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Dirty Rotten Scandals - Season 1 - Episode 05: The Price Is Right (1)
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00:09Tributes are pouring in today for Price is Right host Bob Barker,
00:12who died of natural causes at age 99 at his Hollywood Hills home.
00:17He was one of the most beloved men in the country, if not the world.
00:22The Price is Right was the number one game show in America.
00:26The longest running game show in history.
00:28This was the American dream.
00:30People dream of hearing their names and being told to come on down.
00:35And Bob Barker was the number one show host.
00:41Bob Barker was a master at what he did.
00:45He was wonderful with the contestants.
00:48Women loved Bob Barker.
00:50When I was on The Price is Right, I got up on the stage and I said,
00:54Bob, can I kiss you?
00:55You know, all American game shows, giving everybody cards.
00:59I've always admired him.
01:02He'd exude kindness.
01:04I don't think he could do anything wrong.
01:08America loved him.
01:09But 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.
01:23He is a shameless, self-promoting liar.
01:27The real Bob Barker was selfish, conceited.
01:30He was verbally abusive to me.
01:32He called me a dumb bitch.
01:33He was vindictive.
01:34He was sexually aggressive.
01:35If 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're only allowed to have two black contestants on the show at a time.
01:56That was a direct instruction from 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.
02:09Really something much darker that was happening behind the scenes.
02:14I lived through hell.
02:18The 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 down!
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.
03:03The quiz show sex scandal that is rocking Hollywood.
03:06This grandfatherly guy that everybody loved might be a sex harasser.
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.
03:20And 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 back then.
03:36We all wanted to know what life was really like behind those big doors at The Price is Right.
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.
04:13I was thinking the other day that in our industry, there are one of a kinds.
04:18There'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.
05:04He had success when he got here.
05:06Radio and television.
05:08Remember this name.
05:09You're going to be hearing a lot about him.
05:11Here he is, ladies and gentlemen.
05:12Bob Barker.
05:13Bob Barker.
05:14Bob Barker.
05:16And it 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.
05:30And they said, that's who we want to host the new Price is Right.
05:33Which created, I think, probably the 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.
05:59And 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.
06:14I 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 bit.
06:22My one bit?
06:23Yeah.
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.
06:53Bob Barker!
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.
07:29I think that was probably the smartest thing that they did was put three beautiful models on the show, modeling
07:35the prizes.
07:43We would call them the girls.
07:46It seemed okay at the time.
07:48Maybe it doesn't sound good now.
07:50But they were wonderful.
07:53Janice was the adult in the room.
07:56Diane was beautiful, but very fragile.
08:01And Holly was just a lot of fun, always.
08:05Holly 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.
08:24It 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.
08:34So you were setting the precedent of how big you could go, how crazy you could act.
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.
09:03But 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?
09:19And 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.
09:38Oh, he's looking at us.
09:38Exploring the dangerous Katie did.
09:41At the time, I had no idea what was going to happen.
09:48America thinks he's Santa Claus.
09:50You know, he's out there giving away cars.
09:53People 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.
10:10All 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.
10:23It's 1,000% abuse of power.
10:27Finally, 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.
10:54But that ends today.
11:06L.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.
11:30It 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.
11:44The early days, it was so much fun, I 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.
12:01The 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.
12:16It 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.
12:35Barbara was basically running the show, but rather than promote Barbara to producer,
12:43the executive producer, Frank Wayne, hired his son, Phil Wayne, to produce the show.
12:51And he had no experience producing a television show like that.
12:57Nepotism 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,
13:22they put his name first on the credits
13:24and gave him the same salary that 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,
13:47it was very much an old boys club.
13:49They're just so clearly from a different era.
13:52And Bob Barker, the guy with the power,
13:55he would dictate the culture of the workplace.
13:58I had some recurring characters that I would play.
14:02I remember the French maid.
14:04Yes, folks, our hardworking models are never finished
14:07until they've taken care of Bob Barker at home.
14:10When we did sketches, everything was catered to Bob,
14:13because he liked the attention and the power that it gave him.
14:21That was their mindset.
14:24Women should just be voluptuous, movable props.
