--- title: Actresses Call Out E News at Golden Globes for Catt Sadler description: Actresses flipped the script on the red carpet by asking reporters from E News about the pay inequality in their workplace. canonical: https://time.com/5093087/golden-globes-2018-catt-sadler-wage-gap/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-08T18:43:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:49:37.145Z og:title: Catt Sadler Responds to Actresses Calling Out the Wage Gap og:description: Actresses discussed the host and the wage gap at the Golden Globes og:url: https://time.com/5093087/golden-globes-2018-catt-sadler-wage-gap/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt20c98555053162db/6988f77986f68e780d6e7d3f/debra-messing-wage-gap-golden-globes-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Catt Sadler Responds to Actresses Calling Out the Wage Gap twitter:description: Actresses discussed the host and the wage gap at the Golden Globes twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt20c98555053162db/6988f77986f68e780d6e7d3f/debra-messing-wage-gap-golden-globes-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Actresses Called Out the Wage Gap at the Golden Globes. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 8, 2018 6:43 PM UTC  BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JANUARY 07: Debra Messing attends the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards - Arrivals at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 7, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images) BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JANUARY 07: Debra Messing attends the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards - Arrivals at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 7, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images) David Crotty—Patrick McMullan via Getty Image  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 8, 2018 6:43 PM UTC With actors wearing [all-black and Time’s Up pins](http://time.com/5087585/golden-globes-2018-black-dresses-red-carpet/) as a protest against the sexual misconduct and gender inequity in Hollywood and beyond, the [Golden Globes red carpet](http://time.com/5086813/golden-globes-red-carpet-2018/) was already one to remember. But some celebrities took it one step further by highlighting the [wage gap](http://time.com/money/4009768/wage-gap-men-women-equal-pay/), one of the many issues the [Time’s Up](http://time.com/5083809/times-up-hollywood-sexual-harassment/) initiative aims to take on. Last month, former [E! News anchor Catt Sadler](http://time.com/5073155/catt-sadler-resignation/) said that she left her job after finding out that she was making significantly less than her male co-host, Jason Kennedy; because E! News handles red carpet coverage, actors like Debra Messing and Eva Longoria used interview time as a way to make a point about giving equal pay for equal work, regardless of gender. “We want intersectional gender parity, we want equal pay,” Messing said. “I was so shocked to hear that E! doesn’t believing in paying their female co-hosts the same as their male co-hosts. I miss Catt Sadler. So we stand with her.” > [](https://twitter.com/JarettSays/status/950142065022722048) Sadler also received support online from actors like Brie Larson and Julianne Moore, who thanked her for speaking out about the pay inequality. > [](https://twitter.com/brielarson/status/950085269956390912) > [](https://twitter.com/%5Fjuliannemoore/status/950177612428652545) Here’s how Sadler responded: > [](https://twitter.com/IAmCattSadler/status/950417183108055040) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5093087/golden-globes-2018-catt-sadler-wage-gap/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5093087/golden-globes-2018-catt-sadler-wage-gap/"},"headline":"Actresses Called Out the Wage Gap at the Golden Globes. 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