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00:08Tributes are pouring in today for Price is Right host Bob Barker, who died of natural causes at
00:13age 99 at his Hollywood Hills home. He was one of the most beloved men in the country,
00:21if not the world. The Price is Right was the number one game show in America. The longest
00:26running game show in history. This was the American dream. People dream of hearing their
00:31names and being told to come on down. And Bob Barker was the number one show host.
00:41Bob Barker was a master at what he did. He was wonderful with the contestants. Women loved Bob
00:49Barker. When I was on The Price is Right, I got up on the stage and I said, Bob, can
00:54I kiss you?
00:55You know, all American game shows, giving everybody cars. I've always admired him.
01:01He'd exude kindness. I don't think he could do anything wrong.
01:07America loved him, but we knew a different Bob Barker.
01:13Most people are not aware of how many times Bob Barker has been sued by female employees.
01:20He is a liar. He is a shameless, self-promoting liar.
01:27The real Bob Barker was selfish, conceited. He was verbally abusive to me. He called me a dumb bitch.
01:33He was vindictive. He was sexually aggressive. If you don't do what I want, you are going to regret it.
01:39And then all of a sudden, Bob started having sex with Diane.
01:45The Price is Right scandal was such a stunning story.
01:49One of the men stuck their hands right on my boobs.
01:53We were only allowed to have two black contestants on the show at a time. That was a direct instruction
01:58from Bob Barker.
01:59People were calling me the N-word and saying, you shouldn't have your black ass on the show.
02:04Sexist jokes, racist jokes.
02:06Intimidation, harassment, discrimination. Really, it's something much darker that was happening behind the scenes.
02:14I live through hell.
02:17The show has been shrouded in silence for too long.
02:22The story needs to be told.
02:35It's time to tell the truth.
02:38Come on, man!
02:51I remember first hearing about the Bob Barker scandal in the 90s.
02:56Everyone's talking about game show host Bob Barker.
03:00And thinking, oh, wait a minute. That can't be.
03:02The quiz show sex scandal that is rocking Hollywood.
03:05This grandfatherly guy that everybody loved might be a sex harriser.
03:10I have never forced her to do one thing that she did not want to do.
03:15It went so against his public persona that you had to cover it.
03:19And cover it we did.
03:23I'm Diane Diamond.
03:24I used to be a senior correspondent with the syndicated television show Hard Copy.
03:30We were a really popular tabloid television show.
03:35Back then, we all wanted to know what life was really like behind those big doors at The Price is
03:41Right.
03:43You know, Bob Barker, he was so popular.
03:46Was he actually doing what Diane Parkinson said he was doing back in the dressing room?
03:52We want to believe that these people who are on our televisions are beyond reproach.
03:57That they're our best friends.
03:58But believe me, in Hollywood, there's a lot of people with dark sides.
04:12I was thinking the other day that in our industry, there are one of a kinds.
04:17There'll never be another Elvis Presley, another Marilyn Monroe, and there'll never be another Bob Barker.
04:27So the tie I'm wearing, actually, it was one of Barker's ties.
04:30I was fortunate to be given a few of his ties when he passed.
04:34I have not put any of them on until today.
04:37I wear it proudly.
04:44I'm Roger Neal.
04:45I was Bob Barker's publicist for 15 years and knew him for almost 40 years.
04:51So Barker was born in 1923 in Washington State.
04:591950, he's 27 years old.
05:01He and his bride come to Hollywood.
05:03He had success when he got here, radio and television.
05:08Remember this name, you're going to be hearing a lot about him.
05:11Here he is, ladies and gentlemen.
05:12Bob Barker.
05:13Bob Barker.
05:13Bob Barker.
05:14And they started his legendary career in Hollywood.
05:19So Mark Goodson and Bill Todman did the original version of Price is Right in the 50s.
05:26And in 1972, they decided to bring that show back.
05:29And they said, that's who we want to host the new Price is Right, which created, I think, probably with
05:35the greatest game show in history.
