https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/former-price-model-reveals-truth-211845122.html

The Price Is Right famously called the models who presented the show’s prizes “Barker’s Beauties” — but behind the scenes, some of them wanted nothing to do with Bob Barker. Models and former crew members are accusing the late host of fostering a hostile work environment, sexual harassment and discrimination over his 35 years on […]

Bobby was the best!!

"Bob Barker’s Rep Denies Late 'The Price Is Right' Host’s Involvement in Past Harassment Claims" (article) (https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/bob-barkers-rep-denies-the-price-is-right-harassment-claims/)
The late Bob Barker’s rep is denying recent allegations of harassment on The Price Is Right set.

Hm why dont they just come clean now??

It doesnt matter anyway... :confused:

Wonder how Drew Carey expressed his concerns and his responses about E!’s Dirty Rotten Scandal special feature the TPIR Behind the Scene behavior of the his late predecessor

Wonder how Drew Carey expressed his concerns and his responses about E!’s Dirty Rotten Scandal special feature the TPIR Behind the Scene behavior of the his late predecessor

(suggestion of an alternative to the word "behavior" in this context: accusations)

Bob Barker bombshell: Former 'Price Is Right' model Holly Hallstrom claims she was fired for refusing to commit 'felony perjury' for late TV host (https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/bob-barker-bombshell-former-price-is-right-model-holly-hallstrom-claims-she-was-fired-for-refusing-to-commit-felony-perjury-for-late-tv-host/ar-AA1YZA2A?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=69bc5779cae94306ab3ffa8d96aef5d6&ei=11)

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Former Price Is Right model Holly Hallstrom claimed she was pushed into "early retirement" after being fired from the show for not committing what she believed to be "felony perjury" in support of late host Bob Barker.

Hallstrom, who left the game show in 1995 after 18 years, explained she was initially told she was being let go due to her weight, but she believed it was because she refused to defend Barker against a sexual harassment lawsuit.

Former 'Price Is Right' Model Refused to Testify in Bob Barker Sexual Harassment Case

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"I wanted nothing to do with it," Hallstrom said during the E! docuseries Dirty Rotten Scandals, which premiered earlier this month.

Hallstrom refused to defend the host against claims made by Dian Parkinson (https://okmagazine.com/news/bob-barker-sued-sexual-harrasssment/), who had an affair with Barker and subsequently sued him for sexual harassment. Following the allegations, Hallstrom explained that employees were being asked to testify under oath about working conditions behind the scenes.

"Every time you went to the studio, you had to sit with lawyers who all they wanted to hear was all the bad stuff about Dian and how Bob could not have possibly sexually harassed Dian," she told producers.

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Holly Hallstrom Didn't Want to Commit 'Felony Perjury'

"I was the only one that was asked to give a deposition and did not," the former model alleged. "I didn't want to commit felony perjury, which is exactly what it would have been if I gave a testimony."

Hallstrom said she "refused to testify in court" and "commit felony perjury," which landed her on Barker's "s--- list."

"That was the final straw, but it's against the law to fire an employee for failing to testify on your behalf in a court of law. So they could not fire me for that," she added.

Holly Hallstrom Claims She Was Called 'Overweight' by Bob Barker

Instead, Hallstrom claimed that Barker labeled her "overweight," which became the "justification for firing" her.

"I was not surprised that he used that as the excuse .... But when I was asked why I was fired, I told them, 'I was told it was because my weight was a problem,'" she recalled.

Holly Hallstrom Claimed Bob Barker Started Acting Irrationally After Lawsuit

Hallstrom claimed that Barker received major backlash from fans (https://okmagazine.com/p/secrets-game-show-legends-bob-barker-vanna-white-pat-sajak/) in response to Parkinson's sexual harassment lawsuit and caused the longtime TV star to act irrationally.

"Barker experienced a bombardment of hate mail for the first time ever, and he went out and told everyone that I was lying, that weight was never mentioned. It became absolute insanity," Hallstrom said during the docuseries. "How can you say I was not fired because of my weight when I was cut out of 50 percent of the show, and when I was on camera, I was hidden away behind automobiles and large appliances because of my weight problem, according to the director?"

Hallstrom claimed Barker told her she would be taking an "early retirement," citing her weight as an issue. The former model said that this was the first time she felt "hate" for Barker.

