"Until now, the wives of powerful men whose careers have ended as a result of the #MeToo movement have largely been able to stay private and away from the spotlight," says Ramin Setoodah. But since Chen is Moonves' employee and wife, the coming days could be awkward, especially since she's scheduled to return to The Talk on Monday. As Setoodah notes, "insiders have long whispered that Chen’s relationship with Moonves represented a conflict of interest, since he made decisions about the programming of her shows." ALSO: CBS ad sales chief Jo Ann Ross, one of TV's most prominent female business-side executives, said she would "fully support" Moonves.
TOPICS: Les Moonves, CBS, Big Brother, The Talk, Julie Chen, Sexual Misconduct