Not ‘sexy’ after med op-ed: suit

A FOXNEWS.COM host found herself booted from appearing on air after she wrote an op-ed about her endometriosis — because network honchos thought the disclosure “detracted from her sex appeal and made her less desirable,” a new lawsuit alleges.

Diana Falzone started appearing on Fox News, Fox Business, and Foxnews.com in 2008 and became an on-air personality for Foxnews.com some four years ago, according to her Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit, filed Monday.

Falzone, 34, also launched and hosted several “successful and popular” Foxnews.com shows such as “In the Zone” and “Four4Four Entertainment,” as well as appearing as a guest on “Fox & Friends Weekend.

Last year, Falzone (photo) got sick with endometriosis, a condition that occurs when endometrial tissue grows outside the uterus on other organs or structures in the body.

Falzone wrote an op-ed for Foxnews.com about her endometriosis that ran this past Jan. 24.

While the article went viral and prompted praise, Falzone’s boss told her shortly thereafter “she was permanently banned from ever appearing on air on any Foxnews.com, Fox News Channel, Fox Business or any other Fox (platform) . . . and would never again be permitted to host her own shows or conduct her own interviews,” the suit charges.

Falzone’s supervisor told her the instructions came from the “second floor,” which houses Fox News executives.

A FoxNews.com producer then said at a Jan. 27 meeting that Falzone wouldn’t be in any more Fox News programming.

Falzone demanded answers. Instead, her boss told her she should look for another job, court papers charge.

Falzone’s suit says male hosts at Fox have openly discussed health problems in op-eds, such as Neil Cavuto’s 2016 discussion of his heart surgery and multiple sclerosis, as well as contributors’ discussion of substance abuse problems.

Fox News did not respond to requests for comment.

Falzone, who is still employed by Fox News, is seeking unspecified damages.