Former Fox makeup artist Juan Legramandi says he was discriminated against at Fox News for being a gay Latino, and was ultimately fired in a lawsuit filed in New York federal court Thursday.
In the suit, obtained by TheWrap, Legramandi names host Harris Faulkner, contributor Angela McGlowan, and executives Jill Van Why and Marsheila Hayes specifically. According to the suit, McGlowan compared a makeup room he was in with another gay stylist to “Sodom and Gomorrah.” Faulkner, the suit says, called Hispanic women “ignorant” in front of him and, when he shared his mother’s Latina heritage, told him his birthplace of Colombia is “a third-world country.”
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He says a request not to work with Faulkner going forward was denied, though other stylists’ requests regarding certain talent were honored.
Legramandi says he was called a “diva” by a colleague,...
In the suit, obtained by TheWrap, Legramandi names host Harris Faulkner, contributor Angela McGlowan, and executives Jill Van Why and Marsheila Hayes specifically. According to the suit, McGlowan compared a makeup room he was in with another gay stylist to “Sodom and Gomorrah.” Faulkner, the suit says, called Hispanic women “ignorant” in front of him and, when he shared his mother’s Latina heritage, told him his birthplace of Colombia is “a third-world country.”
Also Read: Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott Sued for Defamation by Former Employee
He says a request not to work with Faulkner going forward was denied, though other stylists’ requests regarding certain talent were honored.
Legramandi says he was called a “diva” by a colleague,...
- 10/11/2019
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
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