CNBC anchor Hadley Gamble who accused NBCUniversal CEO accused Jeff Shell of sexual harassment and sex discrimination in a complaint that led to his ousting had previous spoken of what she values when it comes to personal relationships.
In an interview publics in Harpers Bazaar Arabia, Gamble said she was open to meeting someone who shares her same values.
‘Every relationship teaches you more about yourself and the whole point of living is to grow and become a better, stronger and hopefully, more interesting person,’ Gamble stated.
‘Trust, transparency, kindness, the chutzpah to tell it like it is – even if the truth hurts… and generosity of spirit,’ she said while describing the ideal companion.
Hadley Gamble, a CNBC anchor, has spoken about what she values in personal relationships in a 2022 interview with Harper’s Bazaar Arabia
Gamble stated how she believes every relationship teaches you more about yourself and the purpose of living is to grow, become a better, stronger and more interesting person
Gamble has generally been tight-lipped about her personal life but said she would be open to a relationship with a companion who shared her values
NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell (pictured in June) has been ousted from his role after he admitted to having an ‘inappropriate relationship’, reportedly in breach of company policy
During the interview, Gamble made no mention of the on-off relationship between she is believed to have had with Shell which ended a few years’ ago.
On Sunday it was revealed how Shell left his role at the company after an investigation into his conduct was launched around a month ago.
Gamble’s lawyers subsequently confirmed in a statement: ‘The investigation into Mr Shell arose from a complaint by my client of sexual harassment and sex discrimination,’ said Suzanne McKie, a managing partner of Farore Law, a UK-based firm.
‘Given these circumstances it is very disappointing that my client’s name has been released and her privacy violated.’
In an interview publics in Harpers Bazaar Arabia , Gamble said she was open to meeting someone who shares her same values
During her magazine interview last summer, Gamble made no mention of the on-off relationship between she is believed to have had with Shell which ended a few years’ ago
CNBC’s Middle East anchor Hadley Gamble at the new Middle East Headquarters Abu Dhabi Global Market on April 15, 2018 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Harvard- and Berkeley-educated Shell, 57, from Michigan, had been at Comcast for more than 20 years, having joined the company from Fox
Shell, who is married to Laura Fay Shell, admitted he had had an ‘inappropriate relationship’ with a member of staff, which he said he ‘deeply regret[s]’.
The details of his affair with Gamble, 41, are not known publicly.
The CNBC anchor moved to front the channel’s Middle East coverage in 2018 after it began broadcasting Capital Connection from its new studio in Abu Dhabi.
She previously worked for ABC News and Fox News in Washington, DC and also presented CNBC’s Access show on the Middle East and Africa.
The high-flying news anchor grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee, the daughter of a car dealer and teacher, and attended Halls High School in the city.
She graduated from the University of Miami in 2003, where she was a member of the famed Delta Gamma sorority, which boasts a number of media personalities among its alumni.
Gamble is unmarried and generally tight-lipped about her love life.
During her CNBC Access segment she often speaks to world political and business leaders, including Mike Pompeo, King Abudullah II of Jordan and Egyptian President Abdel Fatteh el-Sisi.
In 2021, Gamble interviewed Russian President Vladimir Putin, who said she was too ‘beautiful’ to understand a point he had made about energy.
After the interview, body language experts claimed Gamble was flirting with Putin as a distraction tactic.
Gamble, CNBC news anchor, is alleged to have had an ‘inappropriate relationship’ with Shell
CNBC anchor Hadley Gamble accused Jeff Shell of sexual harassment and sex discrimination in a complaint that led to his ousting as NBCUniversal CEO
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Shell, who is married to Laura Fay Shell (left), admitted he had had an ‘inappropriate relationship’ with a member of staff, which he said he ‘deeply regret[s]’
Gamble made light of the situation, uploading a photo to Instagram of her pointing to an article in Russian publication Kommersant on the interview, captioned ‘my best angle’ with a laughing emoji and #feminism tag.
During last year’s interview she spoke of her upbringing in the eastern mountains of Tennessee where she began grooming her father’s horses from the age of 10.
“I think maybe shoveling manure probably gave me a very different perspective on all of the stuff that we cover,” she said. “This was not the life prescribed to me,” she admits, adding that her family expected her to be a teacher, maybe study law and get married.
“I really got to understand, you know, what money means to people and what making a basic living is… I mean, nobody has a harder life than a farmer, who wakes up at five in the morning to make sure that everything is still alive,” Gamble, the daughter of a car dealer and teacher, said.
Gamble began her career at agencies the Associated Press and Reuters, but got her break at ABC after an old boyfriend introduced her to a booker for Good Morning America, which in turn led to her getting a gig as a production assistant for the World News Tonight with Peter Jennings.
Harvard- and Berkeley-educated Shell, 57, from Michigan, has been at Comcast for more than 20 years, having joined the company from Fox.
He ran international operations out of London from 2011 to 2013 before moving to serve as chairman of NBCUniversal Film and Entertainment.
Jeff Shell is pictured with his wife Laura Shell at the Emmy Awards in September 2022
He took over as CEO in January 2020, and was responsible for overseeing a sprawling portfolio that ran from news and entertainment TV networks, to the film studio, theme parks and other divisions.
As NBCUniversal CEO, Shell was also charged with moving the company more heavily into streaming.
He and his wife hosted a fundraising event at their $10million Beverly Hills mansion for Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign in 2020, according to Variety.
Shell is the second senior executive to be forced out of NBCUniversal in recent years.
In April 2020, NBCUniversal said it had parted with vice president, Ron Meyer, after he failed to properly disclose he had paid a settlement to a woman with whom he had a consensual affair several years earlier.
Shell said at that time that Meyer ‘acted in a manner which we believe isn’t consistent with our company policies or values.’
