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In the essay, Chenoweth explains that she tried not to share much about the accident publicly for two reasons. First, she was scared of being seen as"weak and broken," because she thought it could negatively impact her career. Second, she"didn't want to be 'a problem' for CBS."
She also says that when paparazzi photos of her smiling outside of a dentist appointment surfaced, CBS wrote her attorneys and said it looked like she was doing great."I wasn't doing great, but my sucking-it-up smile for a paparazzi photo was weaponized against me, and again, I felt intimidated," she writes.Chenoweth explains that after spending years dealing with chronic pain and doctors' appointments,"I finally got mad about the whole thing.
"Unfortunately, the powers that be at CBS at the time did not take responsibility for what happened to me, but there's a new regime at the network and they're just lovely to work with," she writes."Leadership matters. Full stop."