Non-paywall version of article (https://t.co/epsGyyR4Sa)

The unsung warriors of 'The Price Is Right' - They brought down Bob Barker — and paved the way for #MeToo (https://www.businessinsider.com/price-is-right-bob-barker-models-sexual-harrassment-me-too-2024-9)​

By the late 1980s, CBS was so notorious for its lack of diversity that it had earned the nickname the Caucasian Broadcasting System. To counteract its image, "The Price Is Right" (https://zora.medium.com/the-price-wasnt-always-right-65ac693a44dc) announced that Barker's Beauties (https://www.reddit.com/r/entertainment/comments/1rwmkgt/bob_barkers_beauties_and_former_the_price_is/) would be adding a Black model. In 1990, after a high-profile nationwide casting call, Kathleen Bradley, a 39-year-old model and singer, got the job. "I felt very proud to be the one that was chosen to represent people of color," she says, dressed in jeans and a denim shirt, as we sit on the leafy patio of her West Hollywood home.

But it didn't take long for Bradley to learn how Black employees were treated on the show (https://people.com/the-price-is-right-racism-sexual-harassment-documentary-11928594). The prize administrator Deborah Curling, one of the show's few other Black staffers, warned Bradley of the frequent racial slurs backstage. Sure enough, Bradley found that all kinds of "offensive and discriminatory remarks, including those against (https://newsfeed.time.com/2011/09/12/price-is-right-model-lawsuit-latest-in-a-history-of-harassment-claims/) blacks, women, gays, and other minorities, were tolerated," as she wrote in her memoir, "Backstage at The Price Is Right." Barker, in particular, had a reputation as a bigot. When Black contestants tried to embrace him, he would "jokingly" run from them, as if they posed a threat. Black contestants were marked on the show's call sheet with the letter B, and were called only during the third act of the show, when contestants' row was already filled with whites. "He didn't want too many," Hallstrom (https://www.the-express.com/entertainment/celebrity-news/202660/inside-bob-barkers-secrets-price) says.

The tensions worsened when Barker learned that Parkinson had been sleeping with Black men, including the singer Smokey Robinson and the actor Tim Reid. "He went through the roof," Parkinson confided to Bradley. "I've never heard him that upset and nasty." When Bradley asked why Barker was so angry, Parkinson didn't mince words: "He always had the idea that if he was involved with someone who'd had sexual relations with a Black man, he might contract some sort of communicable disease just because they're Black." Hallstrom heard a similar account from Burnet, who told her, "Barker says Black men are the most diseased creatures on earth."

(suggestion: do not believe all accusations)

Non-paywall version of article (https://t.co/epsGyyR4Sa)

The unsung warriors of 'The Price Is Right' - They brought down Bob Barker — and paved the way for #MeToo (https://www.businessinsider.com/price-is-right-bob-barker-models-sexual-harrassment-me-too-2024-9)​

(note: this article was found to had been biased and contradictive from the perspective of the creator of this note during the calendar year of its publication (2024))

(suggestion: do not believe all accusations)



(note: this article was found to had been biased and contradictive from the perspective of the creator of this note during the calendar year of its publication (2024))

These accusations are pretty well corroborated by other models and staff members who worked on the show at the time. Bob Barker was a creep, pervert, misogynist and racist. We’ve known this since the ’90s.

(suggestion: do not believe all accusations)



(note: this article was found to had been biased and contradictive from the perspective of the creator of this note during the calendar year of its publication (2024))

“The Price Is Right” models allege shocking racism behind the scenes: 'That was a direct order from Bob Barker' (https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/price-models-allege-shocking-racism-150000145.html)

