Hilarie Burton alleges she was "let go" from a Hallmark project after requesting "diverse casting"

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Burton, who is starring in the Lifetime Christmas movie A Christmas Wish, tweeted amid the backlash over Hallmark pulling lesbian wedding ads that she, too, had an issue with the cable channel. “Just going through some old emails from a #Hallmark job I was ‘let go’ from back in January,” Burton tweeted on Sunday, before Hallmark reversed course on the ads. “I had insisted on a LGBTQ character, an interracial couple and diverse casting. I was polite, direct and professional. But after the execs gave their notes on the script and NONE of my requests were honored, I was told ‘take it or leave it.’ I left it. And the paycheck. Sh*tty being penalized for standing up for inclusivity. I really wanted that job. It was close to my house. It paid really well. It was about the military, which you all know I hold dear. But? Id walk away again in a heartbeat.”