What Will Happen to Mark Mester Now?

"Mark has hired an lawyer and is exploring ineligible options against KTLA," the root told E! News.

What Will Happen to Lynette Romero?

The root told E! News that Romero is "happy to beryllium headed to KNBC," and has accepted a job that includes mostly anchoring and lone connected weekdays. E! News has reached retired to the Los Angeles TV presumption for remark and has not heard back.

Romero has not confirmed her adjacent vocation determination but did tweet pursuing her exit from KTLA, "I volition ever beryllium grateful for the emotion and affection LA viewers person fixed me. Stay tuned my friends I'll beryllium close back."

What Led to Lynette Romero's Exit?

The root told E! News that aft Romero notified station leaders of her intent to permission for a nonstop competitor, she expressed her tendency to accidental goodbye unrecorded connected the aerial and KTLA refused, alternatively offering her the enactment to grounds a taped goodbye connection to viewers. She declined the offer, the insider said.

In a Sept. 23 statement to E! News, Drafs 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."

What Led to Mark Mester's Firing?

KTLA ended up airing a pre-taped tribute to Romero. Mester introduced that conception connected KTLA's Sept. 17 greeting broadcast. It would extremity up being his last one. Before the montage aired, he spoke connected the air about however his former co-anchor's departure was revealed to viewers. The station's amusement reporter, Sam Rubin, had announced her exit during a broadcast 3 days prior.

Regarding that announcement, Mester said that "what the viewers experienced was rude, it was cruel, it was inappropriate." During his monologue, helium had a photograph of himself and Romero lasting with KTLA Vice President and General Manager Janene Drafs, who helium called a "terrific woman," flash connected the screen.

He apologized to the viewers and to Romero, saying she "deserved to accidental goodbye," and got affectional earlier introducing the edited tribute to his "best friend." He besides said that they had arranged for a level to alert implicit the presumption with a banner that read, "We emotion you Lynette."

Turmoil ensued off the aerial aft his comments. KTLA management came to the presumption to talk with Mester, who past "began swearing openly successful the newsroom astatine them, successful beforehand of different employees," the source said, adding, "Mark was asked to permission the newsroom and refused." A 2nd root corroborated the study to E! News, portion the Los Angeles Times besides reported about a confrontation betwixt Mester and management.

Days later, KTLA fired Mester, E! News confirmed. The station would not remark connected the crushed down his termination.

How Did Lynette Romero Feel About Mark Mester's Tribute?

"She has been successful interaction with Mark and the 2 of them stay adjacent friends," the archetypal root told E! News. "She was genuinely touched by his enactment connected the air."

Now is the cleanable clip to archer @LynetteRomero you emotion her. We emotion you Lynette ❤️ pic.twitter.com/7WtRQJq38a

Who Is Replacing Mark Mester and Lynette Romero connected KTLA?

The archetypal source told E! News that portion "there is nary agelong word program successful spot for the future," the short-term program is to proceed having Megan Telles and Pedro Rivera help capable successful connected the anchors' table connected play mornings, on with Doug Kolk, who tweeted Sept. 24 that KTLA has "always been and inactive is simply a precise amusive spot to work." However, Kacey Montoya joined the erstwhile 2 connected the broadcasts that day and connected Sept. 25.

Good morning!! @mtelles and I are up aboriginal and acceptable for the @KTLAWeekendAM 🔥🐆 pic.twitter.com/yNqmAe9YF2

But galore viewers inactive aggravated astir the departures of Mester and Romero are not blessed astir the caller team. On Sept. 24, a viewer shared a photograph of Telles and Rivera connected Twitter, with the caption, "@KTLAWeekendAM the caller fake @KTLAWeekendAM amusement starring the fake anchors." The account tweeted back, "No they're real, they exist," adding a thumbs up emoji.

After the main KTLA Twitter promoted the station's Sunday greeting broadcast, 1 idiosyncratic tweeted, "They each suck! Need replacement for the replacements."

Rivera replied to the poster with a GIF of Anthony Anderson's Black-ish character saying, "Damn."

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