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Chad Michael Murray Teases "One Tree Hill" Reunion
Hilarie Burton is recalling a clip when Chad Michael Murray came to her defense.
The One Tree Hill actress—who has been unfastened astir the alleged attraction she faced connected the show's acceptable by, astir notably, creator Mark Schwahn—reflected connected a clip wherever she says the brace had to question to Texas to sprout an occurrence during play four.
"The formation backmost from that is erstwhile helium assaulted me," Burton said of Schwahn to fellow OTH alum Sophia Bush and Bethany Joy Lenz during the March 15 occurrence of their Drama Queens podcast. "He assaulted maine again successful the car connected the thrust from Raleigh to Wilmington."
Referring to their co-star Danneel Ackles, who has besides accused Schwahn of harrassment, Burton continued, "He went consecutive to acceptable and helium told Danneel that helium and I made retired the full time, and it was fun, and helium was trying to marque her jealous. So, she confronted maine astir it and was like, ‘What are you doing?' And I'm like, ‘What are you talking about?'"
As Burton explained, the acquisition near her "blood was boiling," and she went connected to archer "all sorts of people," astir the incidental but said that it was Murray that stood up to the show's creator 1 evening.
"Chad walked up and goes, ‘What are you doing?'" she said. "He said that to our brag successful the bar. He watched our brag drawback maine successful beforehand of a batch of people, and you know, Chad didn't person thing to suffer due to the fact that helium knew our brag hated him anyway. A batch of radical had a batch to lose, truthful you don't talk up erstwhile you person a batch to lose."
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Bush, who was concisely joined to the Freaky Friday prima successful 2005, responded, "Thank God, Hilarie, that you had that infinitesimal with Chad, who was already truthful astatine likelihood with our boss."
"By the way, helium was protected arsenic the fig 1 connected the telephone sheet," Bush said of her ex. "He had the astir power, truthful helium could travel up and shove our brag disconnected you and get successful a fight. And I'm gladsome that helium did. I privation everybody to travel that lead."
Burton and Ackles are among respective members of the One Tree Hill formed and crew—including Bush, Lenz and co-star Jana Kramer—who person spoken retired astir however they were allegedly treated by Schwahn. In fact, they were among 18 formed and unit members who expressed enactment for erstwhile colleague Audrey Wauchope, a erstwhile writer connected the show, successful a Nov. 2017 unfastened missive aft she accused him of intersexual harrassment.
In the aftermath of the unfastened letter, Alexandra Park, who starred successful Schwahn's bid The Royals, enactment retired a connection connected societal media, per Variety, calling retired the showrunner's "unacceptable, harmful leadership," promoting much than 2 twelve of women moving connected the E! bid alleging intersexual harrassment.
Schwahn was suspended—and aboriginal fired from—from the series.
E! News has reached retired to Schwahn's reps for remark and has not heard back. He has not responded publically to immoderate claims of intersexual harassment.
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