Ousted WCBS anchorman Rob Morrison’s habit of bringing different babes to his local diner almost earned him a punchout platter from soon-to-be wife Ashley back in 2002, a former waitress told The Post.
The newsman brought Ashley to favorite haunt Old John’s Luncheonette on the Upper West Side just weeks after splitting from former fiancée Jennifer Rainville, who was a dead ringer for his new girlfriend, said then-waitress Maggie Nunez.
Nunez said she mistook the new blonde for the old blonde — and nearly sparked a fight.
“I thought it was the same person because they look exactly the same . . . [Ashley] was mad as hell,” Nunez said.
“She had an open argument with Rob . . . He told me [later], ‘Oh, God, don’t ever mention Jen to this woman again because she went off!’ ”
Morrison was arrested last week for allegedly choking Ashley during a fight at their Connecticut home.
Nunez said Morrison lived on the Upper West Side and regularly ate at the diner when she worked there in the early 2000s. When he took up with Rainville, it was clear who wore the pants in the relationship, she said.
The new gal pal quickly replaced his beloved bacon, egg and cheese sandwiches with egg-white omelettes with spinach, Nunez said.
“She would order for him,” Nunez said.
“She would tell him what he was going to eat, and he would just have this look on his face . . . He would roll his eyes.”
But Gainville would soon find out that she was only keeping the booth seat warm for her replacement.
Morrison’s penchant for off-menu specials soon found him strolling into Old John’s with current wife Ashley.
Later, “as I got friendly with Ashley, she confided in me that she had been the one pursuing the relationship with Rob and convinced him to leave Jennifer for her,” Nunez said.
“She feels guilty and has always suspected him of thinking of other women.”
Ashley Morrison refused to talk to reporters yesterday.