Producer & Alpha Kappa Alpha Soror, Shay Caldwell Calls Out HBO Max For STEALING HER âUnfriendly Black Hottiesâ Show After Execs Allegedly Told Her The Project âStood No Chanceâ âIt strikes me as odd that the very project execs believed stood no chance with its title in the climate we live in would go on to find a life with the exact title and very similar content matter,â she wrote. #ShayCaldwell said she began receiving congratulatory messages from her industry peers who werenât aware that she and her writing partner, Cassady, had been shunned from being part of their own project. âIt was surreal to see my phone light up with congratulations from my peers and execs who know about my pitch about my project I did not indeed sell,â Caldwell continued to explain. âI thought long and hard about making this post, but I derived that we need to share our experiences about the let downs of this industry as up and coming #BlackNarrators. We talk so much about spearheading change, but the first step is speaking out when injustice is happening. #HBOMax has enlisted #KekePalmer, #JermaineCrawford, and #AmyAniobi to develop an upcoming comedy series titled â#UnfriendlyBlackHotties.â The only problem is that the concept of the show was said to have been created by #TVProducer #ShayCaldwell, who is stunned that the same format she had pitched to the network has been greenlit without any of her involvement. Given the photos she provided in her post, Shay Caldwell makes it clear that âUnfriendly Black Hottiesâ was a show that she developed alongside Cassady, and she trusts that executives at #HBOMax will find it in themselves to rectify the situation as soon as possible. Caldwell took to her Instagram where she shared a series of photos proving that â#UnfriendlyBlackHottiesâ had been something she had been pitching in #Hollywood for the last two years, including potential cast members, mood boards, and more. One particular image showed a screenshot of an email from the #CopyrightOffice, which indicated she may have copyrighted the title, yet #HBO Max allegedly still went ahead and took her idea. #WeHelpEachOther #AlphaKappaAlpha #AKA1908 #AKASInHollywood @shaywatch https://www.instagram.com/p/CoGmmiYr7tK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
