COUNTDOWN's Rachel Riley and host Anne Robinson have been branded a "chihuahua" and a "rottweiler" as their backstage feud spilled into the public eye.
Tensions erupted between the colleagues when Anne, 77, switched off Rachel's microphone after becoming infuriated by her small talk.
They've also clashed over their filming comforts including dressing rooms, make-up artists and wardrobe budgets. But sources have put their friction down to simply being different breeds of people.
And Rachel, a show favourite since joining in 2009 with then-host Jeff Stelling, has done little to disguise her apparent dislike of Anne.
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