This post may contain affiliate links. Please see our disclosure for more details. In late April , it was shut down by the Health Department after receiving 21 demerits for health code violations. Rising to prominence with her role as Gabrielle Solis on the comedy-drama and mystery television series Desperate Housewives, which ran from to , she also received critical acclaim resulting in Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. The pilot episode introduced the residents of the suburban neighborhood of Wisteria Lane.

Eva Longoria reveals there was a 'bully' on the set of Desperate Housewives



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Eva Longoria says it was costar Felicity Huffman who stood up to the bully for her. Eva Longoria is taking a walk down Wisteria — and memory — Lane. Felicity could feel that I was riddled with anxiety even though I never complained or mentioned the abuse to anyone. Longoria goes on to detail how three of the four lead women on the series, Huffman, Teri Hatcher , and Marcia Cross , were each nominated for a Golden Globe Award while she was not, and says it was Huffman who consoled her. Longoria also reveals in the letter that Huffman helped champion pay parity on set for all the leads on Desperate Housewives , even when the other actors fought against it. Reps for Longoria had no comment.


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Set on the pristine suburban street of Wisteria Lane where nothing was what it seemed, the show detailed the romantic, criminal, and social missteps of complicated characters like Bree Van de Camp Marcia Cross , Lynnette Scavo Felicity Huffman , Edie Britt Nicollette Sheridan , Gabrielle Solis Eva Longoria , Susan Mayer Teri Hatcher , and their various and assorted ill-behaved husbands, boyfriends, and children. While the plots of Desperate Housewives were often scandalous and ridiculous, the lives of the performers on set and off were often even more gossip-worthy. Here are some of the most interesting stories from the lives of the Desperate Housewives cast. She filed for divorce in , citing "irreconcilable differences," although there were rumors that Parker had been unfaithful.




Eva Longoria, Desperate Housewives star and recipient of my spec script, was the emcee for the first night of the Democratic National Convention. Republicans thought this was hilarious, especially Senator Marco Rubio of Florida. It's typical but annoying that Republicans enjoy denigrating an entire profession. Actors are also rarely "the elite.