Two of "Barker's Beauties," Kathleen Bradley and Claudia Jordan, allege (https://www.google.com/search?q=%E2%80%9CThe+Price+Is+Right%E2%80%9D+models+allege+shocking+racism+behind+the+scenes%3A+%27That+was+a+direct+order+from+Bob+Barker%27&sca_esv=446c661570ceeb01&sxsrf=ANbL-n4RVvaoRIlC5U7C5Odc7ELS4fKUSQ%3A1774221997510&ei=rXrAabDkHsmb0PEPzr7yoAM&biw=1920&bih=979&ved=2ahUKEwjw7qf_07STAxXJDTQIHU6fHDQQ4dUDegQIBRAN&uact=5&oq=%E2%80%9CThe+Price+Is+Right%E2%80%9D+models+allege+shocking+racism+behind+the+scenes%3A+%27That+was+a+direct+order+from+Bob+Barker%27&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAic-KAnFRoZSBQcmljZSBJcyBSaWdodOKAnSBtb2RlbHMgYWxsZWdlIHNob2NraW5nIHJhY2lzbSBiZWhpbmQgdGhlIHNjZW5lczogJ1RoYXQgd2FzIGEgZGlyZWN0IG9yZGVyIGZyb20gQm9iIEJhcmtlcidIAFAAWABwAHgAkAEAmAEAoAEAqgEAuAEDyAEA-AEBmAIAoAIAmAMAkgcAoAcAsgcAuAcAwgcAyAcAgAgA&sclient=gws-wiz-serp) that host Bob Barker and producers were wildly racist on the game show's set.

On Tattletales I would see Bob and his wife Dorothy Jo and he seem so likable.
When Dorothy died and now he has the role of a single man who has many young women around him on Price. Later with stories about him, Even the title Barker's Beauties sounds like he is owns them to say, they are my girls. I lost the love or like for him for he sounds like an old Goat.

(note: message on Facebook page related to a former producer of "The Price is Right" named Roger Dobkowitz regarding recent "Dirty Rotten Scandals" documentary involving "The Price is Right" (https://www.facebook.com/Rogerdob/posts/pfbid02JDNkE1WMcJKJQPNSmvPBUDhfgyRsV9aw3MHFJxypD1LxdecdwnNEbwRL2cLpFsEjl))

(note: YouTube comment (from another Internet user, not the creator of this note) regarding "Dirty Rotten Scandals" documentary involving "The Price is Right" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ztucqup8y84&lc=UgzIPUKcO7XEYbaO5Zt4AaABAg))

Sure, Barker had a few issues with the models here and there. But at least its nowhere near as sininster as Bill Cosby drugging and r*ping women nor R. Kelly and/or P. Diddy sexually humiliating them at their will whenever they wanted.

Scorning the Scandal Peddlers (https://comforttv.blogspot.com/2026/03/scorning-scandal-peddlers.html)

Most if not all the documentary’s “revelations” had already leaked out years ago – backstage affairs, racism allegations, lawsuits and more lawsuits, with Barker at the center of the turmoil and no longer around to defend himself.

Here is my question: Is it wrong that I really don’t care?

I know that sounds harsh, but I’m being honest. I’m not without sympathy if someone is mistreated at work, but if decades have passed since the supposed transgressions, dredging them up now in documentaries seems more about vengeance than justice, or maybe it’s just about the paycheck.

Uncovering dirt after someone dies is a popular sport these days. And my response after being exposed to such scandals is always the same: Now that I know, what am I supposed to do?

I can’t erase the happy memories. I don’t want to. As I’ve entered my 60s my memories have only grown more precious. I walk through a house full of memories every day. A home that is now empty except for me. The connection I’ve forged with the shows I write about dates back more than half a century. The memories experienced when I watch them again are as fond now as they’ve ever been.

As I wrote in a previous blog, it was the longevity of The Price is Right and this cast that, as it did with soap operas, made the show so special. Janice was pointing at “brand new cars!” when I was 8 years old. She was still doing it when I graduated high school. And she was still doing it when I graduated college, and for more than 10 years after that.

Am I supposed to hate Bob Barker now? How about Michael Landon, Danny Bonaduce, Robert Blake, Roseanne, Darlene Gillespie, James Farentino, Dana Plato…shall I keep going? With some celebrities their sins are paragraph one in any story about them; for others it barely merits a mention. Should I only disown those who acted out of cruelty, and not mental illness or desperation? How would I know which is which?
We’ve had this conversation once before, of course, back in 2015 when I wrote about Bill Cosby. Despite all the accolades that made him one of television’s most influential creators, the legacy of his work has been permanently tarnished. “Good,” some will say. “What a shame,” others lament.

These are issues beyond television, and everyone must decide for themselves where to draw the line. But I think we can all agree that condemnation and banishment come much faster than they used to and cast a much wider net.

Revelations about union activist Cesar Chavez emerged at about the same time as those about Bob Barker – also for things that happened half a century ago. Within days if not minutes, events were canceled and workmen set about removing his name from public spaces. Statues of Christopher Columbus have been toppled. San Francisco tried removing the names of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson from schools because they owned slaves. And Tiger Woods got another DUI last week.

