DAVID LETTERMAN, the famously icy backstage stud boss forced to admit he’d often had “sex with women who work with me on this show,” pulled a shocking El Cheapo insult that stunned staffers – asking them to cough up $50 apiece, PLUS pay ca$h for drinks at the show’s buh-bye party – triggering a nasty slam-back from one-time lover/multiple Emmy-winning head writer MERRILL MARKOE, who roundly reamed Dave as “CHEAP ASS!”
Said My Late Night Spy: “Merrill was so steamed that after not speaking to Dave for over ten years, she phoned and really ripped him for treating her and his staff SO shabbily, sending a form letter saying there’d be a $50 cover charge for the party and a CASH ONLY BAR!
After listening to Merrill harangue him for ten minutes – branding him ‘Diamond Dave’ – Cheap Ass immediately sent out a new invitation, rescinding the cover charge for staffers … plus making it an open bar!”
AND NOW … (drum roll) … TOP 10 REASONS WHY DAVE’S A DUMBASS! (Tweet me @IMwalkergossip – I’ll run best entry and award a prize!)