Former Bachelorette Producer Is Suing Over– You Guessed It- Sexual Harassment

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When it comes to trash TV, I’m picky. “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette” are my guilty pleasures. I refuse to watch anything like “Keeping Up With The Kardashians,” but I’m addicted to the other two. I’m not proud of it. Even my dog is ashamed of me. A few months ago, I was watching a finale of one of those shows with my sister, and one of my bulldogs, Sam, walked up to the DVR and pressed the “off” button with his nose. He then sat in front of the TV and stared at us. It was totally deliberate. I took a picture, because I was shocked that my dog reprimanded me IRL.

So yeah. I’m completely aware it’s trash. Even my dog knows it.

Moving on.

I know sexual harassment is on everyone’s minds, but I’m actually surprised we didn’t see more allegations like this from this particular franchise before. After all, the shows are breeding grounds for inappropriate behavior.

But apparently, it’s worse than we think.

According to this, former producer Becky Steenhoek is suing Warner Bros. Television and a number of other producers, alleging sexual harassment.

In a complaint filed Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court, Steenhoek said she was exposed to “pervasive and persistent sexual inquiries and language” during production of the 2016 season of “The Bachelorette” featuring JoJo Fletcher. She is suing Warner Bros., which produces the program, the show’s production company and five “Bachelor” franchise producers, alleging sexual harassment and other claims.

In her complaint, Steenhoek said that producers Elan Gale, Bennett Graebner, Peter Scalettar, Jacqueline “Naz” Perez and Caitlin Stapleton frequently peppered her with graphic personal questions, including: “Is your vagina shaved?” “Have you ever sat under a shower faucet or touched yourself to masturbate?” “Have you ever fondled [testicles] before?”

When she complained to her supervisor, Stapleton, about how uncomfortable the line of questioning made her, she was fired, she claimed in the lawsuit.

“I know what the show is about — that they push boundaries, have sex in the fantasy suite and there’s discussion about those things,” Steenhoek said in a telephone interview with The Times from Texas, where she moved in with family after leaving the show. “However, I didn’t think that as a crew member that I would be asked those really intimate questions. I’m not a contestant on the show. I didn’t sign a contract basically signing my life over to the producers.” Her suit is seeking damages for sexual harassment, sex discrimination, retaliation, failure to prevent harassment, intentional infliction of emotional distress and wrongful termination.

Warner Bros. Television responded. The company said it takes “all allegations of workplace harassment very seriously,” but it could not validate Steenhoek’s claims.

“Our findings did not support the plaintiff’s characterization of the events claimed to have taken place, which is why we are disappointed by the filing of this lawsuit,” the company stated.

She also alleged in the lawsuit that she was not allowed to continue work on the franchise because “her morals were getting in the way of her work” and “she was not being enough of a ‘bitch.’”

I’m what the “world” would call a “good girl.” It sounds like coworkers viewed Steenhoek the same way. And as a “good girl,” I wouldn’t sign up to work on the set of any of those shows, because I know the nature of the shows. It’s not exactly a “moral” place. Things happen. You have one person literally making out with a dozen people in one day. So…I don’t know what they mean by “her morals were getting in the way of her work,” but…..yeah. It’s not the best place of employment for the morally conscience.

As a segment producer, Steenhoek said, she also had the opportunity to interact with the show’s top brass more frequently. As part of this “inner circle,” she said in the lawsuit, on the way to a location shoot she shared a meal with the executive producers at the airport. When the group learned that their flight was delayed, they began discussing what they would be doing if they were home in their own beds instead, Steenhoek said.

Graeber said he would have been masturbating in bed with his wife, “describing in detail how he ‘jacked off’ onto his wife when they watched TV at night,” Steenhoek contended in the complaint. Gale used an explicit word to describe the sex he said he would be having with his “girlfriend for two more hours,” Steenhoek alleged.

“You could visibly tell it was very uncomfortable to me to witness, just because they did make comments like, ‘Oh, Becky’s blushing,’ or ‘Her ears are probably burning,'” Steenhoek said of the March 26, 2016 meal. “It was a bit of a theme that carried on throughout the season … it was a fun time for them to see me get embarrassed.”

Over the next two weeks, Steenhoek said, the sexual discussion continued. She would try to deflect the questions, “kind of laugh it off” or “remain silent.”

“Whenever we weren’t filming and we were together in a secluded group, it was all sex talk,” she explained. “I didn’t know that you could have that much talk about those types of things.”

I’m uncomfortable with that kind of talk too. And if what she says is true, it’s totally inappropriate– especially the personal questions about her ladyparts. WTH? But again. If you’re uncomfortable with general sex talk, you probably shouldn’t work for that particular show. Of course it’s full of sleazy weirdos. That’s the nature of the show. It’s trash TV.

The following morning, Stapleton apologized to Steenhoek and told her, she alleged in the complaint, “This is the way of the industry and world that we live in.”

“She just told me, ‘Listen, this is just how it is,'” Steenhoek said. “’These are middle-aged white men. This is locker-room talk. This is their way of showing that they’re trying to bond with you.’”

Within days of complaining to Stapleton, Steenhoek said, she was suddenly excluded from production meetings and relegated to running menial errands for her bosses, including fetching their meals and making sure the food was to their liking.

Then, on April 17, while in line with others in the production team to board a plane from Argentina back to the U.S., Steenhoek said she was informed by Graebner that she would not be needed for the remainder of the season.

“He said they needed someone in this role who was a bitchier person and that I wasn’t being enough of a bitch and that my morals were not a good fit with the show,” Steenhoek told The Times. “When I was hired for the job, the reason they told me I was being hired because I did have the morals and they felt I was a good person. And then here I am being fired because of that reason.”

I get what she’s saying about the mixed signals. Don’t misunderstand. There’s NO EXCUSE for sexual harassment whatsoever. But AGAIN. This is the trashiest show in the history of ever. I kind of expect this kind of sleazy behavior behind the scenes. You get what I’m saying?

Any fellow #BachelorNation people out there? What do you think about this?

Hannah Bleau

Hannah Bleau is a writer for Chicks On The Right. Read her full bio here.

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