With the claims as to him blackballing her, I want to know what exactly that means. I've been curious. I know Chris helped start The Nerdist, but how much clout does he honestly have in the industry as a whole? He's not a big time top executive is he? He wasn't powerful enough to not get ejected out of his own company. So I have to ask in all honestly what him blackballing her honestly means. I can't imagine he has THAT much pull as a C tier comedian/host. But it's possible I'm mistaken and gotten the wrong impression of this guy's influence.
So let me talk about blackballing, because a member of my immediate family almost committed suicide over it, thanks to a small-time newspaper editor who was in bed with crooked election officials siphoning money from minority scholarships.
It happens at all levels, and it starts with a whisper.
"I hear X isn't good at their job"
"X, we've learned some things that call into question your competence, and as such we cannot consider you for this position"
Small attacks through social interaction, whispering campaigns, etc, build up over time, like a dozen tiny stab wounds. Then one day, you wake up ostracized from your life's work.
The difference here is that the person being ostracized didn't earn it. Blackballing is a very serious, critically injurious, systemic method for ruining someone. And it's easy. Someone like Hardwick could easily pull it off.
