‘Days of Our Lives’ producer Albert Alarr ‘forced out’ after misconduct probe

Longtime “Days of Our Lives” co-executive producer Albert Alarr has been ousted following accusations he made inappropriate feedback, bullied staff, groped feminine forged members and fostered a poisonous work atmosphere.

“It’s laborious to overstate how heartbreaking I discover this case … It’s necessary to set the document straight. On daily basis, I labored with a whole bunch of individuals, the overwhelming majority of whom would disagree with current mischaracterizations of me,” Alarr, 67, stated in a Friday statement to The Wrap.

“I’ve been on this trade for many years, and never a single grievance has ever been made in opposition to me till now. Most of the claims just lately referenced within the media are merely false.”

Alarr’s exit follows the conclusion of a nine-week misconduct investigation and the launch of a petition signed by greater than two dozen forged members calling for his elimination, saying they really feel “very uncomfortable and distraught ought to he keep concerned with the present.”

“These allegations had been already examined in an in depth and completely unbiased investigation that lasted for 2 months. Dozens of people cooperated and each declare was completely seemed into,” Alarr stated in his assertion to The Wrap.

“On the finish of that course of, the choice was made that I ought to proceed in my position as co-executive producer. Now, with no new info offered, the studios have reversed course and caved to a cynical strain marketing campaign to drive me out of my job,” he added.

Alarr concludes his assertion by saying that he’ll at all times treasure his time on the present, and he’s proud to be “the one black director/producer in daytime cleaning soap operas.”

The Publish reached out to Alarr for remark.

Deadline reported last month that Alarr was being investigated for a grievance that alleged that ladies had been disproportionally affected by layoffs earlier this yr and that feminine forged members weren’t receiving equal pay.

Following the report, at the very least 25 individuals tied to the long-running cleaning soap opera, including “Days” alumni Lisa Rinna and Farah Galfond, signed the petition.

“Hearken to what they’re saying — there’s a petition [sic] 25 individuals have signed it,” Rinna, additionally an alum of “The Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills,” stated in an Instagram Story. “Shield your younger actors!! This has gone on for much too lengthy.”

Galfond, who initially appeared on the present from 1999 to 2007, recalled her expertise with Alarr throughout her first intercourse scene, on the age of 19.

“He was new, so I used to be already nervous not having one of many different administrators that I used to be used to,” Galfond, 39, wrote on social media. “I used to be extraordinarily modest and freaked out to be standing in my underwear in entrance of dozens of crew (a.okay.a. males that had identified me since I used to be 15… ew) and did Albert do or say one little factor to make me really feel remotely comfy? Completely not.”

“He pushed and pushed and pushed and pushed me on a selected subject, and was irritated after I stood my floor,” Galfond claimed.

In a observe despatched to forged and crew Friday that was obtained by The Publish, Corday Productions promised an “elevated HR presence” and insisted that taking pictures schedules will stay the identical.

Janet Drucker, who served as a coordinating producer, will succeed Alarr.

“Days of Our Lives,” which premiered in 1965, is available to stream on Peacock.