She wrote, “Dear prestige TV, please find some way to communicate male trauma besides showing me a flashback to the hero’s memories of trench warfare.” That month, Bloys directed McCaffrey to respond to a tweet from Vulture TV critic Kathryn VanArendonk about Matthew Rhys period drama Perry Mason. “Is there a way to create a dummy account that can’t be traced to us to do his bidding,” wrote McCaffrey, who added that Bloys “always texts me asking me to find friends to reply.” She allegedly told him that Bloys was “obsessed with Twitter” and “always wants to pick a fight” on the platform. A source familiar with the matter tells The Hollywood Reporter there are six tweets at issue.Īccording to a review of the messages by Rolling Stone, Temori was asked to create the fake accounts in June 2020 at the direction of McCaffrey. The cover Twitter assignment isn’t mentioned in Temori’s complaint, but he has accused HBO executives of assigning him “menial tasks” unrelated to his position. The complaint - which includes claims for harassment, discrimination, retaliation and wrongful termination - also names The Weeknd (Abel Tesfaye) and two other executive producers on The Idol, who allegedly bullied Temori in an effort to push him out of his job. He sued as a John Doe in Los Angeles Superior Court in July, alleging he was harassed over his disability and sexual orientation. It draws upon a trove of messages that will be filed in a lawsuit from Temori against HBO, Warner Media, Kathleen McCaffrey, HBO’s senior vice president of drama programming, and Francesca Orsi, HBO’s head of drama. The story was first reported by Rolling Stone.

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