By Megan Riedlinger
8:00pm PST, Jan 19, 2023
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Lots of our favourite discuss reveals have endured some fairly intense scandals through the years — from battles between co-hosts to affair accusations, allegations of racism, poisonous friendships and extra. Wonderwall.com is having a look again at a few of the most unforgettable, beginning with this drama…
On Jan. 19, 2023, DailyMail.com reported that again in 2015 — seven years earlier than he made headlines for his alleged affair with “Good Morning America” co-anchor Amy Robach (extra on that subsequent) — T.J. Holmes cheated on his now-estranged spouse, Marilee Fiebig, with then-24-year-old ABC script coordinator Jasmin Pettaway, who’s 13 years his junior and initially related with him whereas looking for alternatives for mentorship. “He was a predator who took full benefit of his place, and he was reckless,” a supply mentioned. “It was Jasmin’s first actual job in tv, and it was a giant deal for her. She was on the lookout for a mentor and she or he reached out to a number of individuals. T.J was somebody who was responsive, however he completely abused the place of belief.”
The supply went on to allege that Jasmin and T.J. — who labored as a contract contributor for ABC Information on the time — usually went out for drinks collectively earlier than issues between them took a flip. “I don’t understand how lengthy that had been occurring earlier than it obtained sexual, however I do know the primary time it did was in his workplace, and he was about to go on air in a few hours,” the supply mentioned, including that the primary time T.J. and Jasmin attached, there was “an environment shift, virtually an expectation that one thing’s going to occur, and it did.” Continued the alleged insider, “They’d intercourse and I do know she was confused afterwards as to what it meant. That sort of ‘Did that simply actually occur?’ feeling. I imply, that’s fairly dangerous habits on his half.” The supply additionally alleged that T.J. as soon as “obtained handsy” with Jasmin in a public place. “He simply didn’t appear to care. You recognize he’s sporting his ring. He has a spouse, he has a comparatively high-profile job, however he wasn’t appearing like he was involved about both of these issues on the time,” the supply mentioned.
T.J.’s alleged affair with Jasmin reportedly “fizzled out” after a number of months. “It didn’t final lengthy however it’s important to marvel if he ever invested in being a mentor in any respect?” the supply speculated. “Jasmin was a phenomenal lady and he had all of it on his phrases. He was after which he wasn’t. This was a younger girl, beginning out in a troublesome trade, on the lookout for function fashions and mentors and she or he obtained T.J. Nobody talked about abuse of energy again then, however stuff occurred … Did he ever wish to be skilled when it got here to Jasmin or simply spoil the fruits he’d been given? I don’t know. I simply know he was all the time trying to be the man with the swagger. He didn’t appear to care that he was married or that he might be risking his job.”
In accordance with a number of DailyMail.com sources, Jasmin wasn’t the one younger feminine colleague who caught T.J.’s eye: A girl described as “a younger community intern” as soon as alleged that she was left feeling “confused” and “freaked out” by T.J.’s undesirable advances. DailyMail.com reported that a minimum of one government producer at ABC Information ignored makes an attempt to sound the alarm on T.J.’s “behavioral points” — the EP replied that she or he “didn’t wish to know” about what “an enormous legal responsibility” he’d develop into. Web page Six beforehand reported that from 2016 to 2019, T.J. had an affair with yet one more colleague — then-married “GMA” producer Natasha Singh. He additionally reportedly cheated with one other unnamed “GMA” staffer. It’s unclear if the second girl is Jasmine or another person.
