interview with People published Thursday, the former “Today” host said she was told she wasn’t pretty enough to star in the TV series “Charlie’s Angels,” which aired for five seasons on ABC from 1976 to 1981. “She goes, ‘Let me tell you right now, you’re not right for Charlie’s Angels,'” Gifford recalled about her meeting with the casting agent.
When Gifford asked why, the agent replied, “Because we’re looking for a pretty girl. You know, like Jaclyn Smith pretty, gorgeous, gorgeous,’” Gifford claimed the agent said.
Gifford said that hearing that “was like kicking me to the gut.”She added, “ I started to think it was funny. I really did. And as I’m walking out, I looked at her and I said, ‘Okay, well, thank you so much.'”“I said, ‘When you’re casting a cartoon,’ and I threw up my leg. ‘When you’re casting a cartoon, let me know.’ I left thanking God that I could laugh about it.”Regarding the agent, Gifford said, “I started to see, first of all, what a bitch she was.
What an unnecessary bitch. She didn’t say ‘Sorry, honey, have a nice life. You’re not what we’re looking for.’ She had to be cruel.
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