Ugh. Another day, another (supposedly) sexist TV executive… According to Everybody Loves Raymond creator Phil Rosenthal, CBS initially had a very different idea for who should play the titular character’s wife on the hit comedy!
While chatting with Yahoo Entertainment on Wednesday, the screenwriter admitted the network allegedly wanted someone sexier than actress Patricia Heaton, who ultimately booked the role, to play Ray Romano’s wife.
The 61-year-old funny man claimed: The casting decision got so heated that the Somebody Feed Phil star “almost quit the show over it.” Wow! Related: Facebook Learned Instagram Was Toxic For Teen Girls YEARS AGO — And Buried The Report! While he wouldn’t name names, Rosenthal explained that he was required
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