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Sydney Chandler Excluded From Variety Cover After Declining Q&A Game

Variety removed Chandler from its cover after she opted out of the magazine’s signature ‘How Well Do They Know Each Other?’ segment.

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Kyle Chandler’s daughter refused to work with with "Variety" for its cover story on her upcoming show.
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – MAY 18: (L-R) Sydney Chandler and Kyle Chandler attend the Premiere Of Warner Bros. Pictures And Legendary Pictures’ “Godzilla: King Of The Monsters” at TCL Chinese Theatre on May 18, 2019 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Overview

  • Chandler declined to play Variety’s ‘How Well Do They Know Each Other?’ Q&A game with co-star Timothy Olyphant and showrunner Noah Hawley, saying she felt uncomfortable appearing in an on-camera segment with older male colleagues.
  • Variety Editor-in-Chief Ramin Setoodeh removed her from the July 23 cover shoot after her team’s alternate proposals for a different video format were rejected.
  • An attempt to reschedule the shoot on July 24 fell through when Chandler fell ill; her glam and styling team also could not be reassembled at short notice.
  • Showrunner Noah Hawley said he was disappointed that his female-centric series lacked its lead actress on the cover, calling the situation awkward.
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