14:29You know, you go out, you stand next to a boat,
14:31and 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,
14:43that we were replaceable, so that we would never feel secure.
14:50The producers would call us every week and say,
14:54we would like to use you this week,
14:57like we were just weekly contract players,
15:00when 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,
15:16we really need a model who can fill out a bathing 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,
15:46probably 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
15:59and put on a bunny cocktail outfit
16:03with mesh nylons 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.
16:30And 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.
16:42But I didn't want to lose my job.
16:46And I had no idea
16:48at what point could you lose your job.
16:53And then it starts to turn even darker.
17:03Bob's beloved wife, Dorothy Jo,
17:05passes away in 1981.
17:07Dorothy Jo was Bob's biggest cheerleader.
17:10She is why he had the career
17:11that he had up to that point.
17:13They went to Hawaii in August.
17:16Then she was diagnosed with lung cancer
17:21and 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.
17:38There was a long period of mourning.
17:41And then, all of a sudden,
17:44he became like Mr. Man About Town, you know?
17:50He knew that he was the star
17:52of the biggest show in daytime.
17:56And Dorothy Jo wasn't there anymore,
17:59keeping him reined in.
18:01It's like he was unleashed
18:07and turned into this narcissistic egomaniac.
18:26The price is right.
18:27By the time the 80s came around,
18:29just became this ratings juggernaut.
18:32It's the highest rated show on CBS,
18:35the highest rated show in daytime.
18:38The 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.
18:57The show was just beloved.
18:59And then he was hosting the pageant.
19:02And he was hosting the Tournament of Roses parade.
19:05The 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
19:16of The Price is Right and Bob Barker.
19:19I remember 1987, when Bob came back from vacation.
19:27He walked on stage.
19:30And his hair had gone natural.
19:32And the audience went crazy.
19:36They gave him a three-minute standing ovation.
19:39And it was screaming, whistling, and catcalling from women.
19:43Thank you, ma'am.
19:47And it turned into this national publicity story.
19:52And 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,
20:10a little more control, or a little more money.
20:13And the next thing you know,
20:15Barker 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 The Price is Right
20:40for Business Insider.
20:42In the late 80s, Barker controlled the game.
20:46The game on TV, the game off TV, the game backstage.
20:51When Bob took over executive producer,
20:55he controlled with an absolutely ruthless iron fist.
21:01If something happened on set,
21:03like if he didn't have a prop that he was supposed to have,
21:06or if there were stop-downs during taping,
21:09if it made him angry, he had to just shred someone,
21:15a cameraman, a cable puller, anyone,
21:19venting his rage without ever considering
21:22how humiliating this was to whoever he was shredding.
21:27And he didn't care.
21:29He didn't care.
21:36One of the first cracks came in 1988.
21:40This was something that revealed the real power
21:43behind 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 announcers started calling contestants,
22:07you know, come on down.
22:11One of the cameras has to swing from the stage
22:15to the audience to shoot the audience.
22:17The director's going,
22:18get your shot, get your shot.
22:20And the guy whipped his camera,
22:23and Janice happened to be standing right there.
22:25And there's a ledge with about a three-foot drop
22:28to the concrete floor.
22:30And he hit Janice, and she went over.
22:36And then people started screaming.
22:39Bob came out and said,
22:41listen, we have a show to do.
22:43He says, so I need you to be your best
22:46like nothing ever happened.
22:48Show must go on.
22:51One could argue that he has this,
22:53you know, show must go on attitude,
22:55and we got to just get together.
22:57But, you know, you just imagine someone in your family
22:59gets knocked unconscious,
23:01you're going to kind of stop everything.
23:03And ostensibly, they were a family,
23:05but he just was not treating anyone that way.
23:08That episode revealed the attitude behind the scenes,
23:12which is you're kind of on your own.
23:13You get hit by a camera.
23:15We don't have your back.
23:19At the same time, CBS starts to get flack
23:22for 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,
23:36because this is the biggest daytime show,
23:38and all the models have always been white.
23:42So they do a casting call
23:44for the first black Barker's Beauty.
23:50When I was growing up,
23:52I would always watch The Price is Right
23:54and admire the Barker beauties.
