Back in the early 2000s ladies One Tree Hill They were icons, especially for the women and girls who grew up loving the show. In 2006 during the fourth season of the show, three actresses on the show, Sophia Bush, Hilarie Burton and Danielle Ackles appeared on the cover of Maxim. Now, both Bush and Burton, along with their partner Bethany Joy Lenz, have opened up about misogyny and abuse of power on the set of the shoot.
Burton started the conversation about shooting the magazine on One Tree Hill Re-watch the podcast Drama queenssaying:
Guess who was wearing the pants at Maxim? this person! Guys, I’ve been keeping these white jeans for a long time. You showed up that day and you were such a good bitch. This is naughty, like a child. I was like, I’m wearing pants. I am uncomfortable. Put me in the pants. So I kept these white jeans as proof [that decision].
Bush also explained how they carefully chose their outfits that day, and then discussed how their bodies changed after the photo was taken.
We did our best. We got a nice classic one-piece and a high-waisted bikini, and I was like, “Yeah, I’m going to put on this corset that covers my stomach completely, and these shorts, and it’s going to look like a ’50s pin-shot.” And then the Photoshop they made for this outfit? Half of my ass is gone. Literally one leg is half its size. … It’s like someone started to enlarge one of my breasts, then went to lunch and forgot they weren’t done. I have a normal size boob and a huge boob. It’s the worst.
Both Bush and Burton made it clear that they had to take part in the photo shoot. The actress behind Brooke explained that she was given an ultimatum when she said she didn’t want to do it, and explained:
We were told we had to do this. Because [my character] Brooke was sexualized on the show and the whole idea of ”Hometown Hottie” was Rachel’s story, I was like, ‘If girls want to do this, great. I don’t. I go to battle trying to make Brooke less of this thing that You guys tried to force me on it. I don’t want to do that. I was literally told, “If you don’t go shoot this cover with your mates, we’ll make sure you don’t get out for a press day, or a movie, or an event, or any of your charities—we’ll keep you.” here forever.
Besides forcing her to shoot, Burton also explains that the “boss” who visited the Maxim shoot set gave her an iPod with music he thought would “apply” to her. She said it was given to her to put Bush “in her place” and make Daniel Ackles “jealous”. Bush said the situation was “scary and uncomfortable”.
Burton, who ended up letting go One Tree Hill ejaculate early and He praised her stardom for convincing her To do so, it was Opening up about the abuse on the set of the CW show and how it still affects her. She explained that she would be proud if her daughter told someone to come out because she wished she had “the power to do it”.
Another podcast host, Bethany Joy Lenz, explained that she felt “replaced” because a different actress was put on the cover with Burton and Bush instead. She explained that she had been told she hadn’t been asked by Maxim because she “was too fat” and “wasn’t the ‘hot girl’”. This was news to Bush and Burton, and the two actresses were shocked and angry to learn that the magazine had not asked Lenz to do the shoot. This was because it was said. To them she refused to take pictures.
This isn’t the first uncomfortable story to come from the actresses, on their podcast they talked about the many scary and upsetting situations they’ve been in. One Tree Hill It became well known, and it was later introduced the Royal family Mark Schwan was kicked out the Royal family on allegations of sexual harassment.
These three actresses started Drama queens podcast again in 2021, and Bosch explained that they were nervous To talk about their experiences set because they were “afraid of breaking hearts”. However, they now love to talk about the show, and Lenz explained that re-watching it was “healing.”
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