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 A catfight at The New York Times Friday still has staffers in shock. 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.
| So Ginger and Mary Ann finally went at it, did they? |
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.
"She shoved Mary Ann and pushed her, and Mary Ann said, 'Don't you touch me, you hairy old bitch! Don't you touch me!'" says a source. "Mary Ann grabbed her wrists to try to stop her, and [LeClerc] just started flailing."
| "That was when the knives came out..." |
Top editor Trip Gabriel grabbed LeClerc and dragged the still-sputtering stylista into his office as Giordano followed. "They were in there for a long time," reports a source.
| Suddenly a shot rang out! |
When they came out, Anita went back to her desk, but Mary Ann went out for a walk. She looked shaken."
| "Ginger could see her from her office window. None of us knew she kept that Mannlicher in her desk, but suddenly there she was!" |
The scrap at the newspaper could inspire jokes ("Pulitzers for Pugilism at the Black-and-Blue Lady?") but it's not funny, sources say.
"Mary Ann is afraid now," says one. "She's a really nice woman, too. She keeps candy on her desk!"
| "It's right next to her Ruger." |
That's why some at the respected broadsheet are baffled as to why no apparent disciplinary action has been taken against LeClerc. A Times spokeswoman did not answer questions about the slugfest, or disciplinary action, by deadline. Calls to LeClerc, Giordano and Gabriel were not returned.
"I don't wanna talk about it!"
"Me, neither!" |
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