Overview

• Bilson used a Sept. 19 appearance on Nicole Byer’s Why Won’t You Date Me? to recount losing a role after press coverage of a 2023 podcast comment.
• She said the line "I like to be manhandled" was made casually during Women on Top and was later lifted out of context.
• Bilson described the company that pulled the job as very conservative and did not identify it by name.
• She said the decision left her baffled and in tears, noting the financial strain as a single mother who had already been cast in the role.
• The episode prompted her to self-censor in interviews out of concern about losing work or being judged.