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A Controversial Hire

Barr also tried to again hire Tom Arnold onto the show. This time, she wanted him to join the writing staff. Perhaps not coincidentally, Barr had recently left her husband and married Arnold. Arnold was indeed hired to be a writer, but the rest of the show’s staff apparently thought he had no talent.