Jessica Alba's allegations against Beverly Hills, 90210 slammed as a 'lie' by Christine Elise

23 October 2020

Christine Elise has slammed Jessica Alba’s eye contact claims on the set of ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ as a “lie”.

Jessica Alba

Jessica recently alleged she was told not to make eye contact with any of the show’s main cast when she guest starred on the series in 1998, prompting many of the stars to respond and say they don’t doubt Jessica’s experience, although they insist she didn’t get the order from them directly.

However, 55-year-old Christine - who played Emily Valentine - has now come out to slam Jessica’s allegations as “a f****** lie”.

Speaking during an episode of the ‘Beverly Hills 90210 Show’ podcast, she said: "[Producer] Paul Waigner did say, 'The girls may not be nice, the guys might not be nice,' but that's as bad as it got! That cast is very nice and if they don't like you, they go away. That whole 'don’t make eye contact' [claim] is - I'm gonna call it what it is - it's a f****** lie.”

Shortly after the podcast aired, Christine took to Instagram to backtrack on her comments, where she apologised for “calling Jessica Alba a liar”.

Part of her lengthy message read: “JA was quoted as saying she was told not to make eye contact with the cast or risk being thrown off the set.

“That does not sound like the set I was on - and, though I was only in a handful of episodes, I wrote for the show & lived with Jason at the time so - had any such culture evolved on that set - I feel certain I would be aware of it.

“The fact remains that maybe someone - an extra or whatever - delivered that warning to her. That does not mean it was, in fact, something the cast demanded.

“So, I regret calling her a liar but, more importantly, I regret jumping into this sandbox.

“I am embarrassed about my part in this. Apologies to Jessica Alba. (sic)”

Jessica made her allegations against the show earlier this month, when she said she would be “thrown off set” if she made eye contact with any of the show’s main cast.

She claimed: “I couldn’t even make eye contact with any of the cast members, which was really strange when you’re like trying to do a scene with them. It was like, ‘You’re not allowed to make eye contact with any one of the cast members or you’ll be thrown off the set.’ ”