One Tree Hill actresses Sophia Bush and Hilarie Burton say they were 'threatened' into Maxim shoot - Daily Mail

One Tree Hill actresses Sophia Bush and Hilarie Burton person claimed they were strong-armed into doing their 2006 Maxim sprout portion connected the show.

Their co-star Bethany Joy Lenz added that she was told she was not appearing successful the mag with her colleagues due to the fact that she was 'too fat.'

The women levelled the allegations against their aged bosses connected a caller occurrence of their One Tree Hill re-watch podcast Drama Queens this Monday.

Five years ago, each 3 actresses joined a radical of formed and unit who signed an unfastened missive accusing One Tree Hill creator Mark Schwahn of intersexual harassment.

The screen starred Bush and Burton alongside their co-star Danneel Harris Ackles, arsenic cross-promotion connected to an occurrence of One Tree Hill wherever Burton's quality Brooke snaps Ackles' quality Rachel for a 'Hometown Hotties' Maxim cover. 

Their caller podcast occurrence asserted that successful the run-up to the Maxim shoot, the minds down the amusement were acrophobic with ramping up its antheral viewership.

Bush said that 'we got told we had to bash [Maxim], and I – due to the fact that Brooke had been truthful sexualized connected the show, and the full thought of this similar hometown hottie was Rachel’s storyline, I was like: “Look, if the girls wanna bash it, that’s great. I don’t."'

She said she informed the brass: '"Like I person gone to conflict trying to marque Brooke little of this happening that you guys tried to unit maine into. I don’t wanna bash it."'

Bush claimed that 'I virtually got told: "If you bash not spell and sprout this screen with your co-stars, we volition warrant you that you volition ne'er beryllium fto retired for a property day, a movie, an event, immoderate of your charities. We volition support you present forever."'

As Lenz wondered wherever Bush's manager oregon lawyer was erstwhile negotiations were underway, Burton darkly brought up the 'leverage' their bosses had.

'I retrieve getting pulled into the accumulation office,' said Burton: 'and I sat connected a level portion our brag was connected the sofa arsenic we were fixed this similar precise affable brushed transportation that was: "Look, each the different shows person been connected the screen of each azygous mag and nary 1 wants you guys. No 1 wants you."'

According to Burton, she was told: '"And you yet person idiosyncratic that wants you and you’re truly gonna crook your chemoreceptor up astatine that?"'

She noted that 'we were connected the bubble each year, and we were assured that Maxim had conscionable been purchased by a caller genitor institution and they had British ownership present - truthful they’re classing up the associated - and that it was tally predominantly by women.'

Burton said of the girlie mag connection that 'we had said nary to that for years, for years! But it was precise overmuch a: "No 1 other wants you. The workplace wants to cancel your show. If you don’t commencement to make immoderate buzz and pull these antheral numbers, past we’re dormant and each your friends are gonna suffer their jobs."'

'And it'll beryllium your fault,' Bush added, explaining that their employers would beryllium capable to punitively support her connected acceptable adjacent connected days she was not scheduled to sprout by booking her successful for different work-related commitments similar wardrobe fittings.

'It was specified a profound threat,' said Bush: 'and a menace to similar being capable - honestly, adjacent to person the quality to flight for a play a spot that astatine this stage, similar this season, I was leaving each accidental I got.'

Said she: 'I would travel into enactment and bash my occupation and past I wanted out. I wanted to spell home, I wanted to beryllium with my family, I wanted to beryllium with my friends. I did not privation to beryllium connected our set. It was not a harmless spot for me.'

She confessed having 'conflicting feelings' astir the screen astatine the time, analyzable by however 'beautiful' and 'stunning' she thought Ackles and Burton looked connected acceptable 'and this should beryllium truthful amusive but it's miserable due to the fact that we didn't take it.'

Burton, who antecedently alleged successful Variety that Schwahn regarded her arsenic 'his muse' and nonconsensually kissed her much than once, said connected the caller podcast occurrence that helium showed up connected the acceptable of the Maxim shoot.

'And helium made a accumulation retired of giving maine a contiguous successful beforehand of Sophia and Danneel,' said Burton. 'It was an iPod that helium had loaded with euphony helium thought was applicable to me, and wanted Sophia to spot it to enactment her successful her spot and helium wanted Danneel to spot it 'cause helium was trying to marque her jealous.'

Bush remembered seeing Burton 'burning with discomfort' and Burton shared however 'embarrassed' she felt astatine the spectacle unfolding successful beforehand of her co-stars.

Lenz past claimed that she was told that Ackles had been selected to regenerate her connected the Maxim sprout due to the fact that of Lenz' weight.

'They told maine that they didn't travel to maine due to the fact that I was excessively abdominous and I conscionable wasn't like, I wasn't the blistery girl, I wasn't similar a blistery miss connected the amusement anymore,' she said.

Her co-stars were flabbergasted by Lenz' bombshell, and Burton exclaimed: 'Joy, they told america they asked you and you said no!' 

With mounting fury, Bush added that 'when I said: "I don't wanna bash it," I was like: "But Joy's not doing it! She said no! Why does she get to accidental no?" And they go: "Well, she said nary truthful you person to accidental yes, and she said nary first."'

Bush asserted further that she was told Maxim wanted a minimum of 3 of the show's actresses to look connected their cover.

'So isn't it brainsick though to recognize that they scapegoated you to archer the 3 of america we couldn't accidental no?' she said to Lenz. 'They threw you nether the f***ing bus. I was like: "Why does she get to accidental nary and I don't? I don't understand!"'

In a lighter moment, Burton recalled: 'Guess who wore pants successful Maxim? This guy! ‘Cause I person kept this brace of achromatic jeans for truthful long, ‘cause I showed up that time and was specified a righteous b**** and similar specified similar a brat, similar specified a baby. And I was like: "I’m wearing pants!" I’m just: "I’m uncomfortable, enactment maine successful the pants!"'

She dished: 'And truthful I’ve saved those achromatic jeans arsenic similar a testament to: "I’m gonna deterioration pants successful Maxim and inactive beryllium cute!"'

'I mean, we tried our hardest,' said Bush. 'We got similar cute vintage one-pieces and high-waisted bikinis and I was like: "Yeah, I’ll deterioration this similar corset apical that wholly covers my tummy and past these shorts, and it’ll look similar a 50s pinup shoot!"'

She said with a laughter that 'they did the happening that they loved to bash to america past wherever they tried to marque our boobs bigger' and joked that 'it’s similar idiosyncratic started making 1 of my boobs bigger and past went to luncheon and forgot they weren’t done.'

Bush remembered: 'So virtually I person similar 1 mean size boob and 1 immense boob and fractional a butt connected 1 side!'