It has been an awful week for Chefs at ABC. First ABC, suspended Mario Batali from The Chew over sexual misconduct claims as the investigated the allegations. Then, they cancelled this season of The Great American Baking Show over sexual harassment claims against Johnny Iuzzini. Now, that they have finished their investigation, they have decided to part ways with Batali too.
An ABC spokesperson released a statement to Entertainment Weekly, “Upon completing its review into the allegations made against Mario Batali, ABC has terminated its relationship with him and he will no longer appear on The Chew. While we remain unaware of any type of inappropriate behavior involving him and anyone affiliated with our show, ABC takes matters like this very seriously as we are committed to a safe work environment and his past behavior violates our standards of conduct.”
All I have to say is Thank Gd Gordon Ramsay is on Fox because I do not know how I would handle if he too was accused and cancelled.
When it comes to ABC, they did the right thing. We cannot keep rewarding sexual harassers.