05:44When I hear the Price is Right, the first thing I think about is the first show.
05:49I think about Bob walking through the doors onto the Price is Right stage.
05:54And now here's the star of the new Price is Right, Bob Barker.
05:58And the audience went crazy.
06:03My name is Barbara Hunter.
06:06I was the first female producer for Mark Goodson Productions.
06:10The original production team was nine of us.
06:13I would be with Barker in his dressing room before every show.
06:19There's your $100.
06:20$100.
06:21And there's your one bid.
06:22My one bid?
06:22Yeah.
06:23We became really good friends.
06:28I think he had an ego.
06:30He called himself the world's greatest master of ceremonies.
06:34But I guess it was deserved.
06:36He never seemed to fail at anything.
06:43The new Price is Right was a hit from day one.
06:47And it had a lot to thank.
06:49It had a beautiful set.
06:51It had an incredible host.
06:55People dream of being on the Price is Right.
06:57It was the only show taking everyday untested people plucked from the audience to win glamorous prizes for a lot
07:07of people.
07:07It becomes this thing to attain.
07:11My name is Christian Carrion.
07:13I am one of the leading game show nerds in the world.
07:20In the new version of the Price is Right, we're jazzing up the show.
07:23We're going to jazz up the on-air personnel as well.
07:26And so they introduced the Barker's beauties.
07:28I think that was probably the smartest thing that they did was put three beautiful models on the show, modeling
07:35the prizes, and America fell in love.
07:44We would call them the girls.
07:46It seemed okay at the time.
07:48Maybe it doesn't sound good now.
07:49But they were wonderful.
07:53Janice was the adult in the room.
07:56Diane was beautiful, but very fragile.
08:00And Holly was just a lot of fun, always.
08:04Holly Hallstrom was the funny one.
08:11She's my favorite by a mile.
08:14She wasn't afraid to fall on her face.
08:18She wasn't afraid to trip and drop something or, you know, mess up a prize because it was fun.
08:23It was just fun to watch.
08:26She was the first one to let everybody involved know you can get laughs and be a game show model.
08:32There was no precedent, so you were setting the precedent of how big you could go, how crazy you could
08:39act.
08:41I'm going to hit this boom mic, you know.
08:45Is the boom in the shot?
08:49How did I miss it?
08:50My head was right next to it.
08:53I think they could sense that I was not perfect.
08:57I was not poised.
08:59I was trying so hard to look like I belonged there.
09:02But, of course, I was just some country hick, hippie chick trying to convince people I was a professional model.
09:11If you look at my first shows, it's like just sheer terror behind the smile.
09:16I'm like, okay, is this good?
09:18And I'm looking at the wrong camera.
09:20Go lie down, Holly.
09:22But eventually, these people just became my new friends and family.
09:28I had come to L.A. and I didn't know anyone.
09:31It was such a tight, fun group.
09:35Here we are at Janice's wild kingdom.
09:37How he's looking at.
09:38Exploring the dangerous Katie did.
09:41At the time, I had no idea what was going to happen.
09:47America thinks he's Santa Claus.
09:50You know, he's out there giving away cars.
09:52People loved him.
09:54He was very amicable on stage.
09:59So that's what they saw.
10:03People are not going to believe when they hear the whole story.
10:09All the drama, all the chaos backstage, it was just bad.
10:16There were so many people involved.
10:18It wasn't just Barger.
10:18They know what they did, and they're still out there.
10:21It's power.
10:22It's 1,000% abuse of power.
10:26Finally, women stood up and said, no more.
10:32I wanted to wait until Bob was gone, because I knew that he would jump in and deny everything.
10:44But I was there.
10:46I heard what was said, and I know he is lying.
10:50For years, Bob Barker controlled the story.
10:53But that ends today.
11:05L.A. in the 70s, it was wild.
11:11It was out all night clubbing and just continue the party back at work.
