Asian stars of "Hawaii Five-0" quit cause CBS refused to pay them as much as white co-stars

[satam55]

"Hawaii Five-0" stars Daniel Dae Kim and Grace Park have left the CBS show after the network refused to pay them as much as their white costars, Variety reports.

Sources told the outlet that Kim and Park were seeking salaries equal to those of stars Alex O'Loughlin and Scott Caan, but they were unable to reach a deal with the show's producer, CBS Television Studios.

CBS's final offer to the two actors was reportedly "10-15% lower" than the salaries of their two white costars.

A representative for the network told Variety in a statement: "We are so appreciative of Daniel and Grace's enormous talents, professional excellence, and the aloha spirit they brought to each and every one of our 168 episodes. They've helped us build an exciting new Hawaii Five-0, and we wish them all the best and much success in their next chapters. Mahalo and a hui hou."

The CBS reboot of a police procedural drama premiered in 2010, and Kim and Park starred alongside O'Loughlin and Caan for seven seasons.

Kim's and Park's characters, Chin Ho Kelly and Kono Kalakaua, respectively, will not appear in the show's eighth season.

 

[Jello Biafra]

All it would have taken was for the two white stars of the show to stand with the two Asians to get them fairly compensated. Guess they aren't cool with them like that.

 

[BXKingPin82]

 

[CodeBlaMeVi]

#whitepower

 

[CodeBlaMeVi]

To keep it 100, people of African descent would have bit the bullet and been on code to get paid less than the anglo-saxons.

 

[Sonic Boom of the South]

cold game

 

[Ol’Otis]

Poor little tink tink

 

[ORDER_66]

Yeah this was fukked up.... Why NOT pay them equal to the other cast... they was there since day one!!!

 

[Tetsuo]

Good, I have another job for Grace in my quarters

 

[L0Qutus]

I watched the first couple of seasons but why would they think they should be paid as much as the stars of the show?

CBS is a station for old cacs, they aren't going to stop watching because because those Asian cats left

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

Don't watch the show... How important are their roles?

 

[poundedyam]

There are no friends in the entertainment business

 

[ORDER_66]

Don't watch the show... How important are their roles?

Pretty big in a way... they was there as the first episode... it was always an ensemble cast with danny and mcgarret as the main team.. but without these two there wouldnt be a team... kind of fukked up...

 

[O.T.I.S.]

Hahaha


I'm not surprised...

I was on that show for awhile. They were cool but only there to kinda represent "The island" in a way that didn't interfere with the old whites who actually watch the show.

But mostly all they were looking for were military-ish looking guys and skinny white girls

 

[ORDER_66]

Hahaha


I'm not surprised...

I was on that show for awhile. They were cool but only there to kinda represent "The island" in a way that didn't interfere with the old whites who actually watch the show.

But mostly all they were looking for were military-ish looking guys and skinny white girls

O'hana dont mean shyt to these fools in real life...