OLTL Actress Fired for Protesting Gay Soap Storyline

This was on my other channel so I thought I'd post it here too.... No Patricia, you were not fired for your BELIEFS. You were fired because you REFUSED TO DO YOUR JOB. It is well-known that soap actors have no influence on the writers. Chris Goutman mentioned that when Martha Byrne quit after failing to influence her amount of air time. And Van Hansis said that a ATWT writer once greeted him on the street but he had no idea who she was. Writers and actors are kept separate, each performing different roles on the soap. Actors are hired to act, not to write, direct or critique.

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,546720,00.html??test=faces

If you tuned in to the soap "One Life to Live" this week, you may have noticed there's been a change of character. One character in particular.

Actress Patricia Mauceri says she was fired and abruptly replaced for objecting to a gay storyline because of her religious beliefs.

Mauceri played the recurring role of Carlotta Vega on "OLTL" for the last 14 years. But when she objected to how the writers wanted her deeply religious character, a Latina mother, to handle a storyline involving homosexuality, she objected. And for that she claims she was fired.

Mauceri, 59, a devout Christian, told FOX News that character Vega's gay-friendly dialogue was not in line with the character she helped create by drawing on her own faith.

"I did not object to being in a gay storyline. I objected to speaking the truth of what that person, how that person would live and breathe and act in that storyline," she said. "And this goes against everything I am, my belief system, and what I know the character's belief system is aligned to."

Mauceri said she was replaced despite offering changes to the script and hoping for a compromise.

An ABC spokesperson said they were not aware of any such claims by Mauceri, adding such claims "would be frivolous."

When asked why Mauceri is no longer playing Carlotta Vega, the spokesperson said the show does not comment on personnel matters. The scene in question was scheduled to air Friday afternoon.

Mauceri told FOX News she is exploring her legal options. AFTRA, the actors union that represents her, did not respond to a request for comment.

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[EdoDellaPrada]

@mjimme... adultery, rape and murder are generally a straight thing...like hating

[mjimme]

It doesn't seem to bother her to work on a show where people commit adultery, rape, and murder people, flash skin on OLTL. I liked her but now my opinon has changed. However, I hate the actress they got to replace her. I stopped watching because they dropped the gay storyline. I tried to watch it again and same old thing, paternity issues, kidnappings.