‘Price Is Right’ Producer Slams Recent Documentary as an Attention-Seeking ‘Hit Piece’

The Price Is Right was recently the subject of the documentary series Dirty Rotten Scandals. The show dove into the behind-the-scenes environments of several reality shows. Former models on The Price Is Right made allegations about racism and misogyny on set. A former producer spoke out against them.

A recent documentary made allegations about ‘The Price Is Right’

The E! show Dirty Rotten Scandals featured The Price Is Right on an episode. Former models recalled inappropriate treatment on set.

“One guy in particular. He was a little friendly, too friendly,” model Kathleen Bradley said. “He would rub up against us, joking around. It’s totally inappropriate. I learned the stagehand had been around on the set for a long time and was probably doing it to all the other girls.”

Bradley said she reported this man to producers. They allegedly failed to take action against him. She also made allegations of racism against producers.

“One of the ladies on the production team brought to my attention that inside a production meeting, when the models weren’t in there, they would use the n-word,” she said. “I think people should know the truth — the good, the bad, and the ugly.”

Model Holly Hallstrom also claimed host Bob Barker made racist comments.

A former producer of ‘The Price Is Right’ slammed the documentary

Producer Roger Dobkowitz joined The Price Is Right in 1974 as a production assistant, before becoming a producer in 1984. He remained with the show until 2008. He recently slammed the documentary for being unfair to the show.

“Many of my friends have asked me for my comments in regards to the E documentary that was recently shown on their network,” he wrote on Facebook (via People). “However, up until now, I avoided commenting on it because I didn’t want to add any social traction to such an obvious ‘hit piece.’ The ‘documentary’ should just quietly disappear into the bottom of a TV equivalent of a waste basket along with all the other forgotten so-called ‘exposes.’”

He accused the models of sharing false accounts on the show.

“This so-called ‘expose’ makes me realize that there are some people in this world who will happily exaggerate and create falsehoods in order to justify a personal, hateful vendetta against a person in order to draw attention to themselves,” he wrote. “Making the situation worse is the fact that the accused is deceased, and therefore, making it impossible for the accused to defend himself.”

He added that sharing their accounts decades later made him believe the models didn’t have a  “capacity to reason maturely.”

He said he wanted to share his own accounts

In his post, Dobkowitz added that he was considering writing a book to share his experiences on set.

“My 36 years of observations with Bob, the models, and the staff will clear up lots of misconceptions and dismiss many wrongful accusations,” he wrote. “The show was a happy place…our working environment was the envy of other shows. Staff rarely quit…the dozens of women who were in our repertoire of models came back year after year, happy to be on our show.”’

He claimed that the women were making accusations because they felt disgruntled about their careers.

“The only unhappy people, as would be found in any company, were the ones that didn’t get the raise they wanted, the ones that didn’t get the promotion they thought they deserved, and the ones that were terminated for not doing their job,” he wrote. “Of course, we did have a small handful of those people, but far, far, less than other companies had.”

Barker’s longtime representative also spoke out in his defense.