Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank is reportedly involved with MSNBC anchor Stephanie Ruhle, and executives at the Baltimore-based apparel company have expressed concerns the journalist has taken on an advisory role that executives find “unusual and problematic,” according to a new report in The Wall Street Journal.

Citing “a number of current and former executives,” the paper said Plank and Ruhle have grown incredibly close in recent years, and the Under Armour founder has become reliant on the journalist’s business advice. Ruhle was a managing director at Deutsche Bank before becoming a journalist.

Employees didn’t know “how to handle her feedback because many people believed she was romantically involved with Mr. Plank,” the paper says. Both are married.

According to the report, Plank took Ruhle’s advice over that of Under Armour executives in a few instances, including the decision to work with President Donald Trump in 2017–a choice that ultimately proved costly.

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