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HBO Exec Allegedly Ordered Staff to Harass Critics Over The Nevers and Other Shows

A new lawsuit alleges that HBO’s Rolling Stone, starting in 2020, HBO’s then-president of original programming allegedly instructed staffers to create false Twitter (now X) accounts for this purpose.

PBy Paige MonroeNov 03, 20232 min read

A new lawsuit alleges that HBO’s Rolling Stone, starting in 2020, HBO’s then-president of original programming allegedly instructed staffers to create false Twitter (now X) accounts for this purpose.

WatchAndrew Callaghan Talks 'This Place Rules' CCShare SubtitlesOffEnglishThe article states that Kathleen McCaffrey, HBO’s senior vice president of drama programming, texted another staffer: “Casey is looking for a tweeter… he’s mad at Alan Sepinwall—” (the Rolling Stone critic who gave The Nevers a generous 2.5 stars) “—can our secret operative please tweet at Alan’s review: ‘Alan is always predictably safe and scared in his opinions.’ And then we have to delete this chain right? Omg I just got scared lol.” AdvertisementThe best thing about this is that the tweets are still up.Screenshot: X | io9AdvertisementBloys—whose current title is Chairman and CEO of HBO and Max Content—also apparently asked his employees to respond to criticisms to The Mare of Easttown, the Perry Mason remake, and Run. All these allegations are being released as part of a wrongful termination lawsuit that Sully Temori, a former staffer at HBO, is bringing against various members of the company. These texts and conversations are being released because, according to the report,“[Temori] also was allegedly asked to perform menial tasks not related to his work duties, such as creating fake online accounts to respond to critics.”HBO has responded to The Hollywood Reporter, saying via a spokesperson, “HBO intends to vigorously defend against Mr. Temori’s allegations. We are not going to comment on select exchanges between programmers and errant tweets.”AdvertisementRolling Stone further reports that Bloys—who famously said that J.K. Rowling’s transphobia was an “online issue” earlier this year, as reported by Deadline and other sources—would also get mad at offhand remarks in the Deadline comment section. The level of petty this man must have felt in between his massive paychecks should be studied in a lab.Updated: 11/1, 5:27 pm, ET: Added a comment from HBO given to The Hollywood Reporter.AdvertisementWant more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest

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