Ben Mezrich’s wife gets TV boot

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By Jessica Heslam / Media Biz
Thursday, November 5, 2009 - Updated 15d 12h ago
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The wife of best-selling author Ben Mezrich has been canned from a new lifestyle TV show but is firing back - claiming her bosses discriminated against her because she’s pregnant.

Tonya Chen Mezrich, who is visibly pregnant, was officially sent packing this week from “Style Boston,” an independently produced show that airs weekly on regional news network NECN, because her wooden on-screen performance wasn’t making the grade.

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FASHION SPAT: Fired ‘Style Boston’ host Tonya Chen Mezrich, left, seen with show creator Terri Stanley in this file photo, says she was canned because of her pregnancy. But Stanley called her performance ‘weak.’