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KTLA Anchor FIRED After On-Air Reaction to Co-Anchor's Departure
Lynette Romero is excited to present her caller TV family.
On Sept. 27, the erstwhile KTLA quality anchor announced she volition beryllium joining chap Southern California quality presumption KNBC to enactment on Today successful LA weekday mornings.
"I cognize I haven't had a accidental to speech to you directly," Lynette told followers successful an Instagram video. "I've missed you and I privation to convey you for reaching retired to me. I cognize you've been disquieted astir maine and I privation you to cognize I'm OK and you cognize what? This is bully news!"
According to NBC Los Angeles, Lynette volition articulation the amusement Oct. 10 as anchor and reporter, moving alongside co-anchor Adrian Arambulo, meteorologist Belen De Leon and postulation anchor Robin Winston.
"I person a caller family. I person a caller home," she said. "Come with me. Let maine unfastened the doorway and invited you in. I can't hold to get started. I can't hold for you to conscionable my caller family...I told you I'd beryllium close backmost and present I am."
Lynette's announcement comes nearly 2 weeks aft KTLA anchor Sam Rubin shared quality of Lynette's departure.
"After astir 24 years, our person Lynette has decided to determination on," Sam shared on the air. "KTLA Management had hoped she would enactment present her full career. KTLA worked hard to marque that happen, but Lynette has decided to determination onto different accidental elsewhere. Lynette we privation you luck. We miss you and we convey you for everything you've done."
Following KTLA's surprise announcement, galore viewers questioned wherefore Lynette was incapable to accidental goodbye connected the air. "Why didn't she marque the announcement herself?" 1 idiosyncratic commented connected KTLA's post. "Seems truthful sudden."
Another added, "What is happening astatine KTLA?!?! This seems truthful weird that Lynette herself would not accidental goodbye to her loyal viewers! She was the bosom and psyche of KTLA."
Lynette's co-anchor Mark Mester aboriginal addressed his adjacent friend's departure.
"What the viewers experienced was rude, it was cruel, it was inappropriate and I'm truthful sorry," he shared connected Sept. 17 portion anchoring the KTLA play greeting show. "I besides privation to accidental atrocious to Lynette Romero due to the fact that Lynette, I emotion you truthful much. You virtually are my champion friend. You bash not merit what happened to you."
He continued, "All we tin accidental to you Lynette Romero this greeting is we emotion you and miss you. We are going to connection you dignity and grace, which is what this presumption should person done from the beginning…I'm going to miss you connected this acceptable each and each day."
On Sept. 23, E! News confirmed that Mark was fired from KTLA. The presumption would not remark connected the crushed down his termination.
According to a source, Mark and Lynette person been successful interaction successful caller days arsenic their exits from KTLA became nationalist news. As the root noted, "She was truly touched by his enactment connected the air."
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