11:21After we'd wrap, we'd sit in the green room and order pizza and open the liquor cabinet.
11:29It was full of any kind of liquor you wanted, all the cigarettes you wanted.
11:34That prompted some of us to go out onto an empty stage and put on shows at 10 o'clock
11:41at night.
11:43The early days, it was so much fun.
11:46I couldn't wait to go there.
11:48We had a wonderful producer named Jay Wolpert, who was brilliant.
11:55He created a whole let's-have-fun-kitties kind of atmosphere.
12:00The Price is Right under Jay Wolpert had a sort of madcap quality to it.
12:07There's laughter and there's bizarre, surreal humor in the showcases and some of the prizes.
12:13Jay Wolpert was instrumental in that.
12:15It was a great day if you could make Jay laugh or surprise him.
12:19I can't tell you how many times I said, I can't believe they're paying me to do this.
12:24And all that changed when Jay left.
12:29When Jay left the show in 1978, I was on track to become producer.
12:36Barbara was basically running the show.
12:38But rather than promote Barbara to producer, the executive producer, Frank Wayne, hired his son, Phil Wayne, to produce the
12:50show.
12:50And he had no experience producing a television show like that.
12:56Nepotism is the worst thing about Hollywood.
12:59Because you have people in positions that should not be in those positions.
13:07There was all kinds of problems and stop tape.
13:11Because Phil would sit at the production table and doze off.
13:16What are you doing over here today?
13:18Now, first of all...
13:19Not only did they hire him, they put his name first on the credits and gave him the same salary
13:26that it had taken Barbara 10 years with the company to get.
13:35There was a prevailing attitude that the men were the decision makers and women were just accessories.
13:44If you look at the way the show was staffed back in the day, it was very much an old
13:48boys club.
13:48They're just so clearly from a different era.
13:52And Bob Barker, the guy with the power, he would dictate the culture of the workplace.
13:57I had some recurring characters that I would play.
14:02I remember the French maid.
14:04Yes, folks, our hardworking models are never finished until they've taken care of Bob Barker at home.
14:10When we did sketches, everything was catered to Bob.
14:14Because he liked the attention and the power that it gave him.
14:20That was their mindset.
14:24Women should just be voluptuous, movable props.
14:29You know, you go out, you stand next to a boat, and you're wearing a bathing suit.
14:33They put us in bathing suits every opportunity they got.
14:38And they liked to remind us, Janice, Diane, and I, that we were replaceable, so that we would never feel
14:47secure.
14:49The producers would call us every week and say, we would like to use you this week.
14:57Like we were just weekly contract players, when actually we were a huge part of the show.
15:03But they never wanted us to think that or know that.
15:11I remember one year, Frank came to me and said, we really need a model who can fill out a
15:21bathing suit.
15:22I would advise you to use your hiatus wisely.
15:28Meaning, I had to go get breast implants.
15:32And I had to pay for it myself.
15:36And they could do that back then.
15:38They could tell you, you're going to get breast implants.
15:41And there was nothing you could say.
15:43It was an office full of men, probably in their late 40s or 50s.
15:49And all the young girls, we were in our 20s.
15:52That's what we were dealing with.
15:55One time, I was told, go to wardrobe and put on a bunny cocktail outfit with mesh.
16:05Nylons on, and high heels.
16:08And then, take this bottle of vodka to Mr. Goodson.
16:13Mark Goodson was the biggest game show producer there was.
16:20And so, I said, okay.
16:25So, I went into Mr. Goodson's office with the vodka.
16:29And there were like five men sitting around.
16:33I was really uncomfortable.
16:37Nothing happened to me.
16:40I probably shouldn't have said yes.
16:43But I didn't want to lose my job.
16:45And I had no idea at what point could you lose your job.
17:03Bob's beloved wife, Dorothy Jo, passes away in 1981.
17:07Dorothy Jo was Bob's biggest cheerleader.
17:10She is why he had the career that he had up to that point.
