“They were pissed because everyone’s been waiting for this big interview for two weeks now, and then it was derailed because of a false positive,” one insider said.

To make matters worse, producers announced their positive test results on-air, allegedly without their permission.

“It was not OK. They made the decision to reveal their COVID-19 results in the heat of the moment when they should’ve gone to commercial break,” a second insider noted.

“They could’ve stopped, and thought about how to handle it, as opposed to being crazy on the air and running around like chickens with their heads cut off,” they added.