Barbara Fedida, an ABC News executive overseeing talent and business, has been placed on administrative leave while the network investigates insensitive comments she made in the workplace, The Hollywood Reporterhas confirmed.
The Huffington Postfirst reported the news, citing 34 anonymous sources that were collected over a period of six months. According to the report, there was an encounter in 2018 between Fedida and Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts that included one of the alleged inappropriate remarks.
Roberts was reportedly attempting to negotiate her contract renewal — the longtime broadcaster had been at ABC since 2005 — and Fedida responded negatively and made a comment to the effect of, it wasn't as if the network was.
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