Talk about television emulating real life.
The drama on "Scandal" has made its way from on-screen to reality when it was revealed that an ABC employee was reportedly the brains behind Scandal411, a fan-based Twitter account, reports TheWrap.
Insiders reported Courtney Pajor, ABC's New York director of special sales, was the voice of arguably the show's most influential fan site.
"I am 100 percent sure that Scandal411 is Courtney Pajor," a source told TheWrap.
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The Scandal411 account proved to be of interest to the show's fan base, as it attracted more than 26,000 followers and also had a sister website, Scandal411.com.
But aside from being a phantom tweeter who's reportedly given information about the show away, Pajor was also said to be vulgar in her interaction with the account's followers.
For instance, if someone dared to disagree with Pajor's posts, she'd supposedly lash out by calling them "crazy" or writing profanities like "F--K YOU ATAS," which was in reference to Kerry Washington not taking home the Emmy for Best Actress.
When followers protested her vulgar tweets the response was quite frank.
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"If cursing offends you I apologize in advance … block me if you'd like … Don't think for a second I won't be pointing out glaring absurdities or errors when I start writing about Season 3," the tweet from Sept. 22 read. "I will, however, point them out with a lot of 'f--ks' and hopefully with a lot of humor."
"We take these allegations very seriously," the network issued in a statement. "We are investigating the situation and will handle accordingly."
As for the Twitter account, it momentarily changed to @GrantForPrez before it was deactivated altogether. The website was reportedly made private by the owner.
Not only could this compromise the integrity of the network, but it may also discredit the social media ranking the show's received due to its high frequency of online interactions. SocialGuide rated "Scandal" the seventh-most tweeted show of 2013, with 3.5 million interactions over the first six months of this year, according to TheWrap.
Maybe this is something Washington will poke fun at when the actress hosts "Saturday Night Live" on Nov. 2.
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