{"id":1409680,"date":"2022-03-30T09:45:21","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T13:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1409680"},"modified":"2022-03-30T09:45:29","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T13:45:29","slug":"report-mehmet-oz-left-longtime-staffers-jobless-and-blindsided-after-senate-campaign-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-mehmet-oz-left-longtime-staffers-jobless-and-blindsided-after-senate-campaign-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Mehmet Oz Left Longtime Staffers Jobless and \u2018Blindsided\u2019 After Senate Campaign Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-mehmet-oz-left-longtime-staffers-jobless-and-blindsided-after-senate-campaign-announcement%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1409680&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Celebrity doctor, Mehmet Oz, reportedly left his longtime staffers jobless and \u201cblindsided\u201d after he announced his run for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>Oz, the former host of <em>The Dr. Oz Show<\/em>, ended his show in November, opting for a congressional campaign to replace retiring Republican Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA). Oz decided to remove his show from all markets after the Federal Communications Commission\u2019s equal time rule required Fox television stations in New York City and Philadelphia to pull the show.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Some staffers who have worked on Oz\u2019s namesake show since its start in September 2009 were left high and dry. \u201cPeople who have worked for him for [13] years are now scrambling for work and are furious that he\u2019s left them in a lurch financially after they worked their asses off for him for so long,\u201d a\u00a0source\u00a0reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/03\/28\/dr-ozs-longtime-staff-furious-after-he-left-them-jobless\/\">told<\/a> Page Six.<\/p>\n<p>A second source claimed Oz\u2019s campaign announcement \u201cblindsided everyone,\u201d with most people finding out about it from the media, not Oz himself.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Oz had his producers \u201cworking like dogs\u201d during the final week of the show\u2019s run to create content for his Senate campaign. \u201cHe was definitely asking for pictures and videos, but wasn\u2019t saying what it was for. He was just asking for additional things and it turns out it was for his campaign,\u201d a third source\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/03\/28\/dr-ozs-longtime-staff-furious-after-he-left-them-jobless\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a>\u00a0Page Six.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Oz\u2019s staffers were dumbfounded because the show had already been renewed for a 14th season, which would have guaranteed them employment for nearly two years.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20228582\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/03\/feb20-22-Dr-Mehmet-Oz-TV-celebrity-ap.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mehmet Oz, the TV celebrity and heart surgeon who is running for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, speaks at a town hall-style event at the Newtown Athletic Club, Feb. 20, 2022, in Newtown, PA. (AP Photo\/Marc Levy)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt was abrupt. No one had a clue. There was supposed to be another season. It was picked up, so that was almost two more years of guaranteed work that\u2019s just gone like that,\u201d the second source\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/03\/28\/dr-ozs-longtime-staff-furious-after-he-left-them-jobless\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a>\u00a0Page Six.<\/p>\n<p>Page Six reported that an insider described Oz\u2019s actions as \u201cheartless and selfish,\u201d leading to staffers becoming depressed about the situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ve lost jobs and they\u2019re losing health benefits. No health benefits after working for America\u2019s doctor for 13 years. He\u2019s leaving his staff without benefits. No one was prepared for this,\u201d a source reportedly told Page Six. \u201cPeople stayed with him for a long time and now everyone is f\u2013ked. It\u2019s hard to find work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some of Oz\u2019s former staffers found work on his daughter\u2019s show,\u00a0<em>The Good Dish<\/em>, but they\u2019ve since been left \u201cout of a job twice\u201d because Daphne Oz\u2019s replacement show was canceled after two short months on the air.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Some felt that Oz\u2019s daughter\u2019s show was dead on arrival,\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/03\/28\/dr-ozs-longtime-staff-furious-after-he-left-them-jobless\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">telling<\/a>\u00a0Page Six, \u201cthere was never a possible way for it to work because it came together so last-minute.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople rose to the occasion, killing themselves to make it happen,\u201d the source said about work on\u00a0<em>The Good Dish<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Oz\u2019s staff would have liked to receive bonuses or severance packages \u201cto thank them or help them through while they search for another job, but he just dropped a bomb and they were loyal,\u201d Page Six reported.<\/p>\n<p>However, a source close to Oz disputed the reports about his alleged \u201cheartless and selfish\u201d behavior.<\/p>\n<p>A source close to Oz\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/03\/28\/dr-ozs-longtime-staff-furious-after-he-left-them-jobless\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a>\u00a0Page Six:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Dr. Oz announced his candidacy for Senate in Pennsylvania in late November and sent his staff a letter in December. He waited to announce his candidacy until the frontrunner at the time dropped out. Dr. Oz promised to pay all their health benefits and salaries through the end of their contracts and he has been. There\u2019s no content from the show that\u2019s being used on our website.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Oz will face frontrunner Dave McCormick in the first Pennsylvania Republican Senate primary\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/news\/gop-senate-race-forum-mehmet-oz-dave-mccormick-20220329.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">debate<\/a>\u00a0on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrity doctor, Mehmet Oz, reportedly left his longtime staffers jobless and \u201cblindsided\u201d after he announced his run for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania. 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