Alyssa Milano & Holly Marie Combs React To 'Charmed' Producer's Explanation Of Why She Quit
Alyssa Milano and Holly Marie Combs are responding to Krista Vernoff‘s explanation of why she left the original series as a producer.
In her interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Krista, who is the current showrunner of Grey’s Anatomy, opened up about leaving the long running WB turned CW series and says it was because she believed the network’s “objectifying notes” were leading her to create a show that was “bad for the world”.
“I signed on because Charmed was a girl-power show,” she shared. “About halfway through there was an episode where Alyssa Milano comes out in mermaid pasties and there was a huge spike in male viewership, and then every episode after, the question would come from the network, ‘How are we getting the girls naked this week?’” she recalled.
Krista went on, adding that the viewership numbers kept “going up, and there’s all this pressure. All I can think is, I’m creating something that’s now bad for the world, and I’ve had enough ‘bad for the world’ in my life.”
Click inside to see what Alyssa and Holly had to say about what Krista said about “Charmed”…
Now, Alyssa and Holly have reacted to her quote, saying that Charmed was and still is a “girl power show” and isn’t bad for the world at all.
“Well, this absolutely broke my heart,” Alyssa wrote on her Twitter. “I hope we didn’t make something that was ‘bad for the world’ for eight years.”
Well, this absolutely broke my heart. I hope we didn’t make something that was “bad for the world” for eight years. I think we gave permission to a generation of women to be themselves and to be strong and own their sexuality. I’m so proud of what this show meant to so many.
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) April 1, 2021
Holly also commented on Krista‘s admission.
And the fact that we can still stand up for ourselves and the show and the people who loved it proves this. I never cared what producer or network exec wanted us more naked for their $. And still don’t. We knew how to rally against it and found our own power. And still do. #Facts
— Holly Marie Combs Ryan (@H_Combs) April 1, 2021
Previously, Holly has made headlines with her thoughts about the new Charmed series, which is currently in its third season on the CW.