Jason Kennedy’s Wife Slams Catt Sadler After E! News Sexism Scandal
Dec. 22 2017, Updated 12:05 p.m. ET
Days after Catt Sadler quit E! News due to an alleged sexist pay-gap between her and co-anchor Jason Kennedy, the TV hunk’s wife is firing back!
“I have always said that there are negatives and positives to social media, and these last 48 hours have proven that to be true. I believe in female empowerment and gender equality, but it’s heartbreaking that a network is being deemed sexist when that is simply not true,” wrote Lauren Scruggs on Instagram this Thursday.
“At one time my husband had a female co-anchor on E! News who made 3 times his salary. Women are paid accordingly on this network, and the difference in his salary versus hers did not affect Jason. He knows there are always more components to consider when determining one’s salary than gender alone,” she continued.
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Scruggs’ fiery comments come after Sadler, 43, claimed Kennedy, 36, was making “double” her salary even though they held the same position at the company. She said that working for E! was her “dream job” but she felt diminished and “insulted” after network executives refused to pay her the salary she deserved.
E! shared a statement following Sadler’s resignation, claiming that they were sad to see her go, but that the difference in salary between her and Kennedy had nothing to do with gender, but with qualifications.
Scruggs quoted the network in her explosive Instagram post, adding: “As you know, there are two sides to every story. I am posting this to tell the other side, which everyone deserves to know before jumping to conclusions about a place h