23:58This was the elite modeling gig of all time.
24:04I said, wow,
24:06that looks like something I could do.
24:11I'm Kathleen Bradley.
24:12I'm so happy and proud
24:14that I was able to be
24:15the first permanent black model
24:18on The Price is Right.
24:30I remember how exciting it was.
24:33My very first day,
24:34I'll never forget,
24:35and just driving up on the lot
24:37with 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,
24:47here comes a black girl on the show,
24:48and you're always going to have negativity
24:51and people who are prejudiced.
24:54But I'm kind of used to it.
24:56I got thick skin.
24:58I was born near Youngstown, Ohio.
25:02Dad worked at the steel mill
25:03like almost everyone else.
25:05I did break a lot of barriers.
25:07I was the first black homecoming queen.
25:10Then I went on to join
25:12an all-female group
25:14called The Love Machine.
25:15I did it for eight years
25:17to put me in the position,
25:19I believe,
25:20to be one of Barker's beauties.
25:22Since Kathleen has become
25:24Barker's beauty right here.
25:27I knew I could do it.
25:29I love being in front of the live audience.
25:31I called everybody.
25:32I told them, I said,
25:33finally, I'm going to be
25:34a Bob Barker beauty.
25:35I'm on The Price is Right.
25:36It was just one of the happiest times
25:38of my life.
25:39But as time went on,
25:42at some point it got back to me
25:44that some of the fans
25:47were writing negative things
25:48about me being on the show
25:50as a black model,
25:51saying you shouldn't have
25:52your black ass on the show
25:54and just not a good feeling.
25:56You would like to think
25:58Kathleen Bradley's arrival
25:59would signify that times are changing.
26:01They were kind of changing on screen,
26:03but not necessarily backstage.
26:06Then one of the ladies
26:08on the production team
26:09brought 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.
26:23The good, the bad, the ugly.
26:25It wasn't just Barker.
26:26And there are people
26:27who are not talking in this documentary
26:30because they know what they did
26:31and they're still out there.
26:34Intimidation, harassment,
26:36discrimination,
26:37really despicable things.
26:41And they were just
26:42getting away with it.
26:57Watching older episodes
26:58of The Price is Right today
26:59is pretty cringeworthy.
27:02And to just see the way
27:04that Bob handles women
27:07in general on the show,
27:09he would call contestants
27:10little girl.
27:11Step back here, my child.
27:12I want to talk with you.
27:13Just a minute.
27:15He would comment
27:16on their appearance.
27:17I'll watch you dress.
27:18You watch the wheel.
27:19I think it's fair to say
27:20that he wanted to be like Hugh Hefner
27:23or he wanted to be like Charlie
27:25with Charlie's Angels.
27:26That's just kind of
27:26how he saw the world, you know?
27:28Show them everyone
27:29what you can do
27:30with those lovely little dresses
27:32you have on today.
27:33Yeah.
27:33There they go.
27:35There they go.
27:36And I think especially
27:37as it goes into the 90s
27:38and just that newfound freedom
27:39that women had to speak out.
27:42I was very uncomfortable
27:43with the idea
27:44and told him so.
27:45The world was changing.
27:47Justice Ginsburg,
27:48will you raise your right hand
27:49and repeat after me?
27:51But the culture backstage
27:53at The Price is Right
27:54didn't really change
27:56along with it.
27:59When I initially started the show,
28:02everybody was pretty cool
28:03and really friendly,
28:05especially the crew.
28:07But over a course of time,
28:09I kind of noticed
28:10the guys were kind of talking,
28:12looking, gawking at the girls.
28:14I found out this was
28:16a little more commonplace
28:17than I thought.
28:18It became common knowledge,
28:21stay away from this person
28:22or stay away from that person.
28:24There was stuff going on
28:25where you had to say,
28:26hey, stop that.
28:30One time I was in the elevator
28:33and one of the men
28:34just stuck their hands
28:36right on my boobs.
28:39You know,
28:39I had to push them away.
28:42I didn't say anything.
28:44It became instinct
28:45to know how to handle it.
28:48One guy in particular,
28:49he was a little friendly,
28:52too friendly.
