A Man Has Stolen The Book Of Shadows And The Cast Of ‘Charmed’ Want It Back
This guy is probably up for a good cursing.
In a story weirdly reminiscent of a plot from the cult TV show Charmed, disgraced CBS executive Brad Kern has reportedly stolen the witches book of spells, the Book Of Shadows. And the sisters three want it back.
Brad Kern is the showrunner on NCIS: New Orleans, and over the past year has been hit with a spree of allegations of sexual harassment, discrimination, and creating a hostile work environment with offensive comments about women and people of colour.
But before he worked on actively making NCIS an allegedly horrible place, he was the showrunner on Charmed. And when the show finished, he allegedly stole the Book Of Shadows.
He seems like precisely the kinda guy who SHOULDN’T be holding on to the repository of magic usually held in care by a trio of feminist witches. Feels particularly egregious in this time of blood moons, mysterious sarcophagi and undead polar worms.
According to Charmed actress Holly Marie Combs, Kern took the prop at the end of the show, with the intention of sharing custody of it. She’s now calling on him to auction the book and donate the proceeds to a women’s charity.
As many of you know Brad Kern took the original Book Of Shadows saying that "he and I would share custody of it". Meaning he would have it 1 year and I the next. Well that never happened. So now I encourage Brad Kern to auction the Book and donate proceeds to a woman's charity. https://t.co/oRzkU3Jyfa
— Holly Marie Combs (@H_Combs) December 15, 2017
Alyssa Milano, another of the Charmed sisters is also joining the call to have the book returned.
“The original Book of Shadows was promised to Holly,” she told The Cut in an interview. “Brad is being investigated for sexual harassment, so if he’s not giving it to Holly, he should auction the Book of Shadows off and give the proceeds to Tarana Burke’s #MeToo Foundation.”
The Book Of Shadows in the show was very literally a tool of female empowerment, so it does rankle to think of it in the hands of the kind of dude it was crafted to help fight against.
Let’s hope it does get auctioned off and find its way to some new witchy sisters who will use it to smite male showrunners. Maybe even the proposed reboot will grab it?