Sexual harassment on the One Tree Hill set
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Sexual harassment on the One Tree Hill set has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Call Her Daddy. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Sophia BushAmerican actress, activist, and author, known for playing Brooke Davis on One Tree Hill
Bush says the women later learned the showrunner had been spreading stories about each of them to the others, which explained her rift with Hilarie Burton.
“years later, we all came to learn our boss was telling every woman on the show stuff about the other women”
Call Her Daddy: Sophia Bush: Brooke Davis, Breakups & Beginning Again (Oct 21, 2026) · Listen from 43:52
Bush recounts Daphne Zuniga's suggestion of an anonymized collective statement describing the misconduct.
“if we did a collective statement, we can anonymize who everything happened to, but we can be clear about what happened”
Call Her Daddy: Sophia Bush: Brooke Davis, Breakups & Beginning Again (Oct 21, 2026) · Listen from 30:25
Bush describes how senior cast members crashed the showrunner's dinners with new actresses so they would not be alone with him.
“we would act jealous so she wouldn't have to sit alone with him at a restaurant”
Call Her Daddy: Sophia Bush: Brooke Davis, Breakups & Beginning Again (Oct 21, 2026) · Listen from 26:53
Bush alleges the showrunner deliberately tried to keep the female cast from trusting each other.
“our boss being so insidious as to really try to make sure the girls wouldn't feel safe to be friends with each other”
Call Her Daddy: Sophia Bush: Brooke Davis, Breakups & Beginning Again (Oct 21, 2026) · Listen from 24:14
Alex CooperAmerican podcaster and media entrepreneur, host of Call Her Daddy
Cooper argues the showrunner used his power by turning the women against one another so they would not identify him as the problem.
“he's recognizing, oh, I easily can weaponize my power by making sure these women are all looking at each other”
Call Her Daddy: Sophia Bush: Brooke Davis, Breakups & Beginning Again (Oct 21, 2026) · Listen from 25:55
Podcasts
- Call Her Daddy · 1 episode
Episodes
Sophia Bush: Brooke Davis, Breakups & Beginning AgainCall Her Daddy · Oct 21, 2026 · 1 h 26 min
Alex Cooper interviews Sophia Bush about her memoir, playing Brooke Davis on One Tree Hill, the cast's misconduct statement, her divorces, coming out, and marriage to Ashlyn Harris.