Female Writer Says That Charlie Rose Was An ‘Unmitigated Douchebag’

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A writer who wrote a 1999 profile on Charlie Rose for the New York Times Magazine posted on Facebook this week, calling Charlie an “unmitigated douchebag.”

“We spent several days together, and I really came to dislike him.” Rebecca Johnson wrote, “I had just signed a contract with Vogue and he asked me if I liked [then-Vogue editor-in-chief] Anna Wintour. I replied that I didn’t ‘like’ her or not. It wasn’t that kind of relationship. When he sensed my increasing coldness, he SO weirdly called me up and threatened to tell Anna I said I didn’t like her.”

Rebecca still works for Vogue. And she continued, “I was stunned at how puerile he was and told him to do whatever he needed to do. The next day, Anna called! She seemed as irritated by him as I was, but she had promised to make the call. Most awkward phone conversation ever. Charlie Rose. Unmitigated douchebag. Now and forever.”