One Tree Hill actresses Sophia Bush and Hilarie Burton say they were 'threatened' into Maxim shoot
dailymail.co.ukOne Tree Hill actresses Sophia Bush and Hilarie Burton have claimed they were strong-armed into doing their 2006 Maxim shoot while on the show.Their co-star Bethany Joy Lenz added that she was told she was not appearing in the magazine with her colleagues because she was 'too fat.'The women levelled the allegations against their old bosses on a new episode of their One Tree Hill re-watch podcast Drama Queens this Monday.Five years ago, all three actresses joined a group of cast and crew who signed an open letter accusing One Tree Hill creator Mark Schwahn of sexual harassment.
Throwback: Sophia Bush (center) and Hilarie Burton (left) have claimed they were strong-armed into doing their 2006 Maxim shoot with their co-star Danneel Harris Ackles (right)The cover starred Bush and Burton alongside their co-star Danneel Harris Ackles, as cross-promotion connected to an episode of One Tree Hill where Burton's character Brooke snaps Ackles' character Rachel for a 'Hometown Hotties' Maxim cover.
Their new podcast episode asserted that in the run-up to the Maxim shoot, the minds behind the show were concerned with ramping up its male viewership.
Bush said that 'we got told we had to do [Maxim], and I – because Brooke had been so sexualized on the show, and the whole idea of this like hometown hottie was Rachel’s storyline, I was like: “Look, if the girls wanna do it, that’s great.
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