17:12They went to Hawaii in August.
17:16Then she was diagnosed with lung cancer and died two months later.
17:24Bob really went into a funk after that.
17:28He was ready to take his own life.
17:31That's what he shared with me.
17:34He was devastated, really, by her death.
17:37There was a long period of mourning.
17:40And then, all of a sudden,
17:44he became like Mr. Man About Town, you know?
17:50He knew that he was the star of the biggest show in daytime.
17:56And Dorothy Jo wasn't there anymore, keeping him reined in.
18:01It's like he was unleashed.
18:07And turned into this narcissistic egomaniac.
18:25The Price is Right.
18:27By the time the 80s came around,
18:29just became this ratings juggernaut.
18:31It's the highest-rated show on CBS,
18:35the highest-rated show in daytime.
18:37The Barker's beauties become household names.
18:41And Bob Barker himself was becoming famous.
18:481982, Bob Barker wins his first Emmy.
18:51Bob Barker for The Price is Right.
18:54It was the first of 19 Emmys.
18:56The show was just beloved.
18:59And then he was hosting the pageants.
19:01And he was hosting the Tournament of Roses parade.
19:04The man was busy.
19:06When the show starts, you have to turn it on.
19:09And when you've done it long enough,
19:11you know which button to press.
19:14People could not get enough of The Price is Right and Bob Barker.
19:19I remember 1987, when Bob came back from vacation.
19:25Bob Barker!
19:27And he walked on stage.
19:30And his hair had gone natural.
19:32And the audience went crazy.
19:35They gave him a three-minute standing ovation.
19:39And it was screaming, whistling, and catcalling from women.
19:44Thank you, ma'am.
19:47And it turned into this national publicity story.
19:51And it made him feel like the supreme ruler of his universe.
19:58So Bob really saw himself as a major star.
20:04Over the years, he would negotiate a little more power for himself,
20:09a little more control, or a little more money.
20:12And the next thing you know, Barker had literally seized control of the show.
20:20When I started researching this story,
20:23it was one of these stories that you never heard much more about
20:26because the principal characters weren't speaking.
20:28So I guess for me, this is just a great loss story
20:31about how people are intimidated and silenced.
20:35My name's David Kushner.
20:36In 2024, I wrote an article about Price is Right for Business Insider.
20:42In the late 80s, Barker controlled the game.
20:45The game on TV, the game off TV, the game backstage.
20:51When Bob took over executive producer, he controlled with an absolutely ruthless iron fist.
21:00If something happened on set, like if he didn't have a prop that he was supposed to have,
21:06or if there were stop-downs during taping, if it made him angry, he had to just shred someone,
21:14a cameraman, a cable puller, anyone, venting his rage without ever considering how humiliating this was
21:24to whoever he was shredding.
21:27And he didn't care.
21:28He didn't care.
21:36One of the first cracks came in 1988.
21:39This was something that revealed the real power behind the scenes.
21:46My name is Robert Cisneros.
21:48I was stage manager on Price is Right.
21:51I was on the show from the good old days in the beginning
21:54until things kind of progressed a little bit differently later on.
22:00In 1988, I was backstage in my normal starting position for the show.
22:05The announcer started calling contestants, you know, come on down.
22:11One of the cameras has to swing from the stage to the audience to shoot the audience.
22:17The director's going, get your shot, get your shot.
22:20And the guy whipped his camera and Janice happened to be standing right there.
22:25And there's a ledge with about a three-foot drop to the concrete floor.
22:30And he hit Janice and she went over.
22:36And then people start screaming.
22:39Bob came out and said, listen, we have a show to do.
22:43He says, so I need you to be your best like nothing ever happened.
22:48Show must go on.
22:51One could argue that he has this, you know, show must go on attitude and we got to just
22:55get together.
22:56But, you know, you just imagine someone in your family gets knocked unconscious.
23:00You're going to kind of stop everything.
