Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry says Felicity Huffman ‘didn’t feel as pretty as her co-stars’ in letter of support ahead of sentencing for her college admissions scandal trial
- Marc Cherry wrote that that Felicity Huffman felt ‘insecure’ next to her co-stars
- Cherry recalled Huffman told her husband: ‘I feel like the ugliest one in the room’
- According to Cherry, her husband, William H. Macy, made her laugh and feel better by saying: ‘I always feel like I’m the ugliest one in the room’
- Prosecutors recommended that Huffman spend one month in jail in connection to scandal after she pleaded guilty in April to mail and honest services fraud
- Cherry wrote letter just days ahead of Huffman’s sentencing on September 13
- He wasn’t the only person from Desperate Housewives to write letter of support
- Eva Longoria credits Huffman for helping her ‘survive’ bullying on set of show
Marc Cherry, the creator of Desperate Housewives, has claimed that Felicity Huffman ‘didn’t feel as pretty as her co-stars’ in a letter of support for the actress ahead of sentencing for her role in the college admissions scandal.
On Friday, prosecutors recommended that Huffman spend just one month in jail in connection to the scandal. In April, Huffman pleaded guilty to mail fraud and honest services fraud.
In response to the prosecutors’ recommendation, Cherry submitted the letter of support which detailed the moment Huffman ‘started to feel insecure’ next to her co-stars.
‘When our show was picked up, we flew the cast to a press event in NY. Felicity and her cast members were swarmed by photographers,’ he wrote in the letter obtained by People.
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Marc Cherry (left), the creator of Desperate Housewives, has claimed that Felicity Huffman ‘didn’t feel as pretty as her co-stars’ in a letter of support for the actress ahead of sentencing for her role in the college admissions scandal
In the letter, Cherry detailed the moment Huffman (far left) ‘started to feel insecure’ next to her costars Teri Hatcher (second from left, sitting), Eva Longoria (bottom right), Marcia Cross (center, in black), and Nicollette Sheridan (top left)
Cherry said it was when Huffman called her husband, William H. Macy (left), that she started feeling better. Cherry said she told Macy ‘somewhat tearfully, “I feel like the ugliest one in the room”.’ ‘Bill’s response? “I always feel like I’m the ugliest one in the room,”‘ Cherry wrote
‘Every woman was dolled up to the nines and for the first time, Felicity started to feel insecure about her appearance,’ he added.
According to Cherry, it was when Huffman called her husband, William H. Macy, following the event that she started feeling better about herself.
Cherry recalled how she told Macy ‘somewhat tearfully, “I feel like the ugliest one in the room”.’
‘Bill’s response? “I always feel like I’m the ugliest one in the room,”‘ Cherry wrote.
‘He made Felicity laugh and see the ridiculousness of her insecurity. She told me, “That’s the last time I ever worried about comparing myself to my costars.”‘
Cherry also talked about Huffman’s kindness on set.
He pointed out that there was a ‘problematic cast member’ on the show who decided she ‘would no longer speak to her fellow cast members’, but Huffman was kind enough to speak to her anyway.
Cherry was not the only person from Desperate Housewives to write a letter of support for Huffman.
Eva Longoria credits Huffman for helping her ‘survive’ bullying on the set of the show.
The 44-year-old actress – who played Gabrielle Solis in the drama series – is so grateful to have always had the support of Huffman, who starred as Lynette Scavo.
Cherry was not the only person from Desperate Housewives to write a letter of support for Huffman. Eva Longoria (left, and right with Huffman) credits Huffman for helping her ‘survive’ bullying on the set of the show
Supportive: ‘Felicity was the first one to take me under her wing. From the first table read of the script, she noticed me sitting alone, scared and unsure of where to and what to do,’ she shared
She shared: ‘Felicity was the first one to take me under her wing. From the first table read of the script, she noticed me sitting alone, scared and unsure of where to and what to do.
‘Her gentle character and kind heart immediately opened up to me. She approached me, introduced herself and said, “Don’t be scared, we will get through this together,” as she sat down beside me and never left my side since that day.
‘I dreaded the days I had to work with that person [I was being bullied by] because it was pure torture.
Eva stopped short of naming the bully, however.
‘Until one day, Felicity told the bully “enough” and it all stopped. Felicity could feel that I was riddled with anxiety even though I never complained or mentioned the abuse to anyone.
‘I know I would not have survived those 10 years if it wasn’t for the friendship of Felicity.’
Longoria made the comments in the letter she penned to a judge as part of the case to secure Huffman a lower sentence.
Huffman wrote in a letter delivered to a Boston judge on Friday that she believed she was giving her daughter, who has a learning disability, a ‘fair shot’ by paying $15,000 for a SAT test to be corrected to help Sophia gain entry to the University of Southern California.
Huffman wrote in a letter (pictured) delivered to a Boston judge on Friday that she believed she was giving her daughter, who has a learning disability, a ‘fair shot’ by paying $15,000 for a SAT test to be corrected to help Sophia gain entry to the University of Southern California
After prosecutors originally called for Huffman to spend between four and 10 months locked up, the recommendation filed Friday by the US Attorney’s office asked for her to be jailed for 30 days.
Following her time inside, Huffman, 56, will be on supervised released for a year if prosecutors – who described her acts as ‘deliberate and manifestly criminal’ – get their way.
‘In the context of this case, neither probation nor home confinement (in a large home in the Hollywood Hills with an infinity pool) would constitute meaningful punishment or deter others from committing similar crimes,’ prosecutors wrote to the judge about Huffman.
Huffman is the mother of daughters Sophia, 19, and Georgia, 17. She admitted to paying for a proctor to correct wrong answers on Sophia’s exams.
She routed her payment though admissions official William Rick Singer via his nonprofit Key Worldwide Foundation; prosecutors said the aforementioned foundation was set up as a front to accept payoffs.
Prosecutors said: ‘Her efforts weren’t driven by need or desperation, but by a sense of entitlement, or at least moral cluelessness, facilitated by wealth and insularity.’
As part of Huffman’s communications with Singer, investigators learned in their Operation Varsity Blues probe that Huffman responded in a somewhat carefree manner when her plan to have someone else correct her daughter’s test was nearly ruined.
‘Ruh Ro! Looks like [my daughter’s high school] wants to provide own proctor,’ Huffman wrote in an email in October 2017.
Huffman has said her daughter has a learning disability which prompted her to cheat.
In her April guilty plea she said her daughter had been seeing a neuro-psychologist since she was eight years old.
But prosecutors continued to point out her privileged position and suggest she was abusing her access to contacts in high places.
‘She could buy her daughter every conceivable legitimate advantage, introduce her to any number of useful personal connections, and give her a profound leg up on the competition simply because she would be applying to college as the daughter of a movie star,’ prosecutors wrote.
Huffman is due to be sentenced September 13.
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