Anthony Scaramucci‘s unceremonious White House exit is linked to a story about rumors he was dating FOX News anchor Kimberly Guilfoyle … and his departure came on the heels of a TMZ inquiry to the White House.

The timeline is interesting — Monday morning a source in Scaramucci’s world pointed out he and Guilfoyle had been seen together in public a number of times over the last year. Some of the events were public and others were private dinners in and around the NYC area.

The most recent, of course, was the private dinner with the President at the White House on July 26 … the dinner which was leaked to the media, triggering Scaramucci’s now infamous tirade.

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