DAYS'S CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ALBERT ALARR OUT

DAYS’s Co-Executive Producer, Albert Alarr, has been let go and replaced by longtime Coordinating Producer Janet Drucker.

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His exit, which was announced to the cast via email from Executive Producer Ken Corday on August 4, comes on the heels of a nine-week internal investigation that was recently made public. After news of his ouster hit the Internet, Alarr gave a statement to thewrap. com, in which he said, in part, “It is hard to overstate how heartbreaking I find this situation ... It’s important to set the record straight. Every day, I worked with hundreds of people, the overwhelming majority of whom would disagree with recent mischaracterizations of me. I have been in this industry for decades, and not a single complaint has ever been made against me until now. Many of the claims recently referenced in the media are simply false. Others have been taken so out of context or are so twisted that they are unrecognizable from the truth. To be clear, this whole situation stems from the animus of just two individuals. Those individuals, at a time of industry-wide cutbacks and economic uncertainty, have been relentlessly angling for greater pay and increased influence on the show, and, it appears, believed that their best strategy to get it was to play on vile stereotypes in order to bring down a Black man in a position of power. I will always be proud of being the only Black director/producer in daytime soap operas. And, while I am devastated by the manner of my departure, I will always treasure my years at ‘Days of Our Lives’ and wish the wildly talented cast and crew the very best for the future.”