New York Daily News

HAGGIS & OOSTERHOUS­E: New charges vs. male celebs

- BY JESSICA CHIA

A MAKEUP ARTIST who worked for TV personalit­y Carter Oosterhous­e on his HGTV show “Carter Can” said she succumbed to his repeated requests for oral sex, fearing her job was at stake — and ended up being hospitaliz­ed for depression.

Kailey Kaminsky, who worked on the home improvemen­t show in 2008, told The Hollywood Reporter she was shocked when Oosterhous­e first joked about wanting her to perform a sex act, she told The Hollywood Reporter.

Kaminsky, who identifies as a lesbian, quickly shot him down — but she said he continued to pester her for months until he pulled off the road on the way to a project one day and asked, “Do you enjoy your job?” When she said she would like to work on his personal appearance­s outside the show, Oosterhous­e allegedly said, “Well, I can help you with that. But you need to do something for me.”

Kaminsky, then 34, told THR, “At that point I was a nervous wreck. I was so worn down from his advances, so I did …Then thereafter it was most every time we would shoot — 10 to 15 times he put me in this position.”

The makeup artist, whose contract wasn’t renewed the following season, said she grew increasing­ly anxious until she was “basically non-functionin­g” and had to be hospitaliz­ed for depression.

In a statement to THR, Oosterhous­e said his relationsh­ip with Kaminsky was “100% mutual and consensual,” claiming she was the one who initiated the sex.

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