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JamesG · 01-31-2023, 06:18 AM

Elisabeth Harnois Recalls "One Tree Hill" Boss' "Inappropriate" Behavior Towards Her: "I Felt Very Uncomfortable"
by Andy Swift
January 30, 2023

Elisabeth Harnois is the latest "One Tree Hill" actress to come forward with a story of abuse and harassment behind the scenes.

Harnois, who recurred as “Clean Teens” founder Shelley Simon on the WB-turned-CW drama, filled in as a guest co-host on the Jan. 30 episode of the “Drama Queens” podcast, where she recalled receiving unwanted advances from their “boss,” whom she did not name directly.

“The first few days were good,” she told podcast co-hosts Sophia Bush Hughes and Hilarie Burton Morgan of her time on the show.

“Getting the call, I was excited. Getting there, I was excited. Then I had to have a dinner with my boss, and it ended with him inappropriately asking to come up to where he was putting me up … just to have some tea and talk more, because we were having quote-unquote good conversation about the character.”

She continued, “I didn’t know what to say, so I was just like, ‘Sure.’ I felt very uncomfortable. It was literally my first week, the first few days. He ended up, uninvited, massaging my feet. That’s where I became even closer with [my female co-stars], because it just made me understand so much more.”

That’s when Harnois put her foot down. “It came swift and quick, and I was like, ‘That’s not happening,’ and I sent him out the door,” she recalls. “He wasn’t as gross with me after that. I was very [direct].”

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JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,140	Elisabeth Harnois Recalls "One Tree Hill" Boss' "Inappropriate" Behavior Towards Her *Elisabeth Harnois Recalls "One Tree Hill" Boss' "Inappropriate" Behavior Towards Her: "I Felt Very Uncomfortable"* by Andy Swift January 30, 2023 Elisabeth Harnois is the latest "One Tree Hill" actress to come forward with a story of abuse and harassment behind the scenes. Harnois, who recurred as “Clean Teens” founder Shelley Simon on the WB-turned-CW drama, filled in as a guest co-host on the Jan. 30 episode of the “Drama Queens” podcast, where she recalled receiving unwanted advances from their “boss,” whom she did not name directly. “The first few days were good,” she told podcast co-hosts Sophia Bush Hughes and Hilarie Burton Morgan of her time on the show. “Getting the call, I was excited. Getting there, I was excited. Then I had to have a dinner with my boss, and it ended with him inappropriately asking to come up to where he was putting me up … just to have some tea and talk more, because we were having quote-unquote good conversation about the character.” She continued, “I didn’t know what to say, so I was just like, ‘Sure.’ I felt very uncomfortable. It was literally my first week, the first few days. He ended up, uninvited, massaging my feet. That’s where I became even closer with [my female co-stars], because it just made me understand so much more.” That’s when Harnois put her foot down. “It came swift and quick, and I was like, ‘That’s not happening,’ and I sent him out the door,” she recalls. “He wasn’t as gross with me after that. I was very [direct].” https://tvline.com/2023/01/30/one-tr...tions-podcast/ Attached Images