‘Styles’ Smackdown
Finally, some Rush & Molloy gossip we can really sink our, uh, claws into:
The dustup between two female editors in the Styles department disrupted work on the Thursday and Sunday Styles sections as co-workers froze at the fracas. Fashion editor Anita LeClerc was the aggressor and her superior, deputy editor Mary Ann Giordano, the victim, sources say. The two had exchanged words just moments before, allegedly over turf, and LeClerc began stomping around the office, muttering loudly to herself. But when Giordano, a talented import from the Metro section, came over in a conciliatory way and tried to smooth things over, LeClerc made it physical.
It gets better, don’t worry:
“She shoved Mary Ann and pushed her, and Mary Ann said, ‘Don’t you touch me! Don’t you touch me!’” says a source. “Mary Ann grabbed her wrists to try to stop her, and [LeClerc] just started flailing.”
Did you catch that? Flailing. Fisticuffs. At the New York Times. Awesome.
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