Actress Hilarie Burton says she walked away from a job with the Hallmark Channel in January after her requests for 'diverse casting' were ignored.
"I really wanted that job," she wrote."It was close to my house. It paid really well. It was about the military, which you all know I hold dear."
Burton said that if she were faced with a similar situation she would"walk away again in a heartbeat" and that"bigotry comes from the top and permeates the whole deal" at Hallmark.for breaking news The actress and producer, who starred in the television drama"One Tree Hill" and has appeared in Hallmark Channel movies in the past, also acknowledged that her husband, actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan,"works his a-- off" so she has"the luxury to choose morals over paying bills."
"Not everyone has that! Nor should we be forced to be dependent," she said."If I had to cover our mortgage and was told 'take it or leave it,' I'd be f-----d."
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