23:02And ostensibly they were a family, but he just was not treating anyone that way.
23:08That episode revealed the attitude behind the scenes, which is you're kind of on your own.
23:13You get hit by a camera.
23:14We don't have your back.
23:19At the same time, CBS starts to get flack for being called the Caucasian broadcast system
23:27because of how white it is.
23:30So they're talking to each other.
23:32Listen, we've got to diversify.
23:34They targeted The Price is Right, of course, because this is the biggest daytime show and
23:39all the models have always been white.
23:41So they do a casting call for the first black Barker's beauty.
23:50When I was growing up, I would always watch The Price is Right and admire the Barker beauties.
23:58This was the elite modeling gig of all time.
24:04I said, wow, that looks like something I could do.
24:11I'm Kathleen Bradley.
24:12I'm so happy and proud that I was able to be the first permanent black model on The Price
24:18is Right.
24:30I remember how exciting it was.
24:33My very first day, I'll never forget, and just driving up on the lot with the big CBS sign.
24:38They're right there on Beverly and Fairfax.
24:44Boy, was I nervous.
24:46I mean, all of a sudden, here comes a black girl on the show.
24:49And you're always going to have negativity and people who are prejudiced.
24:54But I'm kind of used to it.
24:55I got thick skin.
24:58I was born near Youngstown, Ohio.
25:01Dad worked at the steel mill like almost everyone else.
25:04I did break a lot of barriers.
25:06I was the first black homecoming queen.
25:10Then I went on to join an all-female group called The Love Machine.
25:15I did it for eight years to put me in the position I believe to be one of Barker's beauties.
25:21Since Kathleen has become Barker's beauty right here.
25:26I knew I could do it.
25:28I love being in front of the live audience.
25:31I called everybody.
25:32I told them, I said, finally, I'm going to be at Bob Barker's beauty.
25:35I'm on The Price is Right.
25:36It was just one of the happiest times of my life.
25:39But as time went on,
25:42at some point it got back to me
25:45that some of the fans were writing negative things
25:48about me being on the show as a black model,
25:51saying you shouldn't have your black ass on the show,
25:54and just not a good feeling.
25:56You'd like to think Kathleen Bradley's arrival
25:59would signify the times are changing.
26:00They were kind of changing on screen,
26:03but not necessarily backstage.
26:06Then one of the ladies on the production team
26:09brought it to my attention
26:10that inside a production meeting,
26:14when the models weren't in there,
26:17they would use the N-word.
26:21People should know the truth.
26:22The good, the bad, the ugly.
26:24It wasn't just Barker.
26:26And there are people who are not talking in this documentary
26:30because they know what they did,
26:31and they're still out there.
26:33Intimidation, harassment, discrimination,
26:37really despicable things.
26:41And they were just getting away with it.
26:56Watching older episodes of The Price is Right today
26:59is pretty cringeworthy.
27:02And to just see the way that Bob handles women in general on the show,
27:08he would call contestants little girl.
27:11Step back here, my child.
27:12I want to talk with you for just a minute.
27:14He would comment on their appearance.
27:17I'll watch your dress.
27:18You watch the wheel.
27:19I think it's fair to say that he wanted to be like Hugh Hefner,
27:23or he wanted to be like Charlie with Charlie's Angels.
27:26That's just kind of how he saw the world, you know?
27:28Show them everyone what you can do
27:30with those lovely little dresses you have on today.
27:35And I think especially as it goes into the 90s
27:38and just that newfound freedom that women had to speak out.
27:42I was very uncomfortable with the idea and told him so.
27:45The world was changing.
27:47Justice Ginsburg, will you raise your right hand
27:49and repeat after me?
27:51But the culture backstage at The Price is Right
27:53didn't really change along with it.
27:58When I initially started the show,
28:01everybody was pretty cool and really friendly,
28:05especially the crew.
28:07But over a course of time,
28:09I kind of noticed the guys were kind of talking,
28:12looking, gawking at the girls.
