Casey Crowe Taylor, a former Victoria’s Secret publicist, opened up a few “hurtful” expertise the place the corporate’s former government, Ed Razek, allegedly physique shamed her on set.
Crowe Taylor first shared her story through the third episode of Hulu’s Victoria’s Secret: Angels and Demons, which is centred on the lingerie model’s success and downfalls whereas beneath the lead of its CEO, Leslie Wexner.
Throughout the episode, Crowe Taylor disclosed particulars about working with Razek, who was the Chief Advertising Officer of the model’s mother or father firm, L Manufacturers. A few of his obligations whereas working within the place from 1983 to 2019 included arranging Victoria’s Secret’s annual style present.
She shared a particular expertise from 2015 that had occurred on set of a photoshoot throughout lunchtime. In accordance with Crowe Taylor, as she was going to get extra meals at a buffet, she was “bodily stopped” by Razek, earlier than he started criticising her physique.
“I used to be going as much as get extra and Ed bodily stopped me, like stepped in entrance of me and stated, ‘Are you actually going to get extra meals?’ and I simply sort of froze,” she defined. “And he’s like, ‘I actually don’t understand how you take a look at your self within the mirror within the morning.”
She went on to recall how she “walked to the lavatory” and was “sizzling with humiliation” on account of Razek’s feedback. As she detailed how “hurtful” it was to be “harassed” at work, she additionally expressed how his “behaviour” in the direction of his colleagues shouldn’t have been allowed.
“I’m shaking,” Crowe Taylor continued. “It was so complicated and hurtful and identical to stunning being bullied and harassed out of nowhere in entrance of the world’s largest supermodels. I realised this isn’t regular. This shouldn’t be an appropriate factor to occur however his behaviour was simply so normalised.”
The publicist additionally defined that “a few week later”, Monica Mitro, the previous EVP of Public Relations for Victoria’s Secret, approached her and talked about how Razek “makes actually bizarre jokes”. Crowe Taylor additionally stated that she was then finally inspired to resign, after her dialog with Mitro.
“Monica Mitro places up an elbow on my cubicle wall and says, ‘By the way in which, Casey. Ed makes some actually bizarre jokes typically. Doesn’t he?’ It was just about that day, I instantly began in search of different jobs,” she defined.
Throughout a latest interview with Folks, Crowe Taylor opened up in regards to the alleged incident and stated she felt like she couldn’t “arise” for herself throughout it, on account of her job title.
“It was the disrespect and the humiliation of somebody who’s so low on the totem pole,” she stated. “It’s not like I used to be ready to face up for myself or have a dialog.”
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She instructed the publication that she reported the incident to her boss who had spoken about it with Mitro. Whereas Crowe Taylor additionally shared that she had spoken to human sources about Razak, she stated that she’s nonetheless undecided if anybody spoke to him about his behaviour.
Relating to how Razak had handled Crowe Taylor, the previous worker addressed how “alarming” it was that Mitro didn’t discuss to her about “what occurred” and “why it wasn’t okay”.
“Even having her say one thing like, ‘It wasn’t acceptable. Sadly, there’s nothing we will do about it. All I can do is inform you is that I do know it wasn’t proper,’” Crowe Taylor defined. “However there’s a fantastic line, if she acknowledges it, what does it develop into within the firm?”
The previous Victoria’s Secret employee went on to acknowledge how leaving the job was much like a “heartbreaking breakup” due to how a lot she liked her place and then-employees. Nevertheless, she stated that she couldn’t keep at an organization that “fully devalued” her.
“I like this job. I like the those who I work with however I can’t work in a spot that fully devalues me and may’t even respect on a stage of acknowledging what occurred to me and saying it wasn’t okay,” she defined.
“This was a dream job. I liked it for a very very long time. I used to be actually completely satisfied,” she added. “And that’s what made the tip so troublesome as a result of it felt like a very horrible, heartbreaking breakup.”
Elsewhere within the documentary, Crowe Taylor recalled one other incident the place Razek allegedly made inappropriate remarks to his co-workers. Particularly, he reportedly shared his personal claims as to why he thought girls would “work out”.
“I keep in mind being on set as soon as and Ed made the remark that ladies solely exercise to look good bare for males,” she claimed. “There was at all times this understanding that like that was simply Ed.”
Again in 2020, Razek had denied sexual harassmeent allegations that have been positioned towards him throughout an interview withThe New York Occasions. He instructed the publications that the claims have been “unfaithful, misconstrued or taken out of context”.
The Impartial has contacted Victoria’s Secret for remark.
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