Rebecca Johnson, who wrote a 1999 profile on ex- “CBS This Morning” host Charlie Rose for the New York Times Magazine, said Rose was an “unmitigated douchebag” while she was writing the article.

Johnson posted on Facebook this week: “We spent several days together, and I really came to dislike him.” She continued, “I had just signed a contract with Vogue and he asked me if I liked [then-Vogue editor-in-chief] Anna Wintour. I replied that I didn’t ‘like’ her or not. It wasn’t that kind of relationship. When he sensed my increasing coldness, he SO weirdly called me up and threatened to tell Anna I said I didn’t like her.”

The writer, who still works for the fashion monthly, added, “I was stunned at how puerile he was and told him to do whatever he needed to do. The next day, Anna called! She seemed as irritated by him as I was, but she had promised to make the call. Most awkward phone conversation ever. Charlie Rose. Unmitigated douchebag. Now and forever.”

Reached for comment, Rose — who was let go by the network Tuesday after a string of sexual harassment claims — tells us Johnson’s account is “absolutely false.”