28:14I found out this was a little more commonplace than I thought.
28:18It became common knowledge.
28:20Stay away from this person or stay away from that person.
28:24There was stuff going on where you had to say,
28:26hey, stop that.
28:30One time I was in the elevator
28:32and one of the men just stuck their hands right on my boobs.
28:38You know, I had to push them away.
28:42I didn't say anything.
28:43It became instinct to know how to handle it.
28:48One guy in particular,
28:49he was a little friendly, too friendly.
28:54He would rub up against us, joking around.
28:58It was totally inappropriate.
29:00I learned the stagehand had been around on the set for a long time
29:04and was probably doing it to all the other girls.
29:08When I reported this guy to the producers,
29:12to my surprise,
29:14no action was taken.
29:16I was really taken aback.
29:18This was really sexual harassment.
29:22So I took matters into my own hands.
29:26One day we had a set of golf clubs on the set.
29:29I said, oh, hey, show me.
29:31Do you know how to play golf?
29:32He said, yeah, I play a little bit.
29:33Come here and let me show you.
29:35So I let him get behind me.
29:37And I said, uh, okay.
29:39I backed up.
29:45I accidentally hit him right in the groin.
29:48Accidentally on purpose, that was.
29:51We were so exhausted and tired of the treatment.
29:55And you just have to do what you have to do.
29:59If anyone had gone to Bob
30:01because Bob is in charge of the show
30:05and said, I have a problem, I have a complaint,
30:08he would have told her to get over it
30:12or look for a new job.
30:15Eventually, CBS, after receiving a lot of complaints
30:18about staff hitting on the models
30:21and staring at them and making creepy comments to them,
30:24they instated what they call the 10-second rule,
30:26where you were not allowed to openly stare at a model
30:29for more than 10 seconds.
30:3210 seconds is a long time to stare at somebody.
30:38Yeah, it's crazy.
30:39One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
30:50It was something that was put in place
30:52to placate the people who were complaining
30:54about being objectified.
30:56And it wasn't, to my knowledge, enforced.
30:58There was no one monitoring
31:00how long the guys were staring at the models.
31:03It was a joke.
31:04It was an appeasement.
31:07They did things that made it look like
31:09they were taking action.
31:10So you will stop complaining and go away.
31:13The show was making a lot of money.
31:15The show was making millions.
31:16And so I think that it behooved them
31:18to sweep those things under the rug.
31:21Which was really hard
31:23because Bob started having sex with Diane.
31:29It took a toll.
31:30There was fighting on the sets, yelling,
31:33and it was massive.
31:34And it ultimately, I think, destroyed Price is Right.
31:49These were some very happy times.
31:53It was so nice and wonderful and happy days back then.
31:56And it just reverberates in my heart, my soul.
32:00Just looking at Bob, looking at Janice and Holly
32:03and standing next to everybody.
32:04You know, one big, happy family.
32:07When we hit the stage, the professionalism was there.
32:11But there were so many different things
32:13going on behind the scenes.
32:15There was some tension between the Barker beauties.
32:20There was a lot of animosity.
32:23Holly and Janice and Kathleen,
32:25they always got along together really well.
32:27And Diane was kind of the outcast.
32:30Diane Parkinson became the third Barker's beauty
32:33in 1975 on the Price is Right.
32:39She was what we would consider today
32:42to be the prototype of a supermodel.
32:45She won Miss USA.
32:47She was a runner-up in the Miss World pageant.
32:50With things like this around,
32:51I can't understand why Uncle Sam wants you.
32:55Diane Parkinson was, she once said,
32:58the wholesome, sexy one.
33:00She was really kind of positioned to be like the Pam Anderson of daytime TV.
33:06She'd wear negligees and revealing bathing suits.
33:09The fan reaction to Diane was pretty intense.
33:12I mean, I like the show, but she makes it.
33:14Diane is the show.
33:15She got thousands of pieces of fan mail per week
33:18from people that just loved watching her.
