Naomi Campbell was caught on camera in a heated exchange with two members of her staff as she sashayed out of the New York Stock Exchange after ringing the closing bell.
The supermodel was spotted issuing orders to a seemingly stressed man and woman last Monday afternoon outside the Wall Street institution.
The English fashion icon, 48, used emphatic hand gestures to make her points as the pair nodded in agreement.
An onlooker who filmed the showdown at around 4.30pm told DailyMailTV: ‘She was definitely giving them some orders.’
The Vogue cover star looked as stylish as ever in black slimline pants, towering heels and a fashionable white trench coat, with large shades shielding her eyes
Naomi Campbell was caught on camera in a heated exchange with two members of her staff as she sashayed out of the New York Stock Exchange after ringing the closing bell last Monday
Campbell had just rung the closing bell with rapper French Montana (pictured together) on behalf of Global Citizen, an organization that aims to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030
The eyewitness continued: ‘I couldn’t hear exactly what she was saying but there were a lot of hand gestures and she was speaking in an authoritative, demanding tone.
‘She had a very severe expression but she did soften and give the blonde woman a hug and a kiss on both cheeks. When she saw that I was filming her, she shot me a wide smile.’
Campbell had just rung the closing bell on behalf of Global Citizen, an organization that aims to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030.
The Vogue cover star looked as stylish as ever in black slimline pants, towering heels and a fashionable white trench coat, with large shades shielding her eyes.
Campbell has a reputation as a difficult employer and has had numerous run-ins with the law over her meltdowns.
An onlooker who filmed the showdown at around 4.30pm told DailyMailTV: ‘She was definitely giving them some orders’
The English fashion icon, 48, used emphatic hand gestures to make her points as the pair nodded in agreement
In 2003, she was sued by a former assistant who alleged that she had once thrown a phone at her in a Beverly Hills hotel and in 2000 she pleaded guilty in Toronto to beating an assistant with a telephone.
On a London to Los Angeles flight back in 2008, the Streatham-born runway icon flew into a blood-boiling rage after British Airways staff told her that her luggage hadn’t made the same flight that she was on.
While attendants politely asked her to get off the plane, Naomi refused to go quietly.
After hurling abuse at cabin crew, she demanded that the captain get off the aircraft and look for her suitcase.
Campbell has a reputation as a difficult employer and has had numerous run-ins with the law. Most recently, she took a slight dig at Kendall Jenner, 22, smugly refusing to comment on her thoughts on the reality star’s modelling career
Police were called and they had to drag her off in handcuffs after she allegedly kicked and spat at them.
Campbell pleaded guilty to assaulting two police officers at Heathrow Airport, was sentenced to 200 hours community service and fined $3,000.
Her fiery temper has also earned her enemies, one of them being America’s Next Top Model judge Tyra Banks. The duo famously had a 15-year feud.
Most recently, she took a slight dig at Kendall Jenner, 22, smugly refusing to give her thoughts on the reality star’s modelling career.