Preserve studying for extra on T.J.’s alleged affair with Amy, then learn on for extra memorable discuss present host scandals, controversies and feuds…
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On Nov. 30, 2022, DailyMail.com printed a bombshell story alleging that “Good Morning America” co-hosts Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes — who had been each married to different individuals on the time — had developed their friendship right into a romantic relationship many months earlier. The outlet shared pictures of the morning present journalists holding fingers in a automotive, getting shut at a New York Metropolis bar and touching intimately throughout an upstate New York getaway. DailyMail.com additional claimed that the colleagues’ relationship turned romantic in June 2022 after they had been in London overlaying the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee for ABC and that each of their marriages — Amy’s to former “Melrose Place” actor Andrew Shue, T.J.’s to legal professional Marilee Fiebig — resulted in August 2022. “There have been rumors they had been having an affair a couple of 12 months in the past,” a supply informed Individuals journal. “Lots of people believed there may need been some fact to it, as a result of you’ll be able to see there’s a mutual affection there. However everybody in the end chalked it as much as friendship as a result of they all the time mentioned they had been each fortunately married.” The next day, Individuals — citing an insider — reported that Amy and T.J. didn’t begin relationship till after they’d separated from their spouses. “This was two consenting adults who had been every separated. They each broke up with their spouses in August inside weeks of one another. The connection didn’t begin till after that,” mentioned the insider. Within the wake of the scandal, ABC pulled each Amy and T.J. off the air on Dec. 5 whereas the community’s president discovered subsequent steps. “I wish to say that whereas the connection isn’t a violation of firm coverage, I actually have taken the previous couple of days to consider and work by way of what I believe is greatest for the ABC Information group,” ABC President Kim Godwin defined on an editorial name, as reported by The Hollywood Reporter. On Dec. 8, TMZ reported that the human sources and authorized departments had been investigating if Amy or T.J. did something to breach their contracts.
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A scandal rocked morning TV in 2017 when a number of ladies accused “At the moment” host Matt Lauer of sexual misconduct. NBC fired him on Nov. 29, 2017, after confirming one staffer’s story. (Different ladies’s troubling tales quickly surfaced.) The disgraced — and then-married — veteran host adopted up his fast dismissal with an announcement by which he apologized however denied the accuracy of a few of the detailed allegations. “There aren’t any phrases to specific my sorrow and remorse for the ache I’ve precipitated others by phrases and actions. To the individuals I’ve harm, I’m actually sorry,” he mentioned. “As I’m scripting this I notice the depth of the injury and disappointment I’ve left behind at residence and at NBC. Some of what’s being mentioned about me is unfaithful or mischaracterized, however there’s sufficient fact in these tales to make me really feel embarrassed and ashamed. I remorse that my disgrace is now shared by the individuals I cherish dearly.” He was changed by colleague Hoda Kotb.
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For almost a decade, wildly in style morning hosts Katie Couric and Matt Lauer labored facet by facet main NBC’s “At the moment” present. Their friendship continued after Katie left in 2006, however it imploded spectacularly after Matt was accused of sexual misconduct and let go from the community in 2017. “We’ve got no relationship [now],” Katie informed present co-anchor Savannah Guthrie on an October 2021 episode “At the moment” whereas selling her memoir “Going There.” “There was a facet of Matt I by no means actually knew,” Katie defined. “As I obtained extra info and realized what was occurring behind the scenes, it was actually upsetting and disturbing. It was actually devastating, but additionally disgusting,” she added of his alleged historical past of sexual harassment and abuse of energy within the office. Katie mentioned she “tried to grasp … why he was so reckless and callous, and truthfully abusive to different ladies” and additional shared that Matt “thinks I betrayed him,” which makes her “unhappy.” However she too felt betrayed — by what he did — whereas engaged on the present they “each cherished,” she added. In September 2022, RadarOnline claimed that, in line with a supply, Matt has plans to “get even” with colleagues together with Katie in a future tell-all e book.
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Awkward! One of the vital uncomfortable shake-ups on late evening tv went down in 2009 when Conan O’Brien changed a retiring Jay Leno on “The Tonight Present.” After a number of months, Jay determined he wished his outdated job again — and NBC truly gave it to him! Finally, Conan — who went on to host his personal present on TBS — solely had seven months within the “Tonight Present” chair earlier than Jay reclaimed his spot. Jay retired for good in 2014, paving the way in which for Jimmy Fallon to take over the coveted gig. Conan, in the meantime, retired from late evening TV in June 2021.
