The truth behind Masiela's departure. I was a PA at the time.
I needed to open an account and state some "facts" about what really happened to Masiela on the show, since I was a PA for the first four years the show was on the air. During that time, visiting stage 4 almost every day I saw first hand the "politics" that had occurred, and I felt sorry for the girl.
Never once, for the four years that I spent on the show, had I seen Masiela show frustration and disrespect to anyone. I never heard about it either. Me and my friends liked her a lot. In fact, she was kind to me even though I was only a PA at the time. My friend Pete got fired from the show because he started developing a crush on her and wrote behind the stage walls "I love Masiela" etc and George caught him. So he fired him for having a crush. Sound familiar, "Deegame?" You should know, you were the one who fired him.
As for being unprepared. The truth as we knew it, deegame, was that Masiela was too prepared for George's comfort level and she didn't use the script during their network run-throughs. Remember how George tried to follow suit and he kept forgetting and screwing up his lines and on occasions held up run-through while he scrambled for his script? Network didn't look pleased. Remember who got in trouble for that, Deegame? Masiela, because in his own words, George said that Masiela had no right to overshadow him and felt threatened by professionalism. Funny how the facts can distort into something unrecognizable.
Go ahead, spread rumors George. It's funny how you're still attempting to prove your point when the show's done and over. We only pretended to agree with what you said then because we wanted to keep our jobs. You would fire people on the spot if their cell phone rang behind the stage during rehearsals. You would fire people, like my friend Pete, for siding with Masiela instead of you. We were terrified of you, but guess what? The truth will come out now because we don't care anymore. No skin off our backs if we show the world what kind of person you really are.
Go ahead, George, explain the rumors the way you saw it, because I have some truths. We know why you were so mean to Masiela. We were all there during camera blocking when she dismissed you for saying "if you weren't my daughter, I would date you." She was sixteen at the time. Remember how the whole crew laughed at her dismissal? You didn't look pleased. Funny how she was on "probation" after that incident. I could go on, if you'd like. I wish Masiela would just say something about the incident. I'm confused by that. why would she keep mum on her experiences on the show?
If you're wondering what kind of person Masiela is then you can visit her ask masiela forum on her official site. Read what she writes and then make your opinion on what kind of person she is. We all loved her on the show. She was nothing but nice to me for four years which is more than I can say for you George.
FREEMAN