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‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ Creator Claims Network Wanted ‘Hotter’ Actress For Patricia Heaton’s Role

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If CBS network execs had their way, Patricia Heaton’s “Everybody Loves Raymond” character, Debra Barone, would have been played by a different actress.

That’s the claim being made by the show’s creator, Phil Rosenthal, who told Yahoo! Entertainment that “CBS wanted someone hotter to play Debra.” According to Rosenthal, he pushed back hard. “I almost quit the show over it,”  he said, revealing that the network “insisted” that a specific actress be cast as the wife of Ray Romano’s character, Ray Barone.

RELATED: ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ Writer Phil Rosenthal Reveals He’s Pitched Reunion Idea To ‘A Couple Of Different Places’ But No One’s Interested “I thought she was wrong, but I met with her and she was a very pleasant, very nice person,”

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