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Kelly Ripa — who celebrates 52nd birthday on Oct. 2, 2022 — and Michael Strahan had a reasonably dramatic cut up in 2016 when the previous soccer star introduced he’d be leaving their morning program, “Dwell! With Kelly and Michael,” for a profitable new gig on “Good Morning America” — and solely informed Kelly minutes earlier than the remainder of the world though they’d been co-hosting “Dwell!” collectively since 2012. (In accordance with some experiences, Michael and Kelly had been something however amicable behind-the-scenes lengthy earlier than he left.) Michael, who introduced his huge transfer to “GMA” in April that 12 months, supposed to stay with “Dwell!” by way of the summer time — as a substitute, he left in Could amid mounting tensions. Kelly, who took some unscheduled time away from her present within the wake of Michael’s new-job information, informed Individuals journal a number of weeks later that she felt blindsided by how all the pieces went down. “I believe that every one persons are deserving of truthful remedy within the office. Individuals deserve respect,” she mentioned. “Individuals needs to be handled equally and with dignity.”
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On “The View” throughout a Jan. 31, 2022, dialogue a couple of Tennessee college district’s ban of the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel “Maus,” which is a couple of Holocaust survivor, co-host Whoopi Goldberg shocked viewers when she claimed, “The Holocaust isn’t about race. … It’s about man’s inhumanity to man.” Whoopi quickly apologized on social media, on a late evening present and on “The View” the subsequent day, explaining, “My phrases upset so many individuals, which was by no means my intention. I perceive why. The knowledge I obtained was actually useful,” she mentioned partially. “I mentioned the Holocaust wasn’t about race and was as a substitute about man’s inhumanity to man. It’s certainly about race as a result of Hitler and the Nazis thought-about Jews to be the inferior race. Phrases matter and mine aren’t any exception. I remorse my feedback and I stand corrected.” It wasn’t sufficient for community execs: On Feb. 1, Whoopi was suspended for 2 weeks over “her fallacious and hurtful feedback” in regards to the Holocaust. Stated Kim Godwin, the president of ABC Information, “Whereas Whoopi has apologized, I’ve requested her to take time to replicate and be taught in regards to the impression of her feedback. All the ABC Information group stands in solidarity with our Jewish colleagues, buddies, household and communities.” Celebrities, in the meantime, took to social media to weigh in on the controversy with most condemning Whoopi’s feedback and others voicing their assist following her apologies.
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James Corden made headlines in mid-2021 when a viral petition accused him of spurring anti-Asian racism with the “Spill Your Guts” section on “The Late Late Present.” Right here’s the premise: If a visitor on the comic’s discuss present doesn’t wish to reply a troublesome query, she or he can pattern a singular meals dish as a substitute. James has referred to as the menu gadgets — lots of that are mainstays in several Asian cultures — “actually disgusting” and “horrific.” Defined the petition starter, “Within the wake of the fixed Asian hate crimes which have repeatedly been occurring, not solely is that this section extremely culturally offensive and insensitive, however it additionally encourages anti-Asian racism. … So many Asian Individuals are persistently bullied and mocked for his or her native meals, and this section amplifies and encourages it.” James later admitted that he and his colleagues “utterly perceive” the criticism. He additionally promised to make adjustments: “It’s not for us to find out whether or not any individual’s upset or harm about one thing. … All we will do is go, ‘All proper, we get it. We gained’t do this,’” he informed radio host Howard Stern. “Our present is a present about pleasure and lightweight and love. We don’t wish to make a present to upset anyone.”
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Jay Leno isn’t any stranger to feuding together with his fellow late evening hosts. His drama with David Letterman goes again to the early ’90s when Jay was chosen over Dave to interchange Johnny Carson because the host of “The Tonight Present.” Their long-running rivalry — which impressed the non-fiction e book “The Late Shift: Letterman, Leno, and the Community Battle for the Night time,” in addition to a 1996 HBO film primarily based on the e book — lasted for many years. Following Jay’s drama with Conan O’Brien in 2009 and 2010, Dave even remarked that there are “two sorts of discuss present hosts: Jay Leno, and people who have been victimized by Jay Leno.”
