Although no written evidence of this offer exists in the Met's records, in a 1958 interview with the New York Post, Johnson corroborated Callas's story: "We offered her a contract, but she didn't like it—because of the contract, not because of the roles.
Aj keď o tejto ponuke neexistuje v oficiálnych dokumentoch Metropolitnej Opery žiaden záznam, sám Johnson to prezradil v roku 1958 v rozhovore pre The New York Post: "Ponúkli sme jej zmluvu, ale nepáčila sa jej – tá zmluva, nie ponúknuté úlohy.