Brian Williams had been NBC Information’ high anchor from 2004 till 2015, when he was suspended for falsely claiming that he had been in a helicopter hit by enemy hearth through the Iraq Struggle. A subsequent investigation discovered that he had made different inaccurate statements about his experiences protecting occasions, and he misplaced the job. He was later given the 11pm hour at MSNBC.
In 2021, Sharon Osbourne was fired from CBS’ The Speak after a heated on-air dialogue about racism and Megyn Kelly was fired from her NBC morning present in 2018 after triggering a furore by suggesting it was okay for white individuals to put on blackface at Halloween.
“What’s racist? You do get in hassle if you’re a white one that places on blackface for Halloween, or a Black one that places on whiteface for Halloween. Again after I was a child, that was okay simply so long as you have been dressing as a personality,” Kelly mentioned. The subsequent day, she apologised to viewers on air, saying, “I wish to start with two phrases: “I’m sorry.” The present was canceled by the tip of the week.
In 2023, CNN fired host Don Lemon somewhat over two months after he apologised for on-air feedback about Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley being previous her prime. Lemon issued an announcement the identical day saying he regretted his “inartful and irrelevant” feedback.
HOT MIC
Former As we speak host Billy Bush was fired in 2016 after he was caught on tape in a vulgar dialog about girls with then -Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump earlier than an Entry Hollywood look.
Bush was suspended on the morning present two days after contents of the 2005 tape have been reported. On the tape, Bush is heard laughing as Trump talks about fame enabling him to grope and attempt to have intercourse with girls not his spouse.
ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP
In 2023, TJ Holmes and Amy Robach, anchors on the afternoon extension of ABC’s Good Morning America, left the community after their romance was reported.
The pair have been taken off the air and positioned on non permanent hiatus after images surfaced of them holding palms and spending time collectively. Each have been married to different individuals on the time however had separated. “All of us agreed it’s finest for everybody that they transfer on from ABC Information,” an ABC Information spokesperson mentioned in an announcement.