28:54would rub up against us,
28:57joking around.
28:58It was totally inappropriate.
29:00I learned the stagehand
29:02had been around on the set
29:04for a long time
29:04and was probably doing it
29:06to all the other girls.
29:09When I reported this guy
29:10to the producers,
29:12to my surprise,
29:14no action was taken.
29:16I was really taken aback.
29:18This was really
29:19sexual harassment.
29:22So I took matters
29:23into my own hands.
29:26One day we had
29:27a set of golf clubs
29:28on the set.
29:29I said,
29:30oh, hey, show me.
29:31Do you know how to play golf?
29:32He said, yeah,
29:33I play a little bit.
29:34Come here,
29:34let me show you.
29:35So I let him get behind me
29:37and I said,
29:38uh, okay.
29:39Uh, I backed up.
29:45I accidentally hit him
29:46right in the groin.
29:48Accidentally on purpose,
29:49that was.
29:51We were so exhausted
29:53and tired of the treatment.
29:55And you just have to do
29:56what you have to do.
29:59If anyone had gone to Bob
30:02because Bob is in charge
30:04of the show
30:05and said,
30:06I have a problem,
30:07I have a complaint,
30:09he would have, um,
30:11told her to get over it
30:12or look for a new job.
30:16Eventually, CBS,
30:17after receiving a lot
30:18of complaints
30:19about staff
30:20hitting on the models
30:21and staring at them
30:22and making creepy comments
30:23to them,
30:24they instated a,
30:25what they call
30:25the 10-second rule
30:26where you are not allowed
30:27to openly stare
30:28at a model
30:29for more than 10 seconds.
30:3310 seconds
30:34is a long time
30:36to stare at somebody.
30:38Yeah, it's crazy.
30:391, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
30:50It was something
30:51that was put in place
30:53to placate the people
30:54who were complaining
30:54about being objectified.
30:56And it wasn't,
30:57to my knowledge,
30:58enforced.
30:59There was no one
31:00monitoring how long
31:01the guys were staring
31:02at the models.
31:03It was a joke.
31:04It was an appeasement.
31:07They did things
31:08that made it look
31:09like they were taking action.
31:11So you will stop complaining
31:12and go away.
31:13The show was making
31:14a lot of money.
31:15The show was making millions.
31:16And so I think
31:17that it behooved them
31:18to sweep those things
31:20under the rug.
31:21Which was really hard
31:23because Bob started
31:26having sex with Diane.
31:29It took a toll.
31:30There was fighting
31:31on the sets,
31:32yelling,
31:33and it was massive.
31:34And it ultimately,
31:36I think,
31:36destroyed Price is Right.
31:49these were some very happy times.
31:53It was so nice
31:54and wonderful
31:55and happy days back then.
31:57It just reverberates
31:58in my heart,
31:59my soul.
32:00It was looking at Bob,
32:01looking at Janice
32:02and Holly,
32:03and standing next
32:04to everybody.
32:05You know,
32:05one big happy family.
32:08When we hit the stage,
32:09the professionalism
32:10was there.
32:11But there were
32:12so many different things
32:13going on behind the scenes.
32:15There was some tension
32:18between the Barker beauties.
32:20There was a lot
32:21of animosity.
32:23Holly and Janice
32:24and Kathleen,
32:25they always got along
32:26together really well.
32:27And Diane was kind
32:29of the outcast.
32:31Diane Parkinson
32:32became the third
32:33Barker's beauty
32:33in 1975
32:35on The Price is Right.
32:39She was what
32:40we would consider today
32:42to be
32:43the prototype
32:44of a supermodel.
32:45She won Miss USA.
32:48She was a runner-up
32:49in the Miss World pageant.
32:51With things like this around,
32:52I can't understand
32:52why Uncle Sam wants you.
32:55Diane Parkinson was,
32:57she once said,
32:58the wholesome, sexy one.
33:00She was really
33:01kind of positioned
33:02to be like
33:03the Pam Anderson
33:04of daytime TV.
33:06She'd wear negligees
33:08and revealing bathing suits.
33:09The fan reaction
33:10to Diane
33:11was pretty intense.
