Regardless of The Worth Is Proper being some of the fashionable reveals in recreation present historical past, not every little thing that occurs on set is one thing to smile about. For the sport present mannequin and certainly one of Bob Barker‘s former beauties, Janice Pennington, an accident that occurred whereas filming modified the trajectory of her profession endlessly.

Again in 1988, Janice Pennington was knocked off the stage by a digicam, the place she fell into the contestants’ row. Her fall was so onerous that it knocked her unconscious. Regardless of the severity of the damage, which concerned somebody that Bob Barker knew personally, the present continued whereas Pennington was being transported to the hospital. After a 45-minute hindrance that was brought on by Janice being transferred onto a stretcher after which into the ambulance, the cameras have been again to rolling. After two surgical procedures, Pennington was left with one shoulder an inch shorter than the opposite, and ugly scars that prevented her from carrying swimsuits to work ever once more.

‘The Worth Is Proper’ Fired Janice Pennington

Regardless of every little thing Janice had been via on The Worth Is Proper — particularly the consequences of her surgical procedure, which was career-ending for a mannequin — she confronted one more setback. In October 2000, after 29 years on the present alongside Bob Barker, Janice was dealt one other blow when she was let go from her duties, in keeping with The LA Occasions.

Janice claimed that though she and Bob Barker labored side-by-side for nearly three many years, he by no means stated a phrase to her as soon as she was let go from the present. “My supervisor known as Barker the following day and left a message, however he by no means returned our name.” No correct goodbye, no send-off on The Worth is Proper, and no phrase to her supervisor both, though Janice said that her supervisor reached out. Barker claimed that he did return her managers’ name, solely after Janice agreed to signal a settlement which prevented her from talking about her dismissal from The Worth Is Proper.

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Each Janice Pennington and Bob Barker had two totally different tales about how this sequence of occasions performed out. “[Pearson Television] didn’t need me to change into concerned in any approach. However on the very day Janice signed the settlement, I left a message on her answering machine and informed her that I wished to clarify why I had not known as even sooner. And she or he has not returned my name.” Barker claimed that Pennington was the one who determined to not attain again out. Nonetheless, Pennington stated that she and Barker had barely had a dialog for the reason that summer season earlier than she was fired. No matter who reached out first, the scenario escalated shortly. And Janice Pennington was not the one lady with a rocky relationship with Bob Barker who was let go from The Worth Is Proper.

A number of Ladies Have been Let Go Over the Years

One other assistant on the present, Kathleen Bradley, was fired the identical day as Pennington. Curiously, Bradley blamed Bob Barker for her and Pennington’s firings. In line with Bradley, she believed that she and Pennington have been let go from The Worth Is Proper on account of their testimony given in a wrongful termination lawsuit, filed by one other former colleague of theirs, Holly Hallstrom. Holly claimed that she was fired on account of weight achieve. Bob Barker denied these accusations.

Kathleen Bradley referred to their firings as “retaliation.” She claimed that due to Kathleen and Janice’s testimonies in courtroom, Bob Barker gave them the boot. “He was upset as a result of my reality and his reality have been totally different. If I [hadn’t] needed to testify, I might nonetheless be a Barker’s Magnificence,” Bradley stated to The LA Occasions. Bob Barker responded by calling the accusation “completely unfounded,” and claimed that it was not his determination. Each Janice and Kathleen stated they got no good cause for his or her firings, and no correct goodbye from Barker or Pearson. The Worth Is Proper is accessible to stream on Paramount Plus within the US.

Supply: LA Occasions