Eric Braedenis calling outEva Longoria’s recent “derogatory remarks” about soap opera stars.
The Emmy Award-winning actor, who has starred asVictor NewmanonThe Young and the Restlesssince 1980, came to the defense of daytime actors in a series of tweets following Longoria’s recent appearance onWho’s Talking to Chris Wallace?
“EVA LONGORIA: you just madederogatory remarks about daytime actors!” wrote Braeden, 81, on Sunday. “You simply weren’t good enough to survive the pressures of this medium! You were very lucky to get on that ‘housewife’ show! You did one show in 8-12 days, with mediocre but salacious dialogue!”
He continued, “Our actresses would run rings around you!! And they did then!! FromRobert [De Niro]to whoever they all are, many of them started in the medium you denigrate! It shows a complete lack of class!!”
Longoria, 48, opened up about her experience playing Isabella Braña on the CBS soap opera — which is in the midst of its50th anniversary celebrations— during an interview with journalistChris Wallacethat aired Sunday.
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“When I gotYoung and the Restless, it didn’t pay enough for me to live off being an actor. So I continued being a headhunter andYoung and the Restless,” she recalled. “And I would hide the fact I was onYoung and the Restlessto my clients, because they didn’t want, like, a dumb actress handing their accounts.”
“And one time one of my clients was like, ‘You look like a girl I’ve seen on a soap opera.’ And I go, ‘No, I don’t know who that is,'” she recalled. “I was like the opposite of a publicist’s dream. I was like, ‘Don’t tell anybody I’m on that show’ because I was still making more money on my day job.”
While some fans defended theFlamin’ Hotdirector in the comment section,Braedenresponded that “the whole tenor of that segment was one of embarrassment about her stint inY&R.”
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source: people.com
