{"id":2235267,"date":"2024-05-02T08:16:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T12:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-explosive-incident-was-the-last-straw-that-got-abc-meteorologist-fired\/"},"modified":"2024-05-02T08:18:49","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T12:18:49","slug":"report-explosive-incident-was-the-last-straw-that-got-abc-meteorologist-fired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-explosive-incident-was-the-last-straw-that-got-abc-meteorologist-fired\/","title":{"rendered":"Article: ABC Meteorologist Fired After Explosive Incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-explosive-incident-was-the-last-straw-that-got-abc-meteorologist-fired%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2235267&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>ABC News senior meteorologist Rob Marciano was fired after a heated\u2063 argument with a \u200bproducer, following prior\u200c bans from \u200bthe &#8220;Good Morning America&#8221; studio \u2063due to \u200dbehavior issues. The termination was \u2062prompted\u2064 by \u200dcomplaints about his\u200d conduct, including oversharing personal details and anger management concerns. Despite efforts to \u200daddress his behavior, he was ultimately let go without public comment from ABC News.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/georgeupper\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/georgeupper\/%20\"><span>George C. Upper III<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 2, 2024 at 5:03am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>ABC News senior meteorologist Rob Marciano has been fired by the network more than a year after he was banned from reporting inside the \u201cGood Morning America\u201d studio \u2014 and now we know why.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/inside-the-screaming-match-that-ended-gma-weatherman-rob-marcianos-career\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Beast<\/a>, Marciano was let go after a \u201cheated screaming match\u201d between him and a \u201cGMA\u201d producer.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Beast cited two unnamed sources \u201cfamiliar with the situation\u201d who said Ginger Zee, ABC\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-bomb-cyclone-threatens-east-coast-dropping-heavy-snow-on-nyc\/\" title=\"VIDEO: 'Bomb Cyclone' Threatens East Coast, Dropping Heavy Snow on NYC\">chief meteorologist<\/a>, heard about the argument and reported it to management.<\/p>\n<p>For Marciano, who had already been banned from the studio and forced to report from other locations due to his behavior, it was what these sources called \u201cthe last straw.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs for the shouting incident that prompted his firing, sources said that others witnessed Marciano\u2019s tirade, and soon Zee, the network\u2019s top meteorologist, found out about it,\u201d the Daily Beast reported. \u201cAfter she reported the on-set argument, management decided that they\u2019d seen too many complaints about Marciano\u2019s behavior and showed him the door.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The news of his termination had been reported earlier, but no reasons were given for it.\u00a0Officially, that\u2019s still the case, as ABC, Marciano and Zee all either declined to comment on the firing or simply didn\u2019t respond to the Daily Beast\u2019s inquiries.<\/p>\n<p>Dylan Byers of Puck News reported Tuesday afternoon that Marciano had been fired by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/reporter-amy-robach-vindicated-6-years-abc-news-spiked-epstein-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the network<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMultiple staffers had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-retreats-from-transparency-at-guantanamo-bay-builds-new-secretive-room\/\" title=\"Pentagon Retreats From Transparency At Guantanamo Bay, Builds New Secretive Room\">made complaints<\/a> about Marciano\u2019s behavior over the years and he was at least temporarily barred from main GMA set in NYC,\u201d Byers wrote in a<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DylanByers\/status\/1785392851532095832?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> post to X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>ABC News did not issue a public comment on the firing of the veteran weatherman. There were rumblings previously that Marciano displayed a temper that led to his ban from the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/teacher-featured-good-morning-america-faces-life-prison-pleading-guilty-heinous-crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GMA<\/a>\u201d studio, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/03\/19\/rob-marciano-banned-from-gma-studio-wants-back-in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Page Six<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Do you trust the mainstream media?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>One source also told the Daily Beast that he had a \u201ctendency to \u2018overshare\u2019 information with female staffers regarding his divorce, thus creating an awkward work environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He still worked inside the studio during weather reports for \u201cWorld News Tonight\u201d and last appeared on the network over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Page Six reported in March that Marciano\u2019s ban came as he was going through a divorce from his wife.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was found to have done something,\u201d a person described as an ABC News insider told the outlet. The person did not disclose what Marciano was alleged to have done, other than to call it \u201cimproper.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[But] he was punished for it, and they still haven\u2019t let him return,\u201d the person said.