Record-breaking television producer and screenwriter Shonda Rhimes caused a stir after she left ABC and signed a multi-million dollar deal with Netflix in 2018 – and she recently revealed her move followed a negative experience with an executive from his former company
Rhimes recently told The Hollywood Reporter that after asking an anonymous ABC executive for an additional Disneyland pass for his daughter, he replied, « Don’t you have enough? »
Rhimes stayed with ABC for 15 years before signing a multi-year deal with Netflix in 2017 The deal was worth $ 150 million, one of the highest-grossing TV streaming deals in history
Rhimes left a $ 10 million a year contract with ABC, but did not disclose how much she made for the company Showrunner’s net worth is over $ 135 million
The Rhimes reveal comes at a time when many companies are grappling with racism and the under-representation of non-whites in their workforce Black workers and employees of color at Nike, Pinterest, Condé Nast and d ‘other companies have spoken out against harassment they said they face at work, and many companies have publicly pledged to support and hire diverse talent
Rhimes made history after becoming the first black woman to host a prime-time TV show on a broadcast network, and shattered stereotypes by giving women of color powerful roles in her shows
But she told THR that her role as a black woman with « a giant platform » had become complicated with recent calls for more racial justice: « I keep trying to find things to do and I keep finding out that it doesn’t matter what you do she says
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