MSNBC is trapped in the throws of controversy while rumors are swallowing over jealousy at the network about the bumper wage of Star Rachel Maddow, while Lawrence O'Donnell took a bizarre absence in his program.
Rachel Maddow has been a fixture at MSNBC since her program debuted in 2008. She is said to be one of the best paid news anchors in the country and takes home an estimated $ 25 million a year.
Her but loving salary seemed to be an unreachable expectation for the other anchors in the network, with new reports that now suggest that O'Donnell has in wage negotiations.
“Lawrence has tried to negotiate his contract again, and what he wants is what everyone calls the Rachel Maddow deal internally,” an anonymous insider told the US Sun.
“That works about a day a week and recording a podcast, which will never happen again.”
The insider continued to say that Maddow's salary was determined before it was announced that MSNBC would be split off by his parent network, NBC.
She referred to the contract as 'crazy' and 'crazy', and noted that everyone at the network wants her 'golden parachute'.
The Maddow show had the highest reviews in MSNBC in February, according to Adweek, and earlier she promised to increase her on-Air performances from Donald Trump once a week to every weekday during the first 100 days of Donald Trump.
Rachel Maddow is a fixture of MSNBC and reportedly makes a huge salary that an insider claimed to make others on the network jealous
Lawrence O'Donnell announced on March 13 that he would take a week off because of exhaustion, but was absent for two weeks in his show
Maddow and O'Donnell host individual shows on MSNBs with Maddow for the Rachel Maddow Show and O'Donnell that host the last word
The insider claimed that O'Donnell was delivered that as soon as Maddow returns to a slot of once a week, his reviews will struggle because her program is broadcast for him.
'Lawrence's thinking is that it is not fair that his figures will get a hit if Rachel leaves again. He believes that Execs will blame him, and that that will ultimately be bad for his upcoming contract. '
O'Donnell never made a 100-day promise as his colleague and in mid-March admitted in the air that he was 'exhausted' and needed a break.
He told Maddow during the show: 'This is day 52. ​​I thought it was day 92. It turns out that it's day 52, Rachel … and so I'm going to take it off next week. “
O'Donnell continued that he did not want to 'drift away' without an explanation and promised that after a week he would be back for the full 100 days.
Maddow Promised and said that she was 'very sad' to continue without him, but added that she understood why he needed a break.
'You have to take care of yourself. You have to make yourself pace. You have to be here for the long term, so I can't hold it against you, “she said.
A clip from O'Donnell announced his break went viral on social media, and the veteran news anchor did not generate much sympathy for his exhaustion.
Maddow usually organized her show on Monday evening, but raised her performances for the first 100 days of the presidency of Donald Trump
Insiders claimed that O'Donnell was talking to MSNBC about his contract, because he took some free time from his show
O'Donnell told Maddow in his show that he would take a break for a week before he announced that he would eventually take two weeks off due to an illness
“This man is the face of privilege,” said a critic. “He can free a week because politics makes him sad.”
Others did not bought his excuse and wrote: 'He is gone. I will receive an announcement later, something like: 'I am happier not to be out', or 'I have to work on myself/health' or 'spend more time with family' ''.
The timing of the absence coincided with rumors about contract negotiations, whereby the insider also claims that MSNBC executives are planning to keep his O'Donnell as a full-time anchor and not considering him once a week.
“By the time they play, they want to be a standing standing, to be a profitable company and if Lawrence doesn't want to be part of it, or just want to do one show for a week – it will be a problem for him,” she added.
A representative of MSNBC disputed this report to DailyMail.com.
O'Donnell announced his week off from his program, the last word on March 13, but he still has to return to his hosting tasks.
He then clarified on Thursday in a message on X that he was gone because of an illness and wrote: 'Thanks to @MSNBC team @capehartj @alivelshi @jrpsaki for filling in for me. My week off was 2 weeks after I picked up an infection. Expect to be back next week. '
