A former anchor for ABC News claims years of working in a toxic work environment and enduring racist rhetoric from superiors led him to attempt suicide.
In his new memoir, former “World News Now” anchor Kendis Gibson alleges he was subjected to one of the most grueling desks, repeatedly had his pitches dismissed or handed off and encountered racism from an executive.
Gibson told Page Six he was “trying to perform at the top of the game … at an overnight show [and] during the day.”
Though he repeatedly asked to be moved off the desk, citing the toll it was taking on his mental health, Gibson alleges his pleas went ignored, even as 19 co-anchors oscillated through the studio.
“It was just a lot, and the network was not listening to me at all,” he said.
But things got worse when an........