Catt Sadler went from reporting stories to being at the center of one.
I didnt have grandiose plans to organize powerful people and roar about equal pay.
For me, at that time, it started out as simply the right thing to do.'
Sadler said she left the online grid over a massive gap between her salary and that of Kennedy.
She explained how she didnt want to disappear from peoples television screens after all those years.
There is a lot of misinformation out there, E!
chief Frances Berwick told reporters on the Television Critics Association tour.
Catt Sadler and Jason Kennedy had different roles and therefore different salaries.
Catt was focused on daytime.
Jason Kennedy is on primetime evening news, plus red carpet.
Our employees salaries are based on their roles and their expertise regardless of gender.
Swallowing my values was not an option.
What happened to me was unfair, she added toCoveteur.
After exhausting all attempts to make things right, I asked the decision makers face to face, Why?
Why is he, in your opinion, worth so much more than I am?
Is he doubly good at his job?
Were obviously just looking through a different lens than you.
Yes, the hes a male and therefore gets preferential treatment lens.
Yes, she continued.
What has happened since I took that leap, though, is nothing less of remarkable.
Sadler recalled being moved to tears when she saw celebrities speaking out in her defense on the red carpet.
Females in all industries are challenging the system and joining the movement.
This isnt about one person, or a few its about us.
Read Sadlers full essay forCoveteurhere.
