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‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ Creator Claims Network Wanted a ‘Hotter’ Actress to Play Debra Instead of Patricia Heaton

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Debra, is that you? According to Everybody Loves Raymond creator Phil Rosenthal, Patricia Heaton was almost not in the running to play the iconic role of Debra Barone.“CBS wanted someone hotter to play Debra.

I almost quit the show over it,” Rosenthal, 62, revealed to Yahoo on Wednesday, September 15.In honor of the show’s 25th anniversary, the writer reflected on a conversation that he had with then-CBS President Leslie Moonves about bringing in someone “more attractive” to play Ray Romano‘s wife on the show.“They insisted on this actress.

I thought she was wrong, but I met with her and she was a very pleasant, very nice person,” Rosenthal explained. “She wasn’t going to read for the role, but during the meeting, I convinced her to read a

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