Hallmark Channel’s lack of inclusivity in its holiday programming continues to come under scrutiny.
Former “One Tree Hill” star Hilarie Burton wrote in a Twitter thread on Sunday that she was “let go” from one of the network’s holiday movies after asking for more diversity on the project.
“I had insisted on a LGBTQ character, an interracial couple and diverse casting,” she wrote. “I was polite, direct and professional. But after the execs gave their notes on the script and NONE of my requests were honored, I was told ‘take it or leave it.’ I left it. And the paycheck.”