Things appeared to be coming to a head between cable news host Melissa Harris-Perry and MSNBC executives, as the weekend anchor suggested this week she may soon be out of a job after complaining about losing editorial control over her show.

“I will not be used as a tool for their purposes,” she wrote in a private email to her colleagues. “I am not a token, mammy, or little brown bobble head. I am not owned by Lack, Griffin or MSNBC. I love our show. I want it back.”