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2020 wasn’t the perfect 12 months for Ellen DeGeneres. That March, comic and podcast producer Kevin T. Porter — in an effort to lift cash for an area meals financial institution — took to Twitter to encourage individuals to share tales exposing the celebrity and debunking her public picture as one of many nicest celebs in Hollywood. Kevin tweeted, “Reply to this with probably the most insane tales you’ve heard about Ellen being imply & I’ll match each one w/ $2 to @LAFoodBank.” He obtained greater than 2,000 responses. Then over the summer time, former workers of the comic’s discuss present anonymously alleged that the present fostered a tradition of meanness and discrimination that noticed many subjected to racist remarks, microaggressions and sexual misconduct — despite the star’s “be sort” mantra. Ellen lastly spoke out publicly in regards to the controversy and allegations towards her in September. “As you’ll have heard this summer time there have been allegations of a poisonous work surroundings at our present, after which there was an investigation,” she informed her viewers whereas kicking off a brand new season. “I realized that issues occurred right here that by no means ought to have occurred. I take that very critically, and I wish to say I’m so sorry to the individuals who had been affected. I do know that I’m able of privilege and energy, and I notice that with that comes accountability, and I take accountability for what occurs at my present.” In 2021, Ellen introduced she would step down as soon as her contract resulted in 2022, and her remaining present aired in Could. Kelly Clarkson took over Ellen’s time slot when her present returned for its fourth season within the fall of 2022.
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“The Actual” is completed, and one host went on the lookout for a scapegoat. On April 8, 2022, a number of experiences claimed the morning discuss present had been canceled after eight seasons and some hours later, panelist Loni Love confirmed that the present was over and pinned its demise on COVID-19. On Instagram, Loni mentioned that the forged and crew did “all the pieces we may to scale the present down … We shot 7-8 reveals in 3 days, no viewers, made a convention room right into a studio, however in my view Covid prices killed this present.” Critics, nevertheless, blamed viewership, not the pandemic: “The Actual” historically ranked lifeless final within the rankings when in comparison with its daytime discuss present opponents.
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On March 14, 2021, “The Discuss” introduced that it was occurring a short hiatus whereas CBS reviewed a heated change between Sharon Osbourne and fellow co-host Sheryl Underwood. Only a few days earlier, the ladies obtained into an on-air altercation after Sharon defended Piers Morgan’s controversial feedback about Duchess Meghan. (He questioned the validity of her psychological well being struggles and her allegations of racism throughout the royal household.) Sharon demanded that Sheryl “educate” her on racism and later mentioned that she’d been accused of being racist for backing Piers. After the change, Sharon apologized on Twitter. Piers later alleged that “The Discuss” producers pressured Sharon to apologize. He then demanded an apology from “The Discuss.” A number of weeks later, CBS mentioned Sharon “has determined to go away ‘The Discuss.’”
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CBS’s “The Discuss” clearly has had its justifiable share of drama behind the scenes. The present, which began in 2010 and relies on the British every day program “Unfastened Ladies,” initially featured six co-hosts — Julie Chen, Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne, Holly Robinson Peete, Leah Remini and Marissa Jaret Winokur. Leah and Holly had been launched from the present after only one season in 2011. Leah later took to Twitter to name out Sharon for being instrumental of their firing, writing, “Sharon thought me and Holly had been ‘ghetto’… we weren’t humorous, awkward, and didn’t know ourselves,” she tweeted. “She has the facility that was given to her.” Sharon later tweeted in response, “I had completely nothing to do along with her departure [from] the present and do not know why she continues to… unfold this false gossip.”
