Edited sentence: A turn in her cancer storyline in 2006 was to see her character make love to ex-husband Billy, a move which displeased Zimmer to such a degree that she initiated a loud, verbally abusive fight with executive producer, Ellen Wheeler, on the GL set.After casting herself as the victim in the press and calling upon her petulant, vocal fanbase to threaten a boycott, Zimmer was allowed to retain her seven figure salary while several other actors lost their contracts or were fired entirely.Her trademark candor and indiscretion resulted in the publication in Soap Opera Digest of several comments heavily suggesting that Weary's replacement, Van Hansis, is gay.In 2005, budget constraints required the show to levy an across the board 15% paycut for the entire cast and crew.It is not known whether Hansis is actually gay or not, but Zimmer has yet to offer an apology of any sort for her violation of his privacy.Kim Zimmer is possessed of many of the same brash, self-serving qualities as her character, Reva.More recently, Zimmer was attempting to defend her decision to withdraw her son, Jake Weary, from the role of gay teen Luke on AS THE WORLD TURNS.Numerous reports of "diva-like" behavior on-set have been verified and substantiated through sources at the show.Zimmer refused to be included in this cut which affected each and every other person on the show and was required to keep the show from cancelation