33:23Janice and I first realized
33:26long before the rest of the set knew
33:28that Diane and Bob were having sex.
33:33Diane confided in me,
33:35did you know I'm seeing Bob Barker?
33:37I'm like, what?
33:39Really?
33:40Oh, wow.
33:40Okay.
33:41I was really kind of surprised
33:43because Bob also had a girlfriend.
33:48As time went on,
33:49people were noticing the audience
33:51and the viewers at home
33:52how close Bob and Diane were
33:54hugging and looking at each other
33:56and playing around and all of that.
33:59There's nothing.
33:59Well, this is just a big mix-up.
34:01There's more Price is Right coming up.
34:03So it didn't really stay private very long.
34:09She would go downstairs
34:12throwing the breaks
34:14and go into his dressing room.
34:17And that's when some real hanky-panky was going on.
34:20She suggested that I had been
34:22so straight-laced all my life
34:25that I needed some hanky-panky in my life.
34:28Now, that was the word she used, hanky-panky.
34:30And she volunteered to provide
34:32the hanky-panky in my life.
34:35One day I was walking into the studio
34:37and walking past Bob's room.
34:40Well, she came walking out of that door,
34:43closing her robe
34:45with a big smile on her face.
34:47And I go, oh, what's going on here?
34:55Everybody knew who worked on that show
34:57that Bob Barker and Diane Parkinson
35:00were having an affair.
35:02It really divided the Barker beauties
35:05because suddenly Diane was the queen bee
35:08and they just had to watch their P's and Q's.
35:11Otherwise, pillow talk would go against them.
35:14Of course the other models hated Diane.
35:17Of course she was getting preferential treatment.
35:20She was sleeping with the boss.
35:21Everyone was basically kissing her behind
35:24because she may potentially be the new Mrs. Barker.
35:28In an already volatile interpersonal environment,
35:32to add that extra dynamic
35:33was like adding fuel to a fire.
35:40Next thing you know,
35:41I get a call from Bob's girlfriend.
35:46And everyone knew that Bob
35:49was cheating on her with Diane.
35:52And she said,
35:53I know that Bob is sleeping with Diane.
35:56And I said,
35:57well, let's put it this way.
35:59She dates a lot.
36:01And she targets celebrities.
36:04And she said,
36:05oh, like who?
36:06And I rattled off this list of celebrities,
36:09including several Black men.
36:14And she said,
36:16oh my gosh,
36:17Bob has no idea
36:19that he has had sex
36:21with a woman who has had sex
36:23with Black men.
36:24Bob has always said
36:26that Black men
36:27are the most diseased people on earth.
36:33It was horrible.
36:34It was horrible.
36:36Was I surprised?
36:38No.
36:38He fit the profile.
36:40Bob, rich, old, white,
36:44entitled, racist.
36:47When I heard what happened,
36:50I really did not want
36:52to believe that of Bob.
36:54I put Bob on a pedestal.
36:57I mean, he was like here.
36:58He was like the rock star.
37:00And for him to say this,
37:02I was angry.
37:03I was in disbelief.
37:05I was hurt.
37:07When you find out
37:09somebody you looked up to
37:10has a total different agenda
37:12than what you thought,
37:13what a big can of worms
37:16had just been opened.
37:20It was not a good look for Bob.
37:32Diane would confide in me
37:34that Bob did mention
37:37if she had ever been
37:38with any other person
37:39that was Black,
37:41that he would not be happy
37:42and that he thought
37:43they might have had
37:45some kind of communicable disease
37:46or something.
37:49And sure enough,
37:51when Bob found out
37:53about Diane having slept
37:55with Black men,
37:57he called her
37:58into his dressing room
38:00and they had
38:02the screaming fight
38:03of all time.
38:05He went off.
38:06The shit hit the fan.
38:08Oh, my God.
38:09The whole set
38:10was dead silent.
38:13Listening.