33:12I mean, I like the show,
33:13but she makes it.
33:14Diane is the show.
33:15She got thousands
33:17of pieces of fan mail
33:18per week
33:18from people
33:19that just loved
33:20watching her.
33:24Janice and I
33:25first realized
33:26long before
33:27the rest of the set
33:28knew that Diane
33:30and Bob
33:31were having sex.
33:33Diane confided in me,
33:35did you know
33:36I'm seeing Bob Barker?
33:37I'm like,
33:38what?
33:39Really?
33:40Oh, wow.
33:41Okay.
33:41I was really
33:42kind of surprised
33:43because Bob
33:45also had
33:46a girlfriend.
33:48As time went on,
33:49people were noticing
33:51the audience
33:51and the viewers
33:52at home
33:52how close
33:53Bob and Diane
33:54were hugging
33:55and looking at each other
33:57and playing around
33:58and all of that.
33:59There's nothing...
34:00Well, this is just
34:00a big mix-up.
34:01There's more
34:02prices right
34:02coming up.
34:03So it didn't really
34:04stay private
34:06very long.
34:09She would go
34:11downstairs
34:12throwing the brakes
34:14and go into
34:15his dressing room
34:17and that's when
34:19some real hanky-panky
34:20was going on.
34:21She suggested
34:21that I had been
34:23so straight-laced
34:24all my life
34:25that I needed
34:26some hanky-panky
34:27in my life.
34:28Now, that was
34:29the word she used,
34:29hanky-panky,
34:30and she volunteered
34:31to provide
34:32the hanky-panky
34:33in my life.
34:35One day,
34:35I was walking
34:36into the studio
34:37and walking
34:38past Bob's room.
34:40Well, she came
34:41walking out
34:42of that door
34:43closing her robe
34:45with a big smile
34:46on her face
34:47and I go,
34:48oh, what's
34:49going on here?
34:55Everybody knew
34:56who worked
34:57on that show
34:58that Bob Barker
34:59and Diane Parkinson
35:00were having an affair.
35:02It really divided
35:04the Barker beauties
35:05because suddenly
35:06Diane was
35:08the queen bee
35:08and they just
35:10had to watch
35:10their P's and Q's
35:11otherwise
35:12pillow talk
35:13would go against them.
35:15Of course
35:15the other models
35:17hated Diane.
35:17Of course
35:18she was getting
35:19preferential treatment.
35:20She was sleeping
35:21with the boss.
35:22Everyone was basically
35:23kissing her behind
35:24because she may
35:26potentially be
35:27the new Mrs. Barker.
35:28In an already
35:29volatile
35:31interpersonal environment
35:32to add that extra
35:33dynamic was like
35:34adding fuel
35:35to a fire.
35:40Next thing you know
35:41I get a call
35:43from Bob's
35:44girlfriend
35:45and everyone
35:47knew that
35:48Bob was cheating
35:50on her
35:50with Diane.
35:52And she said
35:53I know that
35:54Bob is sleeping
35:55with Diane.
35:56And I said
35:57well let's put it
35:58this way
35:59she dates
36:00a lot
36:01and she targets
36:03celebrities.
36:05And she said
36:05oh like who?
36:07And I rattled off
36:08this list
36:08of celebrities
36:09including
36:10several black men.
36:14and she said
36:16oh my gosh
36:17Bob has no idea
36:19that he has
36:20had sex
36:21with a woman
36:22who has had
36:23sex
36:23with black men.
36:25Bob has always
36:26said that black men
36:28are the most
36:29diseased
36:30people on earth.
36:33It was horrible.
36:35It was horrible.
36:36Was I surprised?
36:38No.
36:38He fit
36:40the profile
36:41rich
36:41old
36:42white
36:43entitled
36:44racist.
36:47When I heard
36:49what happened
36:50I really
36:51did not want
36:52to believe
36:53that of Bob.
