Claire Donald
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Yeah, big thanks.
That was so nice.
Shonda said so.
Say it.
So in 2017, Shonda Rhimes was television's highest paid showrunner.
As she should be.
Shonda was making more than $2 billion for Disney.
Damn.
Yeah.
Worth $2 billion for Disney.
However... How much was she getting?
Not enough.
Not enough.
And there were battles, Tess, over budget, over content.
So her reps were back in discussions with the company about a new multi-year deal.
And Shonda was feeling pretty restless at this time.
She said that she felt like she was dying, like she had been pushing the same ball up the same hill in the exact same way for a really long time.
I think she was just not feeling creatively fulfilled, kind of like a cog in the machine.
And she knew her breaking point would come, but she had no idea.
Yeah.