ABC7 anchor Shirleen Allicot has left a link in her Instagram bio promoting a heated “battle” with Ken Rosato, who has been fired over a hot mic moment.
Rosato and Allicot had been co-hosts of Eyewitness News during weekday mornings and noon before he disappeared from the network.
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Rosato, who covered the New York City area with ABC7 for two decades, disappeared from the network earlier this month.
The anchor reportedly called Allicot a c**t in a hot mic moment.
Meanwhile, Allicot still has a link in her Instagram bio that leads to a segment from the morning show.
The clip featured her going head-to-head with Rosato in the kitchen.
The two were involved in a battle to become the best newsroom cook in the Great Eyewitness News Holiday Cook-Off.
They had to cook an appetizer, entree, and dessert, all of which had to be gluten-free.
Allicot wound up beating her colleague after a panel of judges voted her dishes superior.
The U.S. Sun has reached out to Allicot for comment.
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HOT MIC MOMENT REVEALED
“It was the C word that got him fired,” an insider told The U.S. Sun.
“He said it on the hot mic, off-air.”
Ken allegedly called his co-anchor Shirleen Allicot a “c**t,” Page Six reported.
A source told the outlet the anchor was “immediately let go” after the incident.
ABC would not disclose the vulgar remark that got Ken fired when the network told employees he wouldn’t be returning.
A general manager at the station informed staffers that Ken “is no longer with WABC” in an internal email last week.
“We thank him for his years of service,” the note said.
His bio was scrubbed from ABC7’s website last week.
There had been speculation that Rosato has used a racial slur, but the former anchor’s representative quickly shut this down.
“Being fired for any racial slur is 100 percent inaccurate and untrue,” the spokesperson told Page Six.
“Ken Rosato had a benchmark of 20 years at WABC of supporting all equality.”
He started at the network as a freelancer in 2003 and was promoted to a full-time anchor position in 2007.
Rosato hosted the network’s morning show alongside Allicot, Heather O’Rourke, and Sam Champion.
His previous Twitter handle, @KenRosatoABC7, appeared to no longer be available as of Monday evening.