(CNN) Time's Up is supporting Gabrielle Union in the wake of her controversial exit from "America's Got Talent." Tina Tchen, president and chief executive officer of Time's Up Now, released a statement Monday stating, "Gabrielle Union's experience at 'America's Got Talent' is exemplary of the double bind that black women face at work." "Union's story is deeply troubling on its own, but her experience is particularly problematic because it follows a pattern of NBCUniversal protecting the careers of powerful men at the expense of women who speak out." It was recently announced that the actress, along with fellow "AGT" judge Julianne Hough, would not be returning for the second season of "America's Got Talent: The Champions," which premieres January 6. Variety had published a report alleging Union had been fired after urging the show's producers to report an incident involving a racist joke to human resources and after producers told her multiple times that her hairstyles on the show were "too black."

Source: CNN December 02, 2019 20:03 UTC