An Australian-based TV journalist is being investigated by her employer over an interview she did last month in Sydney with visiting US pop star Pink.
The Grammy-winning singer walked out of the interview with TV New Zealand's Australian correspondent, Hannah Hodson, after Hodson began asking her why she had sacked Hodson's sister, a former assistant to the pop star.
There was also a reported fracas as Pink's minder and two TVNZ employees fought over the videotape of the interview.
A source was quoted in New Zealand's Sunday News as saying the interview "was an absolute nightmare ... an absolute train wreck".
"(Camerman) Jason (Hull) left the camera rolling at the end of the interview and you can hear Hannah going, "F*** off, this is TVNZ's property. You can't have the tape ... I'll call the cops," the source said.
"It started out okay ... Pink was really trying ... but she was looking over at her manager the whole time as if to say, 'What the hell?'"
The interview was set to air as an exclusive on current affairs show Close Up and kick-off Sony BMG's advertising campaign for Pink's next album "Funhouse".
TVNZ spokeswoman Megan Richards said she was uncertain how long the investigation would take.
Cliff Joiner, national bureau editor for TVNZ, told ninemsn the network had no comment on the investigation or whether the tape had been destroyed.
This isn't the first time Hodson has been embroiled in controversy.
Last year, Hodson angered actress Nicole Kidman when she appeared on the red-carpet to promote her new film The Golden Compass.
Hodson asked: "What about some of the reviews, I mean, one person called it an embarassing, colossal piece of crap. How do you take that kind of criticism?"
Kidman replied: "That's a charming thing. I didn't know that. You're a sweet woman, aren't you," before walking away.
In 2004, Hodson was asked to resign from TV3 after a fax she sent to police revealed the identity of the person who had leaked the log of an emergency call made by missing Auckland model Iraena Asher.
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