MSNBC’s golden girls Rachel Maddow and Joy Reid are no longer speaking — and it all comes down to cold, hard cash.

Joy got the axe from her show The ReidOut in February, an act that Rachel slammed as “indefensible.”

But sources say now, behind the scenes, Maddow is choosing to protect her $30 million-a-year empire instead of her so-called friend.

The bomb went off when Joy took a not-so-subtle shot at Rachel’s rich paycheck. Reid didn’t drop names, but everyone knew exactly who she meant when she lamented that she made just $3 million a year — “a tenth of what some of my peers make.”

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“It was a sniper shot straight at Rachel,” shares one insider. “She didn’t need to say the name. Maddow’s salary is public. The jab landed.”

Now, sources say the sisterhood is in ashes, with Reid feeling abandoned and Maddow feeling attacked — and the gloves are off.

“Rachel plays the long game,” another source says. “Joy plays with fire.”

The result? Primetime’s power duo has turned into a friendship torched by jealousy, betrayal and a paycheck too big to ignore!