She's since spoken out about how she felt following the virality of the video. In an interview with Stellar on their Something to Talk About podcast, she shared, “It’s a great narrative of women hating women and being brushed by Trace, but I’m sorry it’s not the truth."
She clarified that Tracy texted her the morning after the situation occurred to clear things up.
"I think the problem was that she knew I was the new host and it hadn't yet been announced... her and I had been talking a lot and I think just in that moment... she was overwhelmed..."
"The way it did get then written up - hurtful in the sense that I work so hard and something that's so important to me - female relationships in this business - for that to be taken that way, I really didn't like," she continued.
Allison echoed the same sentiment to sister publication TV Week in February, ''Trace texted me [after the footage was released] and said, 'I just saw the video – I'm so sorry," she said.
Tracy also insisted all was not as it appeared to be in the footage. She wasted no time clearing up the situation, sending a lighthearted message to Ally the following day. Their chat was shared on Today.
“I’m sorry I missed you,” Tracy said in her text. “I was so overwhelmed and obviously didn’t see your petite head once Karl’s big boofhead loomed into vision. Argh, big sorry.”
With rumours swirling that tensions between the two have been mounting for months, it seems Tracy and her newly appointed replacement have been eyeing one another off as healthy rivals for the better part of 20 years.
“Both Tracy and Ally are accomplished journalists with plenty of runs on the board,” tells the source.
“Ally has always had the utmost regard for Tracy, but never hid the fact she always wanted the ACA job one day.”
“You could say they are polar opposites. They certainly aren’t enemies and do have a lot of respect for one another.”
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“However, they don’t really spend that much time together. I personally don’t think they are as close as it’s made to seem when the cameras are on.”
“There’s only ever going to be one Tracy Grimshaw – Ally knows better than anyone she has very big shoes to fill.”