36:54I put Bob
36:55on a pedestal
36:57I mean he was
36:57like here
36:58he was like
36:59like the rock star
37:00and for him
37:01to 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
37:11different agenda
37:12than what you thought
37:13what a big
37:14can of worms
37:16had just been opened
37:20It was not a good
37:22look for Bob
37:32Diane would confide
37:34in me
37:35that Bob
37:36did mention
37:37if she had ever
37:38been with any other
37:39person that
37:39was black
37:41that he would not
37:42be happy
37:42and that he thought
37:43they might have had
37:45some kind of
37:45communicable disease
37:46or something
37:50And sure enough
37:51when Bob
37:52found out
37:53about Diane
37:54having slept
37:55with black men
37:57he called her
37:58into his dressing room
38:00and they had
38:02the screaming fight
38:04of all time
38:04He went off
38:06the shit
38:07hit 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
38:22the stairs
38:23and Bob's
38:25assistant
38:25is running
38:26after her
38:27saying
38:27Diane
38:28you've got to
38:28apologize
38:29to Bob
38:30and Diane
38:31turns around
38:32at the top
38:32of the stairs
38:33it's like the scene
38:34from Romeo and Juliet
38:35and she's standing
38:36at the top
38:36of the stairs
38:37and the whole set
38:38dead silent
38:39is watching
38:40and Diane
38:41says
38:41I have sucked
38:43his
38:43too many times
38:45to start
38:45kissing his
38:46ass
38:46now
38:49Woo
38:51I'm like
38:52what
38:55it did not
38:56go over well
38:57with Barker
38:59one of the
39:00producers
39:01standing next
39:02to me
39:02said
39:02dang
39:03who writes
39:04her stuff
39:09shortly thereafter
39:11Diane
39:12was approached
39:13by Playboy
39:13magazine
39:15we had already
39:17been forewarned
39:18that we were
39:19not to be
39:20in Playboy
39:23Bob and Diane
39:24were not together
39:25at this time
39:26now I don't know
39:27if it was her way
39:27of getting back
39:28at him
39:28but she posed
39:29for Playboy
39:33the photos
39:33were a little
39:34risque
39:36that just
39:37did not
39:37go over well
39:38with Barker
39:39and once again
39:41this brought
39:42about
39:42an explosion
39:46Bob arrived
39:47at the set
39:48and we could
39:49hear the shouting
39:50no no no
39:51no you'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
40:06Diane
40:07is leaving
40:08The Price is Right
40:11to pursue
40:13other interest
40:1518 years
40:16that Diane
40:17had been on the show
40:18and she's gone
40:21and Diane
40:23was not happy
40:24and she was
40:25very bitter
40:30she wanted to get
40:31back at him
40:33we talked
40:34on the phone
40:34she said
40:35he was sexually
40:35harassing me
40:36and forcing me
40:37to do things
40:37to him
40:37in the dressing room
40:38when I didn't
40:39want to do it
40:39I'm going
40:40to get my
40:41attorney
40:41I'm going
40:42to file
40:42a sexual
40:43harassment
40:43lawsuit
40:44against him
40:46I was
40:47I couldn't
40:48believe it
40:53the quiz show
40:55sex scandal
40:55that is rocking
40:56Hollywood
40:57Parkinson's
40:58lawsuit
40:58will be filed
40:59within a week
41:00she's claiming
41:01sexual misconduct
41:03and he's labeling
41:04her a greedy
41:05opportunist
41:07as God
41:08is my witness
41:09I have never
41:11forced her
41:11to do one
41:12thing
41:13that she
41:13did not
41:14want to do
41:15once Diane
41:16filed that
41:17lawsuit
41:21everything
41:21changed
41:24that's
41:25when things
41:25got even
41:26worse
41:28Barker would
41:28not be the
41:29kind of person
41:29you'd want to
41:29mess with
41:31at all
41:34if you
41:34weren't on
41:35team Bob
41:36look out
41:36with Barker
41:38it's not
41:39enough to
41:39just ruin
41:40your life
41:42to fire
41:43you
41:44and deprive
41:46you of
41:46your livelihood
41:47he wanted
41:48to destroy
41:50you
41:50I looked
41:52at him
41:52and I thought
41:53you are
41:53scary
41:54there's a
41:55snake inside
41:56there
41:56everybody
41:57was in
41:58trouble
41:59awesome
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