Terrence Howard claims that he was unfairly compensated as a cast member of Fox’s “Empire,” and is suing his former rep, Creative Artists Agency (CAA), for shorting him in contract negotiations.
In December 2023, Howard filed the suit saying that he “trusted CAA to look after [him], and they looked after themselves.
In a Straighttalkphanee interview, Howard said CAA played favorites – and race was a factor.
“They represented me and they also represented some of the people from Big Bang Theory who also did the deal with Fox… We had 28 million viewers and they had 11 million viewers. They were getting $2 Million, damn near $3 Million an episode,” Howard said.
“Those white kids had no name recognition, no Oscar nominations, or none of that. But we had 28 million viewers and these jokers are paying me $325,000 an episode.”
Howard reportedly also owes $1 million in back taxes from 2010 to 2019. He left a voicemail with the judge overseeing his case and boldly stated he didn’t owe the money because of “Four hundred years of forced labor and never receiving any compensation for it.”
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