<\/p>\n<p>Another person close to the production of the show claimed Marciano was working through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/anger-management-therapist-loses-murders-man-witnesses-watch-police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anger management<\/a> issues when an incident with a female colleague escalated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were times when [Marciano] was very cranky and angry,\u201d the person claimed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-calls-allegations-against-andrew-cuomo-credible\/\" title=\"Pelosi Calls Allegations Against Andrew Cuomo \u2018Credible\u2019\">made people feel uncomfortable<\/a>,\u201d the source added. \u201cThere was a period where there were some issues, a number of alarming events.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marciano was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/peloton-cuts-ties-with-sex-and-the-city-star-chris-noth-after-sexual-assault-allegations\/\" title=\"Peloton Cuts Ties with 'Sex and the City' Star Chris Noth After Sexual Assault Allegations\">reportedly supposed<\/a> to serve out a short ban from the studio, but \u201cGMA\u201d executive producer Simone Swink reportedly declined to have him back.<\/p>\n<p>Marciano confirmed to <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tv\/gma-meteorologist-rob-marciano-wife-eryn-files-for-divorce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">People<\/a> magazine in July 2022 that he and his wife Eryn were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/star-sports-couple-call-quits-gets-divorced-just-1-year-marriage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">divorcing<\/a> after marrying in 2010, the same year he joined ABC. The divorce was reportedly finalize in January of 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe last couple of years have been very difficult,\u201d he said in a statement to the outlet. \u201cI didn\u2019t want this and tried to save the marriage, but we are sadly divorcing. My focus now is on my kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn recently made that comment to Floyd Brown, founder of The Western Journal. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>And if the leftists and the elites get their way, that\u2019s exactly what will happen \u2014 no real election, no real choice for the Electoral College, and no real say for the American people. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal is fighting to keep that from happening, but we can\u2019t do it alone.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We work tirelessly to expose the lying leftist media and the corrupt America-hating elites.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>But Big Tech\u2019s stranglehold is now so tight that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without help<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  from you, we will not be able to continue the fight. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The 2024 election is literally the most important election for every living American. We have to unite and fight for our country, otherwise we will lose it. And if we lose the America we love in 2024, we\u2019ll lose it for good. Can we <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>count on you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  to help? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>With you we will be able to field journalists, do more investigative work, expose more corruption, and get desperately needed truth to millions of Americans. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We can do this only with your help. Please don\u2019t wait one minute.<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>  Donate right now<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Thank you for reading,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44802\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/georgeupper\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44802\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44802\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44802\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44802\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>George Upper is the former Editor-in-Chief of The Western Journal and was a weekly co-host of &#8220;WJ Live,&#8221; powered by The Western Journal. He is currently a contributing editor in the areas of faith, politics and culture. A former U.S. Army special operator, teacher and consultant, he is a lifetime member of the NRA and an active volunteer leader in his church. Born in Foxborough, Massachusetts, he has lived most of his life in central North Carolina.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  George Upper, is the former editor-in-chief of The Western Journal and is now a contributing editor in the areas of faith, politics and culture. He currently serves as the connections pastor at Awestruck Church in Greensboro, North Carolina. He is a former U.S. Army special operator, teacher, manager and consultant. Born in Massachusetts, he graduated from Foxborough High School before joining the Army and spending most of the next three years at Fort Bragg. He holds bachelor&#8217;s and master&#8217;s degrees in English as well as a Master&#8217;s in Business Administration, all from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He and his wife life only a short drive from his three children, their spouses and his grandchildren. He is a lifetime member of the NRA and in his spare time he shoots, reads a lot of Lawrence Block and John D. MacDonald, and watches Bruce Campbell movies. He is a fan of individual freedom, Tommy Bahama, fine-point G-2 pens and the Oxford comma. <\/p>\n<p>  Birthplace <\/p>\n<p>  Foxborough, Massachusetts <\/p>\n<p>  Nationality <\/p>\n<p>  American <\/p>\n<p>  Honors\/Awards <\/p>\n<p>  Beta Gamma Sigma <\/p>\n<p>  Education <\/p>\n<p>  B.A., English, UNCG; M.A., English, UNCG; MBA, UNCG <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  North Carolina <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Faith, Business, Leadership and Management, Military, Politics <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABC News senior meteorologist Rob Marciano was fired by the network over a year after being banned from the &#8220;Good Morning America&#8221; studio. 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