they wanted, nan ones that didn’t get nan promotion they thought they deserved, and nan ones that were terminated for not doing their job. Of course, we did person a mini fistful of those people, but far, far, little than different companies had.”
He added, “I was location for 36 years. I was connected that stage.”
Barker, who hosted nan show for 35 years, died successful 2023 astatine property 99.
“Barker’s Beauties” exemplary Holly Hallstrom appeared connected nan show from 1977 until she was fired successful 1995, a determination she has said was blamed connected weight summation caused by medication. However, Hallstrom alleges she was really dismissed aft declining to publically support Barker erstwhile chap exemplary Dian Parkinson revenge a sexual harassment lawsuit against him successful 1994.
She past spent astir a decade locked successful a ineligible conflict aft Barker sued her for defamation, according to Business Insider. She countersued, alleging defamation on pinch claims of affectional distress and discrimination.
Hallstrom said she was efficaciously blacklisted successful nan intermezo manufacture and pushed to nan brink financially, according to nan outlet. She besides declined colony offers, saying she refused to beryllium silenced by a nondisclosure agreement.
Barker consistently denied wrongdoing and maintained that immoderate relationships were consensual.
