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IMO, criticizing and making disparaging remarks in a very public forum about a former co-worker, even if there is some or even a lot of truth to it, but 5 years after the fact by the way, is never good form no matter what profession you’re in. I tend to follow in both my personal and professional life the old motto, “If you can’t say something nice about someone; it’s best to not say anything at all”.

I’ve had occasion as a middle management type to be used as a job reference for both former subordinates and peer co-workers. If they ask me first to be a personal/professional reference and I can’t in good conscience write a recommendation letter or give them a glowing recommendation, I will tell them so and why. Otherwise I will only confirm that they worked at “ABC Company” that I was their manager and that they held “XYZ” position and their hire and leaving dates and salary level at the time they left and nothing more. And legally, it is not a good thing to divulge very negative information about a former employee lest you want to get sued.

And you never know who you might be working with at your next job.

I had a co-worker a few jobs ago who was a real biotch – very difficult to work with. I didn’t like her very much on both a personal and professional level and we severely butted heads more than once. But I always kept it professional, at least on my part, even if she IMO didn’t always act in kind.

But then I applied for a position at new company where, unbeknownst to me at the time where she also worked. The HR director, when she reviewed my resume, saw that I had worked at the very same company at the same time as Ms. Biotch, as I learned later on after I was hired, and the HR director spoke to her to get an “unofficial” reference. Much to my surprise given our, IMO very difficult working relationship, she spoke about me in absolutely glowing terms to the HR Director, told her what an asset I would be and very much recommended that I be hired. And while working with her at the new company, she acted much differently than she did at our previous employer and I actually came to like and respect her. Best never to burn bridges.

And if I quit my profession or job every time I worked with some a-hole co-worker, I’d be jobless and homeless by now. And FWIW the really bad co-workers typically didn’t last long anyway. So one bad experience with one actor makes you want to quit acting? Seriously?

"I went and worked for Vince McMahon at the WWE for Christ's sake, and it was a crazier job than working with Kiefer," Prinze told ABC News. "But at least he was cool and tall. I didn't have to take my shoes off to do scenes with him, which they made me do. Just put the guy on an apple box or don't hire me next time. You know I'm six feet and he's five four."

That’s nothing new in Hollywood both in film and on TV. There are a number of leading men actors who have been or are very short in stature but the role, the character they are playing demands that they be made to appear taller and it is often done with camera angles and yes, sometimes making the taller actors stand at a lower incline. And what sort of shoes does Prinze wear that by just taking off his shoes would make him, a 6’ tall man appear the same height as someone who is 5’4”….

Freddie Prinze Jr has been struggling to find decent acting roles during the past 4 years. This seems like a publicity stunt.

It would seem that most of Prinze’s jobs in recent years has been in cartoon voice overwork, and a stint working for the WWF. I would agree that this seems more like a publicity stunt, although I would suggest, an ill advised one.