38:15And Diane
38:16comes out
38:17of Bob's dressing room
38:20and goes up the stairs
38:23and Bob's assistant
38:25is running after her
38:27saying,
38:27Diane,
38:28you've got to apologize
38:29to Bob.
38:30And Diane turns around
38:32at the top of the stairs.
38:33It's like the scene
38:33from Romeo and Juliet.
38:35And she's standing
38:36at the top of the stairs
38:37and the whole set
38:38dead silent
38:39is watching.
38:41And Diane says,
38:42I have sucked his
38:43too many times
38:45to start kissing
38:46his ass now.
38:49Woo!
38:51I'm like,
38:52what?
38:55It did not go over well
38:57with Barker.
38:59One of the producers
39:01standing next to me
39:02said,
39:02dang,
39:03who writes her stuff?
39:10Shortly thereafter,
39:11Diane was approached
39:12by Playboy magazine.
39:15We had already
39:16been forewarned
39:18that we were not
39:19to be in Playboy.
39:22Bob and Diane
39:24were not together
39:25at this time.
39:26Now, I don't know
39:26if it was her way
39:27of getting back at him,
39:28but she posed
39:29for Playboy.
39:32The photos
39:33were a little risqué.
39:36That just did not
39:37go over well
39:38with Barker.
39:39And once again,
39:41this brought about
39:42an explosion.
39:46Bob arrived
39:47at the set,
39:48and we could hear
39:49the shouting,
39:50no, no, no, no,
39:51you're crazy.
39:52It's a family show,
39:54for Christ's sakes.
39:57Pretty much,
39:58that was the end
39:59of Diane Parkinson
40:00on The Price is Right.
40:02I want you folks
40:04to know
40:05that the lovely Diane
40:06is leaving
40:08The Price is Right
40:11to pursue
40:12other interests.
40:1518 years
40:16that Diane
40:17had been on the show,
40:18and she's gone.
40:21And Diane
40:22was not happy.
40:23and she was
40:25very bitter.
40:30She wanted
40:31to get back at him.
40:33We talked
40:34on the phone.
40:34She said,
40:34he was sexually harassing me
40:36and forcing me
40:36to do things to him
40:37in the dressing room
40:38when I didn't want
40:39to do it.
40:39And I'm going
40:40to get my attorney.
40:41I'm going to file
40:42a sexual harassment
40:43lawsuit against him.
40:46I was,
40:47I couldn't believe it.
40:53The quiz shows
40:55sex scandal
40:55that is rocking Hollywood.
40:57Parkinson's lawsuit
40:58will be filed
40:59within a week.
41:00She's claiming
41:01sexual misconduct,
41:02and he's labeling her
41:04a greedy opportunist.
41:07As God
41:08is my witness,
41:09I have never
41:10forced her
41:11to do one thing
41:13that she did not
41:14want to do.
41:14Once Diane
41:16filed that lawsuit,
41:21everything changed.
41:24That's when
41:25things got
41:25even worse.
41:28Barker would not
41:28be the kind of person
41:29you'd want to mess with
41:31at all.
41:34If you weren't
41:34on Team Bob,
41:36look out.
41:37With Barker,
41:38it's not enough
41:39to just ruin
41:40your life.
41:42To fire you
41:44and deprive you
41:46of your livelihood.
41:47He wanted
41:48to destroy you.
41:51I looked at him
41:52and I thought,
41:53you are scary.
41:54There's a snake
41:55inside there.
41:56Everybody
41:57was in trouble.
41:59Of course not.
42:00Let's go.
42:10I don't know.
42:12I don't know.
42:13I don't know.
42:15I don't know.
42:17I don't know.
42:19I don't know.
42:20I don't know.
42:21I don't know.
42:22I don't know.
42:25I don't know.
42:26I don't know.
42:28I don't know.
42:28I don't know.
42:28I don't know.
42:29I don't know.
42:29I don't know.
42:32I don't know.
42:33You
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