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        <title><![CDATA[Lucas Till says he was ‘suicidal’ working under showrunner Peter Lenkov]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;MacGyver&#8221; star Lucas Till says that showrunner Peter Lenkov’s abusive behavior on set led him to consider taking his own life.</p><p>In <strong>a new Vanity Fair article</strong>, 30 sources including Till recounted their experiences with the &#8220;Magnum P.I.&#8221; and &#8220;Hawaii Five-O&#8221; showrunner, who was <strong>fired by CBS</strong> earlier this month amid claims he created a toxic work environment.</p><p>&#8220;I’ve never worked this hard in my life, and I am fine with hard work,&#8221; Till, 29, told the magazine. &#8220;But the way Peter treats people is just unacceptable.&#8221;</p><p>Till, who plays the titular role on the series, continued, &#8220;I was suicidal that first year on the show, because of the way he made me feel. But the way he’s treated the people around me—that’s just my breaking point.&#8221;</p><p>Till claimed that he endured verbal abuse, bullying and body-shaming from Lenkov, 57, over the show&#8217;s four seasons. Lenkov’s attorney vehemently denied Till’s allegations to the magazine branding them &#8220;100 percent false and untrue.&#8221;</p><p>The actor also says when he attempted to tell CBS about Lenkov in 2017 and again this year, they dismissed him.</p><p>&#8220;I think they just took it as some crazy actor trying to get more money,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Essentially, they didn’t take it seriously.&#8221;</p><p>However, a source told the magazine that Till&#8217;s recent comments is what led to the investigation into Lenkov and his subsequent firing.</p><p>In an alleged email to H.R., Till wrote: &#8220;There was always something about my appearance that wouldn’t please him like when I was in a hospital gown and our producer…thought it was funny that [Lenkov] said my legs were ‘f&#8211;king hideous’ and we can never show them again. Honestly, I found some humor in that comment as well, but you can imagine if that was a more sensitive spot that he had hit, and often did.</p><p>&#8220;Just like the time he screamed at [a director] ‘Oh, my f&#8211;king God! Tuck his shirt in, he looks like a little f&#8211;king boy.’ Just hire a 35 year old then. I’ve struggled with maintaining ‘man weight’ on the show because of the stress, no time to work out, and an unpredictable schedule for proper nourishment.&#8221;</p><p>Lenkov was removed from his job July 7 following an internal investigation from CBS despite reportedly having a year left on his overall contract with the network.</p><p>&#8220;Now is the time to listen and I am listening,&#8221; he said in a statement at the time. &#8220;It&#8217;s difficult to hear that the working environment I ran was not the working environment my colleagues deserved, and for that, I am deeply sorry. I accept responsibility for what I am hearing and am committed to doing the work that is required to do better and be better.&#8221;</p>]]></content:encoded>
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