Former Models Blow Whistle on Bob Barker’s Explosive Racism, Sex Claims [WATCH]

A new television docuseries is bringing renewed attention to allegations involving longtime “The Price Is Right” host Bob Barker, with former models from the show speaking publicly about their experiences, as reported by The New York Post.

Barker, who hosted the popular game show from the 1970s through the early 2000s, died at the age of 99 in 2023.

The new E! docuseries Dirty Rotten Scandals features a two-part episode examining claims from several women who appeared on the show as part of the group known as “Barker’s Beauties.”

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Among those interviewed are Holly Hallstrom, Kathleen Bradley, and Claudia Jordan, who described what they said was a difficult workplace environment during their time on the show.

One of the central issues discussed in the docuseries involves Barker’s relationship with model Dian Parkinson. According to Hallstrom, the relationship became widely known among staff despite efforts to keep it private.

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“I first realized long before the rest of the set knew that Dian and Bob were having sex,” Hallstrom said in an interview with PEOPLE.

“I was really kind of surprised because Bob also had a girlfriend. As time went on, people were noticing.”

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Hallstrom described what she said she observed during filming breaks, stating, “She would go downstairs during the breaks and go into his dressing room, and that’s when some hanky panky was going on.”

Parkinson later filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Barker, though the case was eventually dropped.

Hallstrom also described her own legal dispute involving Barker. She said she declined to testify on his behalf, citing concerns about perjury.

According to her account, she was subsequently told that her weight had become an issue and that she needed to address it, which led to reduced appearances on camera.

“Next thing you know, my lawyers called and said, ‘Bob Barker just filed a lawsuit against you for defamation,’ and after that, no one spoke to me,” Hallstrom said.

She described the aftermath of the legal battle, stating:

“I lost everything. I was totally broke and living out of my car.”

“I couldn’t afford to stay in this lawsuit, and I would have to settle, and I was not going to do that,” she added.

Hallstrom later filed her own lawsuit against Barker for “malicious prosecution.”

Kathleen Bradley, identified as the first black model on the show, also shared her experience. She said she “knew from early on that there were mixed feelings about her joining the show.”

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“[It was] not a good feeling… And one of the members of the production team brought to my attention that, inside a production meeting, when models weren’t in there, they would use the N word,” Bradley said.

Hallstrom also recounted a conversation she said she had with Barker’s girlfriend at the time, stating,

“She said, ‘Oh my gosh, Bob has no idea that he’s had sex with a woman who has had sex with black men. Bob has always said that black men are the most diseased people on Earth.”

Claudia Jordan, who joined the show later, described her own experiences involving a producer.

He’d say, “Claudia, you get in the middle of the two white models, or tell me I’m the ass model because stereotypically, Black women have a larger behind. And I guess that’s why he wanted to grab and feel it.”

The docuseries also raises claims about how contestants were handled, with allegations that only two black contestants were allowed at a time.

“They would have a letter B written on the card… It was pretty sad. A Black contestant may try to hug Bob Barker, and he’d kind of shrink away from them.”

Bradley and other models also took legal action against Barker. According to Bradley, “Eventually, the truth came out why all six of us were fired. We all refused to lie to save Barker’s ass.”

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The docuseries revisits these claims as part of a broader examination of controversies tied to the long-running television program.

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