in a scathing new interview with hln's own joy behar, scovell adds more fuel to the fire. so i have to ask, can letterman handle the wrath of the writers? right now in hollywood is carlos diaz, correspondent for "extra" also kim. carlos, kim. it was just a few weeks ago that david letterman admitted to having sex with women who worked with him on his show on cbs. now you've got nell scovell claiming that she quit because of what she called sexual politics. she described that dramatic moment on hln's "joy behar show." >> it was my dream job. i loved that show. and it was a breakthrough. so i moved back to new york to take this job. and five months later, i ended up walking away from my dream job because it was a hostile work environment. >> okay. kim, here's what i'm wondering. if this was going on back in the '90s, why do you think no one would publicly call letterman out until now? do you think that maybe nobody would've believed her? >> well, it's interesting. because she did wait for a long time, obviously, almost 20 years to talk about this. so she obviously must feel

in a scathing new interview with hln's own joy behar, scovell adds more fuel to the fire. so i have to ask, can letterman handle the wrath of the writers? right now in hollywood is carlos diaz, correspondent for "extra" also kim. carlos, kim. it was just a few weeks ago that david letterman admitted to having sex with women who worked with him on his show on cbs. now you've got nell scovell claiming that she quit because of what she called sexual politics. she described that dramatic moment on hln's "joy behar show." >> it was my dream job. i loved that show. and it was a breakthrough. so i moved back to new york to take this job. and five months later, i ended up walking away from my dream job because it was a hostile work environment. >> okay. kim, here's what i'm wondering. if this was going on back in the '90s, why do you think no one would publicly call letterman out until now? do you think that maybe nobody would've believed her? >> well, it's interesting. because she did wait for a long time, obviously, almost 20 years to talk about this. so she obviously must feel

joining me now for an exclusive interview is nell scovell, a former writer for nbc's "late night with david letterman." hi, nell. >> hi, joy. >> how are you, dear? i want to say up front nell worked at the letterman show and never had sex with any of the staffers, right? >> that's correct. >> okay. i just wanted to get that out of the way. tell me what was going on while you were there that made you uncomfortable. you were a writer there for a few months. >> right. well, i was the second woman ever hired. the first was the great meryl marko. she helped create the show and she was my hero before she became my friend. and i wanted to be on that show. i was a journalist. i wrote for "spy" magazine and "vanity fair" in new york. i applied for the show in 1988, i filled out the classic submission. i didn't hear anything from the show for two years. i got offers in l.a. i worked on the last season of "newhart." i was there when bob woke up with susanne pluchet and i wrote "the simpsons" episode. and then, i finally got the call that dave wanted to meet me. it was my dream job, so i moved ba