Danielle Brooks Was Paid Less For Seven Seasons Of OITNB Than The Kids Of Stranger Things: “That’s Heartbreaking”

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Gabrielle Union

The star, who at the time was the lead of the BET hit series Being Mary Jane, sued the network after they tried to make her film more episodes of the show, but not for more pay. BET was accused of trying to get her to film two 10-episode seasons back to back when she agreed via her contract to only do 13 episodes a season at max. The lawsuit read, “BET now wants to shoot twenty episodes of the series back-to-back and cram all of the episodes into a single season in order to fraudulently extend the term of Ms. Union’s contract, with no additional consideration, and to deprive Ms. Union of her agreed-upon compensation for the next two seasons of Being Mary Jane.”

The lawsuit was settled, with Union learning that standing up for herself is very necessary. “I was told something,” she said to Essence. “I was promised something. For me, I thought I can stand up and try to fight, or I can go to my grave feeling like a piece of sh-t for not standing up.”