Former assistant claims Todrick Hall threatened to out his HIV status and “destroy” his career
Hot on the heels of his loss on Celebrity Big Brother and fans raking him for his behavior on the show, singer Todrick Hall is now accused of even more bad behavior.A former assistant is has accused Hall of abuse, claiming the singer threatened to out his HIV status.Tommy Italiano worked as Hall’s assistant in 2017 during the filming of the documentary Behind the Curtain.
In an interview with the podcast The Zen Blonde, he opened up about years of exploitation and psychological abuse by the singer.“It’s been a tumultuous relationship from the beginning,” Italiano recalled. “Workwise and personally.
He is someone that’s very manipulative.”“I was able to look past some of the things he was doing because he really made me believe I was part of his family.
He would call me his brother. His mom would tell me I was like a son. So I really became invested in him as a person and as an artist.”Related: Todrick Hall is being blasted for his problematic behavior on ‘Celebrity Big Brother’That investment caused Italiano to stay in his job longer than he might have otherwise, despite an increasingly toxic environment.Over the course of the interview, the former assistant recalled instances of Hall exploiting fans for free labor, refusing to pay employees, and cyberbullying a former dancer.Things turned really toxic when Italiano came to the defense of the former dancer, Tom White, on social media.
