E! co-host leaves jobs after finding out she makes half as much as male co-star

E! News host Catt Sadler has left the network over a gender wage gap disparity. Sadler learned that her male co-host made significantly more than she did – almost twice as much.

Sadler was recently named co-host of Daily Pop in addition to her role on E! News, and realized around the same time that her salary was disproportionate to her male colleague’s. (She is likely referring to Daily Pop co-host Jason Kennedy, thought she doesn’t name him). 

“The gender pay gap is shrinking, although admittedly we have a long way to go,” Sadler wrote in a statement about her exit. “And well, I learned this first hand. My team and I asked for what I know I deserve and were denied repeatedly.” Read more…

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