Catt Sadler Leaves E! News After Learning Co-Host Jason Kennedy Earns Double Her Salary

[chiirbii]

 

 

After almost 12 years at the network, longtime host Catt Sadler has said goodbye to her “dream job†at E! News — a decision that she says “required a lot of soul-searching.â€

 

“Up until this point, I mean it really has been a dream job. Literally a dream job. I’m from Indiana, born and raised, and I had my sights set on E! and I’ve seen the world. I’ve had the best experiences. I’ve gotten incredibly close with all of my coworkers. It’s like a family here and it’s been beautiful for the majority of my run. I pinch myself every day the job that I get to do. I have so much fun. It has almost been surreal,†Sadler, 43, tells PEOPLE. “But then, this year happened.â€

 

Throughout the past year, the single mother of two — she is mom to sons Arion Boyd, 12, and Austin Boyd, 16 — has taken on more responsibility in her role at E!, including hosting the two-hour live daytime show Daily Pop and “also hosting E! News a majority of nights, so I inherited a lot more responsibility and more work hours and what not.â€

 

This year, Sadler’s contract was coming to an end and she was notified by E! executives that they wanted to extend her deal.

 

But about the same time that was happening, Sadler says she was “informed and made aware that my male equivalent at the network who I started with the same year and have come up with doing essentially similar jobs, if not the same job, wasn’t just making a little bit more than me but was making double my salary and has been for several years.â€

 

“That was really hard to swallow, but you know information is supposed to be power and when my team began negotiations knowing what we knew, that was the barometer in which I expected to be paid, based on the law and based on what I know to be fair. And what I believe in my heart of hearts is reasonable,†she explains about asking to be compensated the same as her co-host and friend, Jason Kennedy, who serves as co-host of E! News as well as a correspondent for red carpet coverage.

 

In a statement to PEOPLE, an E! spokesperson said on behalf of the network and Kennedy, “E! compensates employees fairly and appropriately based on their roles, regardless of gender. We appreciate Catt Sadler’s many contributions at E! News and wish her all the best following her decision to leave the network.â€

 

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[Queen Of Thots]

Wtf poor woman.

 

It’s obvious that E! Is gunna lie and say they get paid the same. It’s just sad how it’s 2017 and woman and minorities are still fighting for basic human rights.

[sickwithsin]

"“E! compensates employees fairly and appropriately based on their roles, regardless of gender ..."

 

      

[chiirbii]

Wtf poor woman.

 

It’s obvious that E! Is gunna lie and say they get paid the same. It’s just sad how it’s 2017 and woman and minorities are still fighting for basic human rights.

The crazy thing is E! didn't even deny it. They just said she was paid accurately for her role and duties...  Like that's even worse, they're saying that even tho her and her co-host essentially have the same job, his work is worth x2 hers.

[Faces]

god, i feel so bad for her. this is horrible

[......]

usually, i don't have super strong feelings about this stuff... possibly because it's typically millionaire white actresses, who get multiple acting gigs a year, getting paid multiple millions to film a movie on location for a month... doing the complaining...

 

butttt

 

This is just a blatant case of unequal pay. Note E made no excuses because there are none to be made more than likely. How gross. I hope this woman takes a break, spends time with her sons, and then goes to negotiates a dope salary at another network.

[Loonathehoe]

What a shitty company is E! for doing this.

[Umji's butt minder]

Bye bye E!. No more watching them for me.

[abra]

Can't blame her

[delirium]

I wonder if this is the same across the board of E! employees.

[vivaland]

That's F----- up. 

[The Last Duchess]

double?! that's ridiculous. she has every right to leave

[SeeYaWithYou]

So fucked up

[Trinity]

But there's no wage gap..I hope she sues the channel for wage discrimination

[atreyuavenged]

Wonder how many other employees are checking their bottom line when seeing this?

[DC3]

sucks really can't blame her tbh

 

i dont have the channel anymore so thats good