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In Could 2021, issues had been getting so tense (and private) on “The View” that an ABC exec reportedly needed to step in. TMZ reported that the president of ABC Information held an emergency assembly with “The View” expertise and producers to demand that co-hosts Meghan McCain and Pleasure Behar tone down their more and more heated verbal sparring. (Across the time, Meghan additionally made headlines when she snapped at Whoopi Goldberg when the comic — who serves because the panel’s moderator — mentioned they needed to reduce to a business break. “Why are you slicing me off?!” an incensed Meghan yelled.) ABC allegedly had been flooded with calls to fireside the present’s lone conservative speaking head, and the pinnacle of ABC indicated that the fixed bickering between Meghan and Pleasure was coming off as “poisonous.” (The distinction of opinion between the 2 ladies has been well-chronicled since Meghan joined the present in 2017.) Apparently Meghan didn’t take too kindly to the assembly: She reportedly stormed out earlier than it ended as a result of she felt she was being “attacked.” Simply weeks later, she formally resigned from the panel, attributing her choice to her need to lift her new daughter within the Washington, D.C., space slightly than in New York Metropolis, the place “The View” movies.
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Jimmy Fallon made headlines in Could 2020 when an outdated “Saturday Night time Dwell” sketch from the 12 months 2000 — by which he donned blackface whereas impersonating Chris Rock — resurfaced on Twitter. Amid the controversy, the “Tonight Present” host took a week-long break from his late evening time slot. He returned with an apology: “In 2000, whereas on ‘SNL,’ I made a horrible choice to do an impersonation of Chris Rock whereas in blackface,” he wrote on Twitter. “There isn’t a excuse for this. I’m very sorry for making this unquestionably offensive choice and thank all of you for holding me accountable.” The resurfaced sketch spurred calls to cancel Jimmy — #jimmyfallonisoverparty even trended on Twitter — however Chris truly got here to Jimmy’s protection. “Hey, man, I’m buddies with Jimmy. Jimmy’s an important man. And he didn’t imply something,” the “Fargo” actor informed The New York Instances. “Lots of people wish to say intention doesn’t matter, however it does. And I don’t suppose Jimmy Fallon supposed to harm me. And he didn’t.”
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Megyn Kelly had a tumultuous journey at NBC: Her bumpy tenure lasted just a little greater than a 12 months and ended with a scandal. Early on, experiences prompt that the previous Fox Information character, who’d inked a three-year deal price a reported $69 million to $75 million, was rubbing her new NBC co-workers the fallacious method. Her morning present — the third hour of “At the moment,” which was dubbed “Megyn Kelly At the moment” — additionally lagged within the rankings division. The start of the tip for Megyn got here on Oct. 23, 2018, when she mentioned on her present that it was truthful sport to put on blackface for Halloween “so long as it’s a personality.” Lots of her colleagues disagreed — and so they didn’t cover their emotions. The next day, because the backlash to her feedback grew, Megyn issued a mea culpa: “The nation feels so divided and I’ve no want to add to that ache and offense. I consider it is a time for extra understanding, extra love, extra sensitivity and honor. … Thanks for listening and for serving to me hear too,” she mentioned. “It isn’t OK for that to be a part of any costume. Halloween or in any other case. I’ve by no means been a PC sort of particular person, however I do perceive the worth of being delicate to our historical past. Notably on race and ethnicity.” However her apology wasn’t sufficient. Days later, a number of media shops reported that NBC gave Megyn the boot. She instantly began exit negotiations, which didn’t go easily and lasted for greater than two months. (Finally, Web page Six reported, she left with $30 million — the stability left on her contract with NBC.) Including to the drama, Megyn parted methods along with her longtime expertise company, CAA, across the identical time.
