Lacey Chabert has earned her spot as Hallmark’s latest “Queen of Christmas,” but it didn’t happen overnight. The actress, 42, made her Hallmark Channel debut with 2010’s Elevator Girl. Two years later,

A new lawsuit claims a Hallmark exec said Lacey Chabert and Holly Robinson Peete were getting too old to find Christmas-themed love.

A Hallmark executive feared that stars like Holly Robinson Peete and Lacey Chabert were 'aging out,' according to a new lawsuit.

A former Hallmark casting director, 79-year-old Penny Perry, has filed a lawsuit against network executives alleging ageist and ableist harassment, including claims that executives advocated for the replacement of "old talent" like Hallmark favorites 42-year-old Lacey Chabert and 60-year-old Holly Robinson-Peete.

An executive at the Hallmark Channel wanted to replace Lacey Chabert, the studio’s reigning Queen of Christmas, because the 42-year-old was getting too “old,” Variety reported. The studio’s vice president for programming,

A former Hallmark Channel casting director has filed an age discrimination lawsuit against the network, which claims Hallmark executive VP of programming Lisa Hamilton Daly told her staff she wanted to replace “old people” like Holly Robinson Peete and Lacey Chabert.

Lacey Chabert has made a home for herself on the Hallmark Channel, having become a Hallmark Christmas movie queen after appearing in more than 30 of its movies. However, a recent lawsuit indicates her relationship with the network might not be as idyllic as the ones depicted in her movies.