‘Days Of Our Lives’ Alums Farah Galfond & Lisa Rinna Support Cast’s Petition To Remove Co-EP Albert Alarr: “This Has Gone On For Far Too Long”

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Two former Days Of Our Lives stars, Farah Galfond and Lisa Rinna, are landing their support to the more than 25 current cast members who have signed a petition calling for the removal of longtime co-executive producer/director Albert Alarr following a misconduct investigation and two Deadline reports on some of the allegations. “I’m not on the cast anymore but I would love to sign the petition in spirit,” Galfond wrote in a retweet of Deadline’s latest story. “These were my experiences too.

It wasn’t until I switched shows that I realized not every set was like that.” Galfond proceeded to share one experience working with Alarr as a director. “I had the particular misfortune of having Alarr direct my first ever ‘love’ scene when I was 19,” she wrote. “He was new so I was already nervous not having one of the other directors that I was used to.

I was extremely modest and freaked out to be standing in my underwear in front of dozens of crew (aka men that had known me since I was 15…ew) and did Albert do or say one little thing to make me feel remotely at ease?

Absolutely not. He pushed and pushed and pushed and pushed me on a particular issue, and was annoyed when I stood my ground.” Deadline’s reports featured several actresses sharing stories about Alarr giving directing notes on love scenes “in the most vulgar, crass ways” as well as touching actresses while “inserting himself” into such scenes during rehearsal and making inappropriate comments about the scene or the actress involved.