# @hollywoodreporter on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2026-06-07T15:52:12.000+00:00
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In his first interview since being fired from #60Minutes last week, #ScottPelley opened up about the events leading up to his dismissal and called for the removal of #CBSNews editor-in-chief #BariWeiss.⁠
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Speaking to The New York Times (#nytimes), Pelley opened up about last week’s staff turmoil, which saw the ousting of executive producer #TanyaSimon and two of her top deputies, with tech journalist #NickBilton brought in to succeed her. #SharynAlfonsi and #CeciliaVega also were ousted. He added that the firings they came the day after he and Simon attended the News & Documentary Emmy Awards, where they won two trophies. ⁠
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“Within hours, all of those people have been wiped out, and one-third of our correspondents have been fired,” said Pelley, himself a 37-year veteran of the network. “At the same moment, we are informed of our new executive producer. His name is Nick Bilton. I’m sure he must be a wonderful man, but no one had ever heard of him. He has zero experience in television news and no experience in management. So imagine how we feel when someone like that comes into a shop like 60 Minutes.”⁠
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Pelley said his reaction was one of “shock, dismay, impossible to believe, searching desperately for an explanation, knowing that an explanation would be forthcoming and then not seeing that.” ⁠
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Following those events, CBS brass did try to reach Pelley, but he said he was “too emotionally wrought up” and wanted to wait a beat to talk. He found out that there was going to a staff meeting the following Monday and canceled a planned hiking trip to the Canadian Rockies with his wife. “I wasn’t going to be able to be at the meeting and she and I talked about it, realized that this was an existential moment for 60 Minutes and canceled the vacation so I could be there,” Pelley said. ⁠
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Click the link in bio to read more about what happened at the meeting, Pelley's reaction to his termination and what he thinks of Weiss' time at CBS.⁠
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bariweiss, tanyasimon, sharynalfonsi, nickbilton, ceciliavega, scottpelley, nytimes, 60minutes, cbsnews

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