Eva Longoria’s letter of support for Felicity Huffman subtly slams other Desperate Housewives actresses
Photo: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Felicity Huffman has pleaded guilty and apologized for her involvement in the college admissions scam, and she’s now reportedly facing one month of jail time as a result. Per NBC News, though, 27 of Huffman’s friends have written letters of support to the case’s presiding judge for a more lenient sentence, with one of them being Huffman’s former Desperate Housewives co-star and good friend, Eva Longoria.
In her letter, Longoria writes that Huffman immediately befriended her when they began work on the show — Longoria was “scared” as she was “new to the business” — and Huffman was the only person who stood up for her when an unnamed co-star began bullying her. “There was a time I was being bullied at work by a co-worker,” Longoria explained. “I dreaded the days I had to work with that person because it was pure torture. Until one day, Felicity told the bully ‘enough’ and it all stopped.
“This did not go over too well with the others. But Felicity stood up for me, saying it was fair because the success of the show depended on all of us, not one of us. This fight lasted weeks, but Felicity held strong and convinced everyone this was the right thing to do. And thanks to her, I was bumped up to favored nations. It wasn’t about the money for me, it was the fact that I was seen as an equal, which is how Felicity had always seen me.
Longoria also said that Huffman was the only Housewives co-star who showed any interest in her charity work, despite pleas from Longoria to her co-stars to show up occasionally for fundraising and charity events: “I knew I couldn’t do it alone so I asked the other women to join me. They were all usually too busy to help, except Felicity. I can’t tell you how many times she was the only one who would physically show up to help me with the kids with cancer, or children with special needs.”
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