https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/n...-misconduct-claims-1170077?utm_source=twitter
More at the link, but sounds like a shitshow, and people are scared of Shaw.
But with the second season of the show set to premiere Jan. 20, SMILF has become a production plagued by allegations of abusive behavior and violations of industry rules. Despite the involvement of several experienced producers and oversight from executives at both Showtime and Disney's ABC Signature Studios, which produces the show, matters have nonetheless reached a point where one performer is exiting amid claims her contract was breached due to two mishandled sex scenes, numerous employees have contacted Disney's anonymous tip line about an array of issues and complaints have reached the major talent guilds, including allegations of separating writers by race.
THR has learned that multiple staffers have made complaints to the WGA about both credit issues and alleged race-based separation, though no formal grievances have been filed. (The guild is said to be encouraging writers to file complaints and possibly to pursue litigation.) Several sources say writers of color were put in different rooms from Caucasian writers and felt that their ideas were exploited without pay or credit.
But several insiders on SMILF who spoke to THR on the condition of anonymity say they are extremely fearful that Shaw will try to sabotage them professionally if they speak publicly about alleged issues on the show. They also express great disappointment at what they describe as manipulative and inequitable treatment — with behavior veering from warm to cold and threatening — coming from a rising female showrunner that has been outspoken in the #MeToo and Time's Up movements.
"She uses this idea of being feminist and a progressive as camouflage," says one staffer. Says another, "A lot of shows are generally unpleasant. Production is stressful. There are a lot of shows where people are angry at each other and then it's over and then you celebrate the work. This was not like that. People were really traumatized. It was pretty upsetting."
In the second season, Weaving was set to do another intimate scene with Gomez, one in which he was nude and she was wearing only a T-shirt and underwear. Sources say the pair asked to meet with director Cate Shortland without Shaw present. They explained the season-one conflict over the nude scene and stressed the importance of having their privacy respected. On the morning of the shoot, the set closed and monitors outside were turned off.
Shaw was not present the day the scene was shot. However, she texted a staffer to ask how it was progressing. When told the monitors were off, she is said to have instructed that they be turned on, and producer Allyce Ozarski carried out the order. More than a dozen staffers were in the room when the unfolding scene appeared on two screens, sources say, with the actors unaware. Weaving learned what had happened from the writers and sources believe she reported the incident to SAG-AFTRA and Showtime.
More at the link, but sounds like a shitshow, and people are scared of Shaw.
