I really don’t see why she would need to have her schedule reduced because of celiac disease. Celiac disease should only be of any discomfort if she eats food that contains gluten. Even so, CBS could certainly handle the situation better.

Celiac disease can cause all sorts of health problems, which clear up gradually after you go gluten free. If she was weak and dizzy, CBS should have recognized that it was temporary and given her a temporarily reduced scedule. An occasional relaps is almost inevitable the first couple of years, because it takes a while to learn how to avoid accidental exposures to gluten which is so prevalent in processed food and restaurant food. CBS could and should have accomodated .

i’m on her side in all this. if CBS let her go as in they don’t want her anymore but don’t care if another network wants her then I would be “ok cool” then move on. but this isn’t the case. they think she’s faking for a raise? well if she is then she’s a far better actress than anybody thinks cuz she’s really into gluten-free products off camera and she willingly collapsed on set in front of people. gasp!!! sigh. geez CBS is horrible. though i’m not surprised because they have the unfunniest show with the highest-paid cast i have ever seen on it aka two and a half men. seriously before sheen left he got 8 mil an episode. it’s too bad though i really do like big bang theory. but CBS is awful and this actress is letting everybody know what’s up instead of them. go jennifer!

millions of people who suffer from Celiacs have full time jobs and after adjusting their diets lead completely normal lives. I suspect there is more to this story than meets the eye.

So it sounds like CBS is discriminating based on a persons state of physical health. Furthermore by preventing her from acting for someone else they are preventing her from making income. If we were talking about taking an athlete out of a sport they continue to get paid until they are released. So CBS should pay her to be benched or release her. The real question I think is why does she not sue CBS for loss of income and emotional distress. Of course I would have to read the contract but agreements do not cover basic civil liberties. For example if you fire a woman for being pregnant that is a Tort or lawsuit. So they fired her for being sick. Sue.

Sue the B_strds !

CBS are a bunch of dickheads . This woman has a disease that could lead to death. My son has it and it’s not to be taken lightly. I hope she sues CBS . Bb hasn’t been the same without her. They finally got rid of her first replacement now they are trying #2 , she trying but she’s no Jackie . Bring back Jackie.

I wish this gorgeous woman well and hope she can resume her career but she can’t sue them for firing her if she in unable to work, idiots.

another entitled mooch that thinks everyone should work around HER ……….. obviously a big obama fan…………..glad to see cbs stand up to this mooch

Jackie was great! She and Danny had such an incredible chemistry. Finally a cop show that didn’t feel it needed to have sexual chemistry between the partners like every other cop show: Castle, Mentalist, etc. It’s always the kiss of death for the show after the main characters hook up. I haven’t liked any of the ‘replacement partners’ for Danny. The way they wrote her out was pretty sucky. CBS do it right. If she doesn’t come back, I’ll probably start watching something else. I want to be entertained not turned off by the knowledge that the guys upstairs screw everyone over, just like in real life.

I feel CBS is very wrong in this situation. She was better in the part than anyone they have used to replace her. I really miss her in the part and hope CBS has a change of heart. If they do not want to work with her following the doctor’s advice, that is horrible but the least they can do is let her work elsewhere. They act like they don’t need her so they should as least let her earn a salary. I really like the show Blue Bloods. I am a long time Tom Selleck fan but their behavior in this matter makes me want to stop watching the show. They make enough money from the show to be more charitable to a person who certainly did not choose to have this disease.

I have to agree with you. I have a couple of relatives with Celiac’s and neither of them started working a reduced schedule as a result. They had to take sick time while going through the process of figuring out what was wrong and getting diagnosed, but once the problem was confirmed and diagnosed, they have gone back to a normal life, just with very strict dietary restrictions. I like her as an actress very much, but imagine CBS is covered here.

You clearly have NO idea how grueling filming schedules are. So don’t talk about something you know nothing about. Filming a 1 minute scene can take 6-10 hours, filming 10 scenes for 1 episode is easily 16 hour days. There is a reason that actors and actresses have 14-16 hour days on set, Filming is NOT something that is bing bang boom. Every angle has to be, re-acted, re-shot, and then re-set up and the process starts over again.

jenniffer was the main reason i watched the show. no one is able to replace her and she should return

yeah, I’m sure there’s a whole lot of adult behavior that we’ve yet to hear about.

They did the same thing to Hunter Tylo when they found out she was pregnant. She sued there buts over it and won. CBS sucks and doesnt care about its employees. Hopefully theyll will never have to endure a family tragedy like every one else does.

If she can’t come to work she can’t have the jog. Just like in real life. Too bad about the illness, but is it your employers role to keep paying you for doing nothing? Go get a State job.

When it comes to Moonves, you should always expect Les. A lot less than you give.

CBS should pay her for the rest of her contract. CBS is really being a horses butt. If you don’t want to pay the lady, then let her go work on other projects so she can make a living. Where is CBS’ humanity?

The way I’m reading it, is that CBS won’t pay out her contract, since she’s not there.

Or why doesn’t CBS restructure her contract. I could understand if they said you are working less, so we have to pay you less. Or give her the same pay based on her hours, etc, etc. I do understand it is a TV show, and while I do agree that accommodations should be made since she has a sickness, they also have to be fair to the people who are showing up everyday as well.
And they are a show and business. In a way if a person isn’t living up to their contract, then they should be released or able to find other work. I don’t agree that she can’t work someone where else. Then again her or her agent should probably read those contracts before they sign them. Also crappy loopholes in them.

If she can’t work go on disability. Now that everyone knows of her illness no one will hire her. If she doesn’t work she should not get paid. She has too big an ego and this is her own downfall.

Ahhh, the Left-wing CBS, who, would have loved to run a news story on how some evil corporation was treating an employee with Celiac disease, ironically, is behaving in a manner it usually attributes to evil business (which CBS would never call itself). Liberals are always the most hypocritical when it comes to business and profit. Look around and smell the greed, people.

I really prefer her replacement. Never did care for Esposito as an actress in any role . . . has kind od a snarky delivery and attitude.