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Behind-the-scenes drama on “The View” dates all the way in which again to its inception. One of many discuss present’s authentic hosts, Star Jones, instantly fell out with co-host and sequence creator Barbara Walters in 2006 — almost a decade after “The View” launched in 1997 — when ABC informed her (by way of her agent slightly than in particular person) that her reputation “had dropped” and that they wouldn’t be renewing her contract. “I really feel like I used to be fired,” she informed Individuals journal on the time. Barbara deliberate to disclose on-air that Star can be leaving the present on good phrases, however as a substitute, the legal professional beat her to the punch, making the announcement two days sooner than deliberate. Barbara later informed Individuals journal she felt “betrayed” and blindsided by the transfer. A number of years later, Star’s inexperience on the discuss present impressed her e book “Devil’s Sisters” (inform us how you actually really feel!) — which in flip impressed a short-lived satirical VH1 sequence referred to as “Daytime Divas.” However that wasn’t the tip of the drama. In 2019, author Ramin Setoodeh — who interviewed Star for his e book “Girls Who Punch: The Explosive Inside Story of The View” — alleged that issues actually soured between Star and Barbara when Star started to suspect that Barbara leaked information of her 2007 gastric bypass surgical procedure to the press.
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In June 2012, Ann Curry’s tearful exit from the “At the moment” present precipitated main waves and spurred a number of nasty rumors in regards to the nature of her departure. Brian Stelter’s e book “High of the Morning: Contained in the Cutthroat World of Morning TV” finally substantiated most of the whispers about what went down. The tell-all alleges that members of the “At the moment” present employees mistreated Ann and made her life “torture” for her previous few months on the present. Reporter Joe Hagan additionally confirmed the validity of the rumors, sharing that an NBC employees member informed him, “Everyone at NBC, everyone on the ‘At the moment’ present, everyone understood that Ann was kicked out of her place as a result of Matt [Lauer] didn’t need her there. That’s why it was so private between Ann and Matt.”
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In November 2013, MSNBC canceled Alec Baldwin’s late evening discuss present, “Up Late with Alec Baldwin,” after simply 5 episodes when the Emmy-winning actor made headlines for allegedly utilizing a homophobic slur whereas speaking to paparazzi. He ended up apologizing later, saying, “Phrases are vital. I perceive that, and can select mine with nice care going ahead. What I mentioned and did this week, as I used to be making an attempt to guard my household, was offensive and unacceptable.” The apology didn’t save his present.
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Megyn Kelly irked Jane Fonda when she requested the actress-activist about her cosmetic surgery and growing older throughout an look on a September 2017 episode of “Megyn Kelly At the moment.” The Oscar winner — who was visibly aggravated by the query — clapped again, “We actually wish to speak about that now?” She then pivoted to discussing the movie she was there to advertise: “Our Souls at Night time.” The awkward interplay made headlines for days. After Jane made a joke about it on the “At the moment” present a number of months later, Megyn accused Jane of being “fixated” on the change. Megyn additionally derided what she described as Jane’s “‘poor me’ routine” and denounced the actress for greater than three minutes, insinuating that her anti-Vietnam Conflict protests had been unpatriotic. “By the way in which, [Jane] nonetheless says she’s ‘not proud’ of America,” Megyn mentioned. “So the ethical indignation is just a little a lot.” Many thought Megyn’s rant was just a little a lot too.
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When Natalie Morales left the “At the moment” present to host “Entry Hollywood” in 2016, her abrupt departure sparked questions in regards to the nature of her relationship with Matt Lauer. (Each had been married on the time.) In accordance with Web page Six, there was hypothesis she left as a result of “Matt didn’t wish to work along with her” after issues took a flip of their relationship. It wasn’t the primary time the pleasant colleagues — who launched statements denying the claims — had been linked. In 2006, there have been rumors that Matt’s then-wife, Annette Roque, filed for divorce when she found he and Natalie had an alleged affair whereas overlaying the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy. (Annette in the end withdrew her petition for divorce that point.)
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Steve Harvey made headlines in 2017 when a memo he despatched to the employees of his eponymous discuss present surfaced on the web. The word didn’t precisely jive together with his pleasant on-air persona: It basically informed staffers to keep away from him. Among the many instructions Steve wrote within the memo? “Don’t come to my dressing room until invited. … Don’t method me whereas I’m within the make-up chair until I ask to talk with you instantly. … Don’t try to stroll with me [in the hallway].” After the memo went viral, Steve correctly opted to bail on a wrap social gathering for his present.
