Cybill Shepherd, whose show “Cybill” ran for four seasons and had strong ratings before it was abruptly canceled, said in an interview on SiriusXM’s The Michelle Collins Show that the reason it was canceled was that she had refused to have a sexual encounter with then-CBS boss Les Moonves.
Shepherd, who won two Golden Globes for her work on the show, stated:
Well, he did, uh his assistant and my assistant made a dinner date and we went to it and he was, well he was telling me his wife didn’t turn him on, some mistress didn’t turn him on. And I’m watching him drink alcohol and I’m going, he says, well, you know, why don’t you let me take you home? I said, no, I’ve got a ride and I had my car outside with a good friend of mine who is an off duty LAPD officer.
Shepherd claimed that following the alleged incident, notes were transmitted to the show detailing what actions her character could take, and the show was cancelled soon after that. As the Daily Mail reports, she described how the show worked before the alleged notes were sent: “Yes. Um, we did a lot of jokes. It’s just funny to see somebody whose ‘pretty,’ you know, talking with some food in their mouth, not overdoing it. It’s just funny. And then I got that note, don’t do that anymore. Don’t have Cybill talk while she’s eating.”
Shepherd continued, “Then it was, okay, we had done one menopause episode, then we were going to do a second one … They said you can’t use menses, menstruation, or period and I fought to say period and that ended up in Newsweek or Time just that year. I had had to fight to say period.”- READ MORE