And thanks to her, I was bumped up to favoured nations. 'This fight lasted weeks, but Felicity held strong and convinced everyone this was the right thing to do. When Desperate Housewives became a worldwide hit and the main cast's contracts were up for negotiation, Huffman suggested they all negotiate together and ask for the same wage. Longoria had joined the show as 'a young, naive, Mexican girl who felt like I didn't belong' and was paid a fraction of the amount her much more famous co-stars like Hatcher and Cross received.
Longoria also revealed Huffman had been her sole supporter in achieving pay parity with the rest of the main cast. Felicity could feel that I was riddled with anxiety even though I never complained or mentioned the abuse to anyone,' Longoria wrote in the letter, which has been obtained by NBC News.
'Until one day, Felicity told the bully 'enough' and it all stopped.
'I dreaded the days I had to work with that person because it was pure torture. 'There was a time I was being bullied at work by a co-worker,' Longoria writes, not naming the co-star. In a letter submitted to the court, Longoria, 44, opened up about the 'bullying' she was subjected to on the set of the hit show.
