Former E! Correspondent Catt Sadler Responds to Being a Topic at the Golden Globes
The 73rd Golden Globe Awards are Sunday, and we're expecting, and hoping, it will be a hoot to watch. It's going to be a night of partying and heavy drinking. With Ricky Gervais returning to host, we can expect jokes at the expense of the celebrities in attendance. On a serious note, just looking at all the faces here, reminds me of some of the great work that's been done this year. By cosmetic surgeons. [LAUGH] You all look great. We're praying Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Schumer wear the exact same dress. She told E! that means Amy has to wear a Dior, which we're sure she's fine with. I'm just gonna try to talk to Dior in order to make two of whatever they're making for me. [LAUGH] The Globes are the first major award show of 2016, and we want Leo DiCaprio to start off Strong, he's going up against Brian Cranston, Michael Fastbender, Eddie Redmayne, and Will Smith for the award of best actor in a motion picture drama. And it will be Spotlight's time to shine or maybe not. The film seems to lead the nominees for best picture and since its long been thought that this anyone's game Well see if the Boston Globe file really has the power to beat out those other close contenders. We're also looking forward to the potential for a few drunk moments. Since Moet Chandonis the champagne sponsor of the show, that bubbly is flowing all night long, which leads to situations like this. My luck is holding. I'm nominated in Category where the competition is dead. The Globes air live Sunday at 8 PM Eastern on NBC.
Gender inequality is a major talking point of this year's Golden Globe awards, coming up during interviews on the black dress–filled red carpet to award speeches, and E!'s interviews were no exception.
E! hosted the red carpet, but as Hollywood stars stepped up to chat with Ryan Seacrest and Giuliana Rancic, among others, they also touched on a controversial move by the network. E! News allegedly paid Catt Sadler less than half of what her male co-host made, causing her to quit, and stars like Eva Longoria, Debra Messing, and Reese Witherspoon were not shy about bringing it up.
Now, Sadler herself is speaking out about being a topic during the night.
In a statement to People on Sunday, Sadler said, “I am immensely grateful for the outpouring of support today. Thank you to Amy, Debra, Eva, Brie, Julianne, and so many more women using their voices on behalf of us all. Time’s Up.”
Before her statement, Longoria brought her up in a conversation with Seacrest during an interview.
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“We’re also here for Time’s Up, we support gender equality and equal pay and we hope that E! follows that lead and we stand with Catt,” she said, with Witherspoon agreeing.
Messing also brought up Sadler during an interview, with Rancic.
“Time is up and we want diversity and we want intersectional gender parity,” Messing said. “We want equal pay, and I was so shocked to hear that E! doesn’t believe in paying their female co-hosts the same as male co-hosts.”
