Dominic Halls

Dominic Halls (b. 17th November, 1949) is a semi-retired British-American children's advocate, television producer and author. Growing up in London, England, he studied English and tourism in university. Halls moved to Kuboia in 1985 in order to study its culture. He was the chairman for TVVC's Children's Department from 1989 until 1998. During this period, he created Bumper's Block and its shows Rat Labyrinth and Penny Arcade.

Having left the television industry in 2001, Halls has mostly retired. He continues to publish books, review certain television series on the internet and make appearances in interviews.

Biography
Halls was born on 17th November, 1949 to an American-British father and a British mother. He spent a majority of his childhood in London, England. According to Halls, his parents were very strict, with his father forcing him to attend boarding school. He later went on to achieve a degree in both English and Geography.

In the 1980s, Halls travelled across Europe to study the cultures of several different countries. He lived in Germany for a year before moving to the Dominion of Kuboia in 1985, which was transitioning into an independent country at the time.

Controversy and criticism
Throughout the late 2010s and 2020s, many celebrities and other high-profile people who worked with Halls in the past started to speak up and talk about their negative interactions with him. Since then, Halls has been accused of emotionally abusing his former colleagues, with some also accusing him of gaslighting, blackmailing and even directly assaulting them.

Halls was reportedly behind a lot of drama that occured on the sets of TVVC's children's programming strands Bumper's Block and KT. Bumper's Block hosts Naomi Karma and Felix Olajide spoke negatively of Halls, with Karma calling him a "horrible, horrible man" and Olajide citing him as a "corrupt scum". KT host Dan Guseo said that Halls still felt entitled to "boss everybody around" even after stepping down as chairman, noting that Ericka Streets was terrified of Halls and would sometimes cry after interacting with him. Caroline Watson, who played Penny Arcade in the game show of the same name said Halls gaslighted her when she tried to quit, noting that she felt "trapped".

In June 2021, Tyh Erinsborough, who was a contestant on Rat Labyrinth mentioned that "everybody felt relieved when he left the room". Erinsborough also claimed his autistic younger sister Aourine Esthers, who was a contestant on Vision Vocal Stars, was emotionally abused by Halls, who he would often call a "spastic". Later, in October that year, Tone Riddles claimed that a lot what others had said was true, and that "the only reason [Halls] got away with what he did is because everybody was too scared to do anything about it".

Responses from public
Since the claims of his former associates, Halls has been a severe victim of public backlash. In late 2018, it was reported that Halls had been banned from many public areas of interest. TVVC revealed on their Facebook page in August 2019 that they would be "trying to distance themselves from Dominic".

Halls has commented little on the whole incident, but states that many of the claims made of him were "highly exaggerated" and "common for the time". He also mentioned how it was "his job" to make sure TVVC and its employees maintained a professional image. A few sources that defend Halls have argued that the public are unwilling to listen to his side of the story, and that a lot of his behaviour is simply him holding old-fashioned and sophisticated values.