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Cussing News Anchor Explains Flub
The section quality anchors are present making nationalist news.
E! News tin corroborate Mark Mester is nary longer employed by KTLA. The quality comes little than a week aft helium criticized on-air however the Southern California presumption went astir his co-anchor and adjacent person Lynette Romero's abrupt departure.
"I privation to commencement disconnected by offering an apology to you," Mester told viewers Sept. 17 portion anchoring the KTLA play greeting show. "What the viewers experienced was rude, it was cruel, it was inappropriate and I'm truthful sorry. 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."
KTLA would not remark connected the crushed down Mester's termination.
So what happened to Romero? On Sept. 14, KTLA anchor Sam Rubin amazed viewers erstwhile helium announced her departure aft much than 2 decades with the station.
"After astir 24 years, our person Lynette has decided to determination on," Rubin 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."
On Sept. 23, KTLA's Vice President and General Manager Janene Drafs reiterated that sentiment successful a connection to E! News.
"After 24 years, Lynette Romero has decided to determination connected from anchoring our play greeting news," she said. We truly wanted her to stay, and KTLA Management worked hard to marque that happen. Lynette decided to permission for different opportunity. We had hoped she would grounds a farewell connection to viewers, but she declined. Lynette has been a fantastic subordinate of the KTLA household and privation her and her household the best."
E! News has reached retired to Mester and Romero for remark and has not heard back.
Earlier this week, Romero posted a connection connected Twitter writing, "I volition ever beryllium grateful for the emotion and affection L.A. viewers person fixed me. Stay tuned my friends I'll beryllium close back."
Many viewers person expressed their disappointment with KTLA's handling of Romero's exit. In KTLA's Instagram post announcing her departure, galore had questions for the station.
"What is happening astatine KTLA?!?" 1 idiosyncratic wrote. "This seems truthful weird that Lynette herself would not accidental goodbye to her loyal viewers! This makes maine truthful sad. She was the bosom and psyche of KTLA and was truthful professional."
Another added, "Why didn't she marque the announcement herself? Seems truthful sudden."
On what would crook retired to beryllium his last time anchoring the KTLA play greeting show, Mester reportedly arranged for a plane to alert implicit the station with a banner that read, "We emotion you Lynette."
"All we tin accidental to you Lynette Romero this greeting is we emotion you and miss you," helium said. "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."
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