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Billy Bush didn’t final lengthy on the “At the moment” present. In 2016 — just some months after he transferred over from “Entry Hollywood” — scorching mic audio from a 2005 interview he carried out with Donald Trump leaked: Billy might be heard laughing agreeably because the “Apprentice” star made lewd feedback about cleaning soap star Arianne Zucker and bragged about kissing and groping ladies. The “At the moment” present swiftly gave Billy the boot … whereas Trump went on to develop into president. “Clearly I’m embarrassed and ashamed,” Billy mentioned in an announcement after the tape went viral. “It’s no excuse, however this occurred 11 years in the past — I used to be youthful, much less mature, and acted foolishly in taking part in alongside. I’m very sorry.”
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Throughout a 2004 look on CNN’s “Crossfire” with Tucker Carlson, Jon Stewart accused the present of “hurting America” and referred to as Tucker and co-host Paul Begala “partisan hacks.” Stated Jon, “You’re doing theater when you ought to be doing debate. What you do isn’t sincere. What you do is partisan hackery.” When Tucker — who’s now a Fox Information star — fired again with insults about “The Each day Present,” which Jon hosted on the time, the actor hit again that he does comedy, which is completely different: “You’re on CNN. The present main into me is puppets making crank telephone calls. What’s fallacious with you?” Jon went on to deal with his controversial feedback on “The Each day Present,” although he didn’t supply up an apology: “Apparently, whenever you invite somebody on a present referred to as ‘Crossfire’ and also you categorical your opinion, they don’t look after that,” he mentioned.
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In 2009, David Letterman fessed as much as having affairs with a number of colleague throughout his time because the host of “Late Present With David Letterman.” The confession got here after a tv producer with information of one of many affairs tried to extort the comic for $2 million. David beat him to the punch by sharing the information himself. “I’m terribly sorry,” he mentioned whereas coming clear on his late evening present. He added that spouse Regina Lasko — whom he’d married earlier that 12 months after greater than a decade of coupledom — had “been horribly harm by my habits.”
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Stephen Colbert bombed whereas serving because the featured entertainer throughout the 2006 White Home Correspondents’ Affiliation Dinner. He channeled his conservative “The Colbert Report” alter ego as he delivered a essential monologue targeted on President George W. Bush, who was in workplace on the time, and it simply didn’t land with the dinner’s attendees. A video of the monologue, nevertheless, went viral, in the end contributing to a increase in rankings for his present.
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In July 2020, ViacomCBS fired Nick Cannon over anti-Semitic remarks he made on his “Cannon’s Class” podcast. The corporate mentioned in an announcement that Nick — who’s lengthy hosted MTV and Nickelodeon reveals like “Lip Sync Battle Shorties” and “Wild ‘N Out” — had “promoted hateful speech and unfold anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.” In accordance with Web page Six, Nick mentioned he didn’t initially apologize as a result of he felt that Black individuals had been “true Hebrews.” Nick went on to demand full possession of “Wild ‘N Out” and ViacomCBS launched an announcement explaining that execs had been “deeply troubled that Nick did not acknowledge or apologize for perpetuating anti-Semitism.” The music star and tv host finally issued an apology, telling his “Jewish sisters and brothers” that he was sorry for “the hurtful and divisive phrases that got here out of my mouth… They strengthened the worst stereotypes of a proud and sumptuous individuals and I really feel ashamed of the uninformed and naïve place that these phrases got here from…”
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In Could 2007, “The View” panelists Rosie O’Donnell — who’d simply joined the forged that 12 months — and Elisabeth Hasselbeck — who was into her fifth season on the time — butted heads over a delicate and well timed concern: the conflict in Iraq. The extraordinarily heated debate performed out unedited on reside tv. The tip results of the uncomfortable and intense verbal altercation? ABC introduced that contract negotiations with Rosie fell by way of and that she wouldn’t return for a second season of “The View.” (She did finally return in July 2014 — solely to go away once more in February 2016, calling the transfer a “private choice.”) Greater than a decade later, the 2 ladies made headlines once more when Rosie admitted she as soon as had a crush on Elisabeth and the conservative speaking head referred to as the revelation “disturbing.”