None of us are the sum of all our virtues or the sum of all our sins, no matter how exceptional the virtue or how despicable the sin. But on the great scandal scale, those attached to The Price is Right seem positively benign. Some border on ridiculous. According to one article, “After some models expressed concern about their treatment on the set of The Price Is Right, CBS initiated a 10-second rule where people couldn’t stare at models for longer than 10 seconds.”

Wait – men like to look at beautiful models? Shocking!

We also need to keep in mind that the longer ago the alleged behavior, the fewer people still around to validate the allegations. Luckily, Price is Right producer Roger Dobkowitz is still around. He was there for 36 years, and this was his response to the documentary:

“This so-called “expose” makes me realize that there are some people in this world who will happily exaggerate and create falsehoods in order to justify a personal hateful vendetta against a person in order to draw attention to themselves. Making the situation worse is the fact that the accused is deceased, and therefore, making it impossible for the accused to defend himself. The adjective “brave” should never be used in reference to a person attacking a dead person.

The show was a happy place…our working environment was the envy of other shows. Staff rarely quit...the dozens of women who were in our repertoire of models came back year after year, happy to be on our show. The only unhappy people, as would be found in any company, were the ones that didn't get the raise they wanted, the ones that didn't get the promotion they thought they deserved, and the ones that were terminated for not doing their job.”

I hope he’s right. But regardless I’ve about had my fill of the scandal factories “tearing the lid” off beloved programs and personalities and inviting all of us to share in their disdain. Instead, I’ll follow the guidance found in the Gospel of Luke - “Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.”

“But what fun is that?” say the bottom feeders at E! behind the Price is Right doc and other explorations of the dark side of television.

Perhaps someday someone will take a closer look at what goes on behind the scenes at E!. Wouldn’t that be something.

The Price is Right models’ battle against Bob Barker is getting the movie treatment (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/the-price-is-right-models-battle-bob-barker-movie-1236558051/)

The story of The Price is Right models and their fight to stand up to Bob Barker, the show's famous host, is getting the screen treatment.

I'm assuming the screen version will get a release in 2027. Also, I wonder if this will shutdown The Barker Era channel and Buzzr will no longer air the Barker episodes on its own channel for good.

Speaking of The Barker Era, if the channel gets shut down due to the allegations, I bet we will probably never get to the 1989-1990 season, the 1990-1991 season or any other future seasons at all.

In other words, think of it as a "separate the art from the artist" kind of thing.

The Price is Right models’ battle against Bob Barker is getting the movie treatment (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/the-price-is-right-models-battle-bob-barker-movie-1236558051/)

The story of The Price is Right models and their fight to stand up to Bob Barker, the show's famous host, is getting the screen treatment.

(suggestion: hope such a movie is never made (or avoid such a movie if it were to exist))

Its sad seeing them say this about Bobby..... Yes he was very loving towards people....... Why make him out to be bad??



He was MUCH BETTER than Drew Carey who is an idiot in comparison!

I still think Cosby, Kelly and Diddy did a lot much worser to women that Barker could've ever dream or imagine doing to his girls.

Also, if the film doesn't get a theatrical release, maybe it can be streamed on Netflix or Hulu.

For a long time, the thing I couldn't quite comprehend was given the fact that there were women all over the U.S. and beyond who would've loved to date Bob Barker, and he had endless attractive ladies to choose from as a widower, why he couldn't keep a level of control over himself and not get involved with workplace romance. HOWEVER, having seen Holly Hallstrom in an extremely skimpy outfit, I now have a better handle on the "why." Even though Holly wasn't the focus of his amorous attention, I've come to a conclusion that there was a "next level" of attractiveness of these ladies.

I'm not trying to give Bob a pass, but I was wowed to the extreme when I got my first close look at Holly and realized how special those models were.

Listen, I don't think Barker ever drugged or molested the models, or sexually-humiliated them as his very own will whenever he wanted, or tripped them on the stairs or get caught on a security camera by beating the living daylights out of them. Or let alone ask one of them to meet him in his dressing room doing a lap dance or striptease in order to, well let's just say, "please the Plinko stick in his pants".

Also, wasn't Dorothy Jo always acted as the love of his life. I'm pretty sure that he can be with her in heaven now and forevermore.