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‘Friends’ Actor Recalls ‘Toxic Environment’ While Working on Hit Sitcom, Citing Racist Name Calling: ‘Nobody Felt the Need to Correct This or Say Anything About It’
'Friends' actor Stephen Park recalls a 'toxic environment' and incidents of racist name calling while working on the hit sitcom.
“It was at the time, I felt it was kind of a toxic environment,” Park said during a recent appearance on the “ Pod Meets World ” podcast. “James Hong was the actor who was also on the episode with me, and [the assistant director] was calling him to the set and you know, essentially saying, ‘Where the fuck is the Oriental guy? Park eventually released his statement to everyone on his “email list” as an open letter ( which can be found via internet archives).
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