New NBC daytime show host Meredith Vieira is telling tales on Disney.
Vieira, an animal lover, jokingly accused Disney of being mice murderers in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter.
“I found it ironic that Disney would have sticky traps for mice,” she told the magazine’s Marisa Guthrie. “To me, that was sadistic beyond anything, that you would promote your entire company with a mouse and then treat these animals with such cruelty.”
Vieira who kicks off a new daytime show on Sept. 8, is understood to be recalling an incident when “The View” studios were overrun with mice after building work sent the critters scurrying through the set. Even Disney CEO Bob Iger got on the phone to discuss the issue with the hosts at the time, according to reports.