Fired ABC weatherman Rob Marciano’s ‘heated screaming match’ with ‘GMA’ producer was ‘last straw’: report
NY Post
ABC News weatherman Rob Marciano was fired by the Disney-owned network this week after engaging in a “heated screaming match” with one of the show’s producers that was witnessed by other staffers, according to a report.
News of Marciano’s tirade, which was reported by the Daily Beast, got back to Ginger Zee, chief meteorologist for ABC and “Good Morning America,” who alerted her superiors, according to the report.
Marciano’s history of alleged “anger management issues” as well as complaints about his behavior prompted network executives to decide that the latest outburst “was the last straw,” insiders told the Daily Beast.
The Post reported earlier this week that Marciano, who was hired by “GMA” in 2014 to replace Zee as its weekend meteorologist, frequently clashed with Zee over a period of years.
The feud between the two was kept under wraps for years by management, which was aware of Marciano’s “hot temper” as well as Zee’s tendency to be “nasty,” sources told The Post.
“She treated him as a beta and she was the alpha,” a media executive told The Post.
