EXCLUSIVE: Emotions have been running high on the set of the long-running soap Days of Our Lives.

According to multiple sources, there has been shock, disbelief, disappointment and anger among cast and crew following the outcome of an internal investigation into misconduct allegations against longtime Days of Our Lives director/co-executive producer Albert Alarr.

https://deadline.com/2023/07/days-of-our-lives-misconduct-investigation-albert-alarr-1235417732/

 

4 minutes ago, Vee said:

My first thought. But if the person I think it is really wants to be a leader they should put their name to it. It's not like they're a stranger to publicity, and they're almost up there with Lucci. It would be hard to ignore.

I am not going to attribute to illness for Ken Corday what incompetence, disinterest and decades of buck-passing and studied denial and avoidance have always given us before.

We're definitely thinking of different people...but they're friends off set, despite their on set children having a tumultuous onscreen history. 

It's a fair comment re Corday. He has a long history of burying his head in the sand for a long time...but what seems strange about this is that a report was done, given to his production company, and he still didn't intervene.

Even a single example of what AA is alleged to have done is cause for termination. 

Fair enough! 

Oh man:

 

1 hour ago, DaytimeFan said:

wonder what is going on with Ken Corday. Could it be that he's unwell and that's why he's delegated so much?

Daily I have beat back one thought: what does Alarr have on Ken?

37 minutes ago, Vee said:

Fair enough! 

Oh man:

 

Oh she ate. She really said what needed to be said. I wonder how she felt going back for that short visit? Shows this dates back to the early 2000's.

2 hours ago, DaytimeFan said:

He was last photographed at the Daytime Emmys last year. It's simply unlike him. He's always intervened when things have gone wrong. 

The last time Ken Corday was photographed was in March of this year when the show got picked up for two years. Incidentally, scenes taped around that time will air next month, which will also mark the one year anniversary of the show's move to Peacock.

Wow

So he’s really not doing anything? Not even like trying to find a replacement?

2 hours ago, Errol said:

The last time Ken Corday was photographed was in March of this year when the show got picked up for two years. Incidentally, scenes taped around that time will air next month, which will also mark the one year anniversary of the show's move to Peacock.

Wait. I'm confused. Sept. 12th is the anniversary of the move to Peacock. 

6 minutes ago, Donna L. Bridges said:

Wait. I'm confused. Sept. 12th is the anniversary of the move to Peacock. 

What's the confusion? 

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scenes taped around that time will air next month, which will also mark the one year anniversary of the show's move to Peacock

Next month is September  

3 hours ago, I Am A Swede said:

What's the confusion? 

Next month is September  

LOL. Time. Escapes me. 

https://www.change.org/p/fire-albert-alarr

Now has 1220 signatures & we need many more!

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It's really stunning how little they seem to value female voices, by letting that environment go on, and getting rid of, or allowing to go, those not on board. I hope they realize that they need female actors to have a show.

Edited August 4, 20232 yr by Jdee43

As someone who no longer regularly watches daytime soaps anymore and hasn’t watched a full episode of days in an about 22 years, reading this thread has been utterly illuminating.

These shows are in a genre that lingers on the margins of entertainment and have been in full on struggle for their very existence on broadcast television, seem to be in a consistent state of bts chaos and scandal. Not good. One would think that in a genre where, seemingly, every few years one of their shows is tap dancing on the edge of cancellation, they would be the least likely to let toxic situations fester like this. But nope.

FARAH FATH DETAILS ALBERT ALARR DIRECTING HER FIRST LOVE SCENE IN 2003...PLEASE SUPPORT THE "DAYS" CAST PETITION AND MAKE A PHONE CALL TODAY TO CORDAY PRODUCTIONS AND NBC/PEACOCK AND ASK THEM TO FIRE ALBERT ALARR AND END HIS 20-YEAR REIGN OF ABUSE TOWARDS THE CAST & CREW...

 

 

During business hours, contact Corday Productions at 818-295-2821 to share your concerns with Mr. Corday's staff. Please remember to be respectful when you call and speak to the office staff.
At any time, contact the NBC/Peacock "Days" hotline at 818-840-2069 to share your concerns and leave a recorded message. Please remember to be respectful and leave a short message asking for Albert Alarr to be fired.

58 minutes ago, DramatistDreamer said:

One would think that in a genre where, seemingly, every few years one of their shows is tap dancing on the edge of cancellation, they would be the least likely to let toxic situations fester like this.

Their position on the margin of entertainment is what allows situations like this to fester, I would think. 

This makes me wonder if the cast's effusive praise of Ken Corday over the years has been performative. How do you admire and respect a man who has let stuff like this go on?

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Edited August 3, 20232 yr by Donna L. Bridges