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Fired “One Life to Live” actress says she lost her job because of her religious beliefs

I had never heard of actress Patricia Mauceri until earlier this summer when she was replaced on One Life to Live.

She objected to dialogue her character was supposed to say as part of the current gay storyline involving Fish, Kyle, Cristian, Layla and Nick. Her character was not gay nor was her son, Cristian. But she mistakenly thinks Cristian is and is actually supportive.

Mauceri, who played the recurring role of Carlotta Vega for 14 years, is telling Fox News that she was fired because of her religious beliefs.

Mauceri said the gay-friendly dialogue was not in line with her character: “I did not object to being in a gay storyline. I objected to speaking the truth of what that person, how that person would live and breathe and act in that storyline. And this goes against everything I am, my belief system, and what I know the character’s belief system is aligned to.”

Mauceri said she offered changes to the script and hoped for a compromise. She seems to be taking a page from fellow anti-gay bigot Carrie Prejean and is exploring her legal options.

Since One Life to Live is doing such a wonderful, groundbreaking job with this storyline, Mauceri misses out on being part of a sbow with renewed buzz. It’s really her loss.

FILE UNDER: Controversy, Daytime TV

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2 Remarks

  1. September 7th, 2009 at 3:33 am
    David in Houston says:

    So basically she’s saying that for 14 years she’s been playing the role of a homophobic mother, and she’s had no problem doing that. Isn’t that lovely. She’s already lost her future lawsuit. She said, “And this goes against everything I am, MY BELIEF SYSTEM…” So she didn’t want to play the part because of her personal beliefs. She does realize that she’s an actress, right? If she pretends to kill someone, that doesn’t make her a killer. The show had no choice, but to fire her for not doing her job.

  2. She is such a liar. Back in 1998, Patricia starred in a gay movie, I Think I Do with Tuc Watkins (David Vickers on OLTL) and Alexis Arquette. Why did she not have a problem with it back then?

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