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Oprah Winfrey landed in scorching water when she featured James Frey’s alleged memoir “A Million Little Items” in her wildly profitable e book membership. It was quickly dropped at the discuss present host’s consideration that the creator fabricated main parts of the “memoir.” So the media mogul invited the author to look on an early 2006 episode of “The Oprah Winfrey Present” … throughout which she went after him exhausting over his lies. The press dubbed James “the person who conned Oprah” — and her anger was evident throughout her interview with him. (She later apologized to the creator for the extreme line of questioning.)
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Former “Entry Hollywood” and “The Insider” host Pat O’Brien made headlines in 2005 when he left a string of offensive, expletive-filled voicemails for a girl he’d simply met. The graphic nature of his messages — which the lady shared with the press — shocked longtime viewers as they contradicted his then-squeaky-clean picture. He promptly checked into rehab for alcoholism. Pat later informed Oprah Winfrey that he didn’t even keep in mind the calls. “One of many byproducts of alcoholism are blackouts,” he mentioned. “I don’t keep in mind it.” However three years later, Pat was fired from “The Insider” following one other scandal! In a leaked e mail he’d written to co-workers, Pat rudely claimed that footage of colleague Lara Spencer choosing out equipment made viewers “wish to vomit.”
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Jimmy Kimmel enraged Chinese language individuals across the globe when he made an insensitive joke about China on a 2013 episode of his eponymous late evening present. Throughout a controversial “Jimmy Kimmel Dwell” section, the comic responded “that’s an fascinating thought” after a baby prompt “killing everybody in China” as an answer to coping with America’s rising debt. The assertion enraged Chinese language American teams, which demanded an apology. Jimmy in the end obliged: “I assumed it was apparent that I didn’t agree with that assertion, however apparently it wasn’t,” he mentioned. “So I simply wish to say I’m sorry. I apologize. It was actually not my intent to upset anybody. I’m right here to show frowns the other way up.”
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Generally there’s even dangerous blood between discuss reveals! Throughout a late-2013 look on “The Arsenio Corridor Present,” “The Discuss” co-host Sharon Osbourne made some not-so-friendly remarks about rival female-driven daytime present “The View.” She famous that though she cherished Barbara Walters, the remainder of the ladies who host “The View” may “go f*** themselves.” The remark was not well-received, and Sharon finally issued an apology.
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Elisabeth Hasselbeck was an argument magnet from the second she joined “The View” in 2003. She usually butted heads along with her fellow panelists — specifically Rosie O’Donnell — whereas representing the conservative stance. In 2013, rumors began swirling that ABC was gearing as much as hearth Elisabeth. The thrill obtained so dangerous, Barbara Walters was compelled to close it down, explaining on air that the conservative speaking head was not being fired over her political beliefs however slightly determined to go away the present of her personal volition. In July 2013, Elisabeth exited “The View” to take a job at Fox Information.
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Even Barbara Walters isn’t a fan of “The View” lately! The legendary TV journalist created the present, which debuted in 1997, however handed over the reins in 2014 after 17 seasons on the air. Ever since, there’ve been whispers that she’s not precisely thrilled with how issues turned out. Web page Six as soon as reported that Barbara felt executives ruined the sequence by casting “uninformed youngster actors” to take a seat on the panel (see: “Full Home” star Candace Cameron Bure and former “The Cosby Present” actress Raven-Symoné) as a substitute of “good, educated ladies with robust expertise.” In accordance with Julie Chen — a former moderator on rival present “The Discuss” — that’s correct! “I believed each phrase I learn in Web page Six. I do suppose Barbara Walters might be like, ‘This superb present I created is now simply sort of withering away with a revolving door of hosts that folks can’t maintain straight.’ I imply, I ought to know all of the names of the hosts and I don’t as a result of it adjustments so usually!” Julie informed Bravo’s Andy Cohen.
