The weather forecast called for cold weather and a possible storm.
Fired ABC News meteorologist Rob Marciano made his first public appearance Thursday. Since he was kicked out of the Disney-owned network Two days ago, about his alleged brutal behavior.
Marciano, dressed casually in jeans and a jacket, wore a baseball cap, and stepped out into the driveway of his Westchester County home carrying a backpack and a coffee tumbler.
The mercurial meteorologist declined to comment to a Post photographer as he climbed into his black Ford Bronco SUV.
The revelations come days after the Post reported that Marciano’s chronic “anger management issues” and long-standing feud with “Good Morning America” weather forecaster Ginger Gee led to his firing Tuesday. .
The “last straw” that led to Marciano’s firing was a verbal rant he made to one of the show’s producers, which was witnessed by multiple staff members. According to the Daily Beast.
According to the media, Gee informed her superiors about the defamatory report and decided to fire Marciano, who had worked at ABC News for 10 years.
Female GMA staff members also reportedly complained that Marciano made them feel uncomfortable by “oversharing” details about his divorce from his wife of 11 years, real estate agent Erin Marciano. ing.
While the Marcianos were going through their divorce proceedings, the weather forecaster was reported to have been working in a “sullen” atmosphere, prompting complaints from other staff members. The divorce was finalized in January last year.
Last year, Rob Marciano’s actions prompted his bosses to ban him from the “GMA” studio in Times Square after co-workers complained to management. Page 6 reported
A female co-worker reportedly told her boss that she felt uncomfortable, prompting management to reprimand Marciano for his “inappropriate” behavior..
Marciano, a former “Entertainment Tonight” co-host and CNN meteorologist, was hired as GMA’s weekend weather forecaster in 2014 to replace Gee.
After he was allegedly kicked out of the “GMA” studio, he was transferred to “World News Tonight” and occasionally submitted field reports to the morning show.
On “GMA,” he often clashed with Gee over the years, sources told the Post.
Their feud was kept secret by management for years, but management was aware of Marciano’s “impatient” and Gee’s “mean” tendencies, sources told the Post.
Marciano’s banishment from the studio lasted a year. In September, it was announced that GMA would abolish weekend work and switch to weekday work.
“She treated him as a beta and she was an alpha,” a media executive told the Post.
An ABC News spokesperson declined to comment. The Post reached out to Marciano and Ginger Gee.
