‘Price Is Right’ Producer Defends Bob Barker After Damning E! Docuseries ‘Dirty Rotten Scandals’
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Roger Dobkowitz has opened up to “defend the dignity and integrity” of the CBS show and its late host: “The adjective ‘brave’ should never be used in reference to a person attacking a dead person.”
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Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment The Price Is Right producer Roger Dobkowitz, the leading veteran of the show who produced more than 4,650 episodes across four decades, is defending the show and its longtime and late host Bob Barker in the wake of the damning E! docuseries Dirty Rotten Scandals. Two episodes of a six-part series focused on the beloved CBS daytime game show. It featured interviews with former staffers and “Barker’s Beauties” models who allege that in some instances they experienced or witnessed sexual harassment, discrimination, retaliation, racism or a hostile work environment. Barker, who died in 2023 at 99, long denied any wrongdoing, as did his longtime rep Roger Neal, who released a fresh statement earlier this month when Dirty Rotten Scandals hit the air by calling him “beloved” then and now. Related Stories TV CBS Cancels 'Watson' and 'DMV' TV Viral Clip Fuels Renewed Racism Allegations Around 'Price is Right' Host Bob Barker Dobkowitz said that while many of his friends had asked for his comments to Dirty Rotten Scandals , he had resisted because he didn’t want to “add any social traction to such an obvious ‘hit piece,’” hoping that the show would “quietly disappear” with other “so-called ‘exposés.’” But he changed his mind after feeling that the show didn’t receive much traction, meaning that it was then OK to reveal his thoughts while defending “the dignity and integrity” of Price Is Right. “This so-called ‘exposé’ makes me realize that there are some people in this world who will happily exaggerate and create falsehoods in order to justify a personal hateful vendetta against a person in order to draw attention to themselves. Making the situation worse is the fact that the accused is deceased, and therefore, making it impossible for the accused to...
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