Roger Ailes and Donald Trump are reportedly no longer on speaking terms.
The revelation comes from New York‘s Gabriel Sherman and Vanity Fair‘s Sarah Ellison, who announced it at a VF event on Tuesday.
After the Fox News founder resigned amid a spate of sexual harassment allegations, he became an advisor to the Trump campaign. Specifically, Ailes was reported to be helping Trump prepare for his debates.
“These debate prep sessions weren’t going anywhere,” Sherman said, noting that the Republican candidate proved unable to focus.
Ellison reported that the Trump camp is choosing to blame Ailes: “Even for the second debate, Ailes kept going off on tangents and talking about his war stories while he was supposed to be prepping Trump,” she said.
The third and final presidential debate will take place Wednesday night. Fox anchor Chris Wallace was chosen to be the moderator, a move that prompted backlash from critics who argued that Trump’s debate advisor and the moderator’s former boss being the same person presented a conflict of interest.
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http://www.mediaite.com/online/report-roger-ailes-and-donald-trump-are-on-the-outs/