ABC executives fired a top producer from "The View" after she criticized Rosie O'Donnell in front of the show's full staff, according to Page Six.
At a production meeting in early February, Senior Producer Jennifer Shepard-Brookman was "profoundly and publicly disrespectful" to O'Donnell, sources told Page Six.
The producer, who was suspended after O'Donnell and other staff members complained to the company's human resources department following the incident, was officially fired last week. Shepard-Brookman was an eight-year veteran of ABC Dayside.
A source gave Page Six a first-hand account of what went down:
"During a production meeting, Jennifer began mumbling behind Rosie, who told her, 'If you have something to say, say it to my face!' So Jennifer did - she laced into Rosie, and there was a shouting match. Jennifer was loud, and profoundly and publicly disrespectful to Rosie."
The source went on to say that regardless of circumstances, staff members always need to be conscious of the "pecking order" on television.
"Producers cannot be publicly disrespectful to the talent, no matter how much you disagree. You have to know your place," the source told Page Six.
ABC did not take the situation lightly-- once source said findings of the internal investigation reached Ben Sherwood, President of Disney/ABC Television Group.
The incident took place before O'Donnell left "The View."
