Gabrielle Union Complained About Racism At AGT, Was Fired With Julianne Hough: Reports | PeopleTV

AGT Judges Julianne Hough and Gabrielle Union reveal the reason why they will not return for the upcoming season 15.

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Gabrielle Union Complained About Racism At AGT, Was Fired With Julianne Hough: Reports | PeopleTV

[phil]

I mean good on her for not compromising who she is for a paycheck. I find it funny they think her hair is too black.

[carolynmaroney]

This shit is going to back fire on NBC, I hope they get dragged through the mud. They just lost a viewer.

[jenniferkuki]

The only reason I started watching AGT was because of Gabrielle union

[SunshineCharles]

I feel they fired the women when the show is not getting the ratings they r anticipating.

[lmcg]

Mrs Union your hair was beautiful, don’t change for any program sake.If they don’t want you is their loss, you have what it takes to open a show yourself and de-bunk AGT talk to Madea I’m sure he’ll help you😂😂😂😂👍👍👏👏

[MJ]

NBC....being toxic? Jay Leno being offensive? Wow, like we didn’t already know.

[ashiba]

This white woman loved Gabrielle, her husband and family and what a shame she will not be there next year. I especially have super respect for her husband, as a black man and more importantly father embracing his son and his unique choices for fashion and so on.

[yannaxx]

I thought they switched judges frequently

[davidl]

lol you fools believe everything you read...mel b had blacker styles for years and never complained or was told to stop

[alwaleedhameed]

Sad that Gabrielle chose the winning golden buzzer in her first season but then got fired, at least she helped our golden buzzer to victory.

[adayshaspence]

If they switch judges often why hasn’t howie or Simon been switched out. Definitely not watching this show anymore

[CheapandCertifiedMemes_YT]

I disagree with her. Howard Stern, Piers Morgan, and David Hasselhoff all were replaced, and they were white males. As much as I loved Nick as a host, he was fired for making a joke against NBC, and not because of his race, and Tyra was simply a terrible host. She wasn't funny, and when she tried to be funny, it just came off as cringy. Mel B had domestic issues, and had to go through rehab, and couldn't be a judge for that reason, and Heidi Klum is just not a good fit to be a talent show judge (she has no credibility to judge talent. She's a supermodel, and even her critiques are very basic).


As for Gabrielle and Julliane, I don't believe that social media interactions are an accurate way to rate the judges on how objectively well they are doing their job. Everywhere I've been, whether it's on youtube, reddit, or other forums, all I've seen are comments saying how boring the two of them are. Howie's not the greatest, but at least he has some charisma.


Lastly, Gabrielle claimed that she was fired by Simon's will, and that he was sexist, but guess what: Simon also runs BGT (Britian's Got Talent) and has kept the same female judges since 2012, and intends to keep them for the duration of the show, because they are actually charismatic and fun judges, so no, there's no sexism or racism on the part of Simon.

[weotalks]

"Hough' ain't GETTING BLACKBALLED, LOL....will have her OWN TALK SHOW, Mark my WORDS.LOL

[billdagoe]

I was getting a little tired of the show anyway. Won't watch it anymore. What really irks me is that if you win you get $1Million spread out over 40 Yrs.!! That's 25K a year unless you take a lump sum of maybe half a mil. By the time taxes are deducted there's maybe 300K left. If you're a group of 4 contestants or whatever divide that by 4 (or more). Meanwhile, the judges get Millions per season for sitting there. Gabrielle and Julianne were the least annoying of the four judges but I found that their endless natter was mostly just fluff to stretch out the show. I won't miss it!

[lmcg]

As for me I won’t be watching AGT anytime soon! That’s for sure!!

[moow]

Yes!! Welcome back Mel B and Heidi Klum! So much better!!!

[donnawhite]

Who in 2019 would think that AGT's ratings were low because of the way someone dressed or wore their hair? AGT has been holding on by its finger nails for a long time now. It has run way past its lifespan. Noone I know watches the show anymore. I stopped watching the show in it's second season. Not because it wasn't interesting but because it was racist. I am African American and I saw a whole lot of singers bounced from the competition that were Caucasian and sang a whole lot better than the African American contestants who were still on the show because the producers did not want to appear racist against blacks. Either you can sing or you can not sing. What the h#$$ is on those old producers minds? The world would be a better place and AGT would be a lot better if they got out of the way.

[jonlouisdacoco]

They are doing it now in AGT The Champions on Marcelito Pomoy

[demh]

Is this the Hollywood that conservatives like to complain is liberal?

[Steve_]

Good they got rid of Union she's too toxic asking stupid questions like what's your proper pronoun?