There’s plenty of collateral damage as the careers of admitted Hollywood harassers are indefinitely sidelined as years of misbehavior come to light.
That seems to be the case with Jen Richards, who took to Twitter on Friday to reveal she lost a major career opportunity to voice an animated transgender character on a TBS show called The Cops that Louis C.K. was an executive producer on.
The comic recently admitted to sexual misconduct in the wake of a report from the New York Times, and on Friday TBS announced that The Cops was ‘suspended until further review.’
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Innocent bystander: Actress Jen Richards, 41, revealed that she was upset over a major career opportunity lost in the wake of Louis C.K.’s admission to sexual misconduct, but knows that the onslaught of sexual harassment revelations will help Hollywood in the big picture
Richards said in a series of tweets that while she was upset over what would have been a landmark opportunity, she’ll ‘continue to loudly celebrate’ the major cultural shift in show business after a frenetic month that’s seen decades-long instances of sexual harassment exposed and addressed.
‘Welp. I guess I can say this now: I was one of the stars of “The Cops,”‘ the transgender actress, 41, tweeted Friday. ‘There was going to be an animated trans character, voiced by a trans actress, on network television.’
The Her Story star said noted that ‘the consequences of these actions go far,’ noting that she ‘was really excited’ about the project.
‘F—. That announcement kinda took the “look at all these amazing women” wind out of my sails,’ said Richards, who’s been seen on I Am Cait. ‘I know this isn’t about me, but I was really excited to voice a cartoon character. To have a badass, openly trans character on network t.v. would have been awesome. Oh well.’
Opening up: The actress was candid in her mixed feelings amid what looked to be a big step forward for both her career and the representation of transgender people on TV
The Mississippi native was careful to balance out her personal disappointment with the positive ramifications of serial sexual abusers being washed out of an entertainment industry that’s traditionally positioned itself as progressive toward gender issues.
‘For the record, I will mourn my own lost opportunity for a moment,’ she said, ‘but I’ll continue to loudly celebrate a complete sea change in the gendered power dynamics of every corner of society.
‘This is so much bigger than any one of us, and in the end will benefit everyone. I know that.’
Looking at the bright side: Richards said that ‘complete sea change in the gendered power dynamics of every corner of society’ offsets her hard feelings over the missed opportunity
Saying goodbye? Multiple organizations have cut their ties to Louis C.K., 50, in the wake of his sexual misconduct admission. He was snapped in NYC in 2013
After Louis C.K. admitted ‘these stories are true’ and vowed to take a step back amid the revelation, companies including HBO, Netflix and FX have been swift to wash their hands of the 50-year-old entertainer by cancelling all preexisting projects and events they had set up with him.
The Orchard, a film distributor, said Friday it ‘will not be moving forward with the release of’ I Love You, Daddy, his movie that was slated to come out this week, according to Deadline.
The Orchard had plunked down $5 million for the rights to the movie – which co-starred Chloe Grace Moretz and John Malkovich – in September after it had screened at the Toronto Film Festival.