Now both NBC and Gabrielle Union are calling their sit down yesterday over America’s Got Talent “productive,” but it looks like all roads are leading to Simon Cowell.
“The initial conversation was candid and productive,” said the network this afternoon after a five-hour meeting on Tuesday about the alleged toxic culture on the long running competition series. “While there will be a further investigation to get a deeper understanding of the facts, we are working with Gabrielle to come to a positive resolution,” added NBC.
That further investigation involves AGT creator and judge Cowell, who is at the center of what went down during Union’s one-season stint on the show.
Deadline has learned that the discussion yesterday revolved in no small part around the acerbic Brit’s behavior and overlording of the Fremantle and Cowell’s Syco produced AGT. “The ball is in NBC’s court to see if they can get Cowell to agree to make some changes to the way things are done on the show,” an insider tells me.
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