Posted on 09/20/2022 7:19:27 AM PDT by Red Badger
Erick Adame on the news as a meteorologist, Erick Adame 2020 Reel (Screenshot/Public/YouTube/ErickAdame2020ReelUpdate)
Two-time Emmy nominee Erick Adame took to Instagram to notify fans that he was fired after his employer discovered he appeared on an adult webcam site and took part in openly gay content.
“I have recently been terminated from my job as the meteorologist at Spectrum News NYI1 in NYC. I am taking this opportunity to share my truth rather than let others control the narrative of my life,” Adame wrote on his Instagram page Monday. “Despite being a public figure and being on television in the biggest market in the country in front of millions of people five days a week for more than a decade and a half, I secretly appeared on an adult webcam website,” he continued in the statement.
Adame wrote about the kind of content he was facing consequences for. “On this site, I acted out my compulsive behaviors, while at home, by performing on camera for other men,” he wrote to his Instagram page.
“My employer found out and I was suspended and then terminated,” Adame continued in the statement.
He went on to discuss the heightened level of responsibility he felt, given the fact that he was a public figure and people likely expected a greater level of awareness from him.
“As a public figure I recognize that I have certain responsibilities that come along with the privileges I enjoyed,” Adame said.
He apologized for his actions, and wrote about how humbling this lesson has been for him. However, he made it clear he wasn’t ashamed of being true to himself.
“But, let me be clear about something: I don’t apologize for being openly gay or for being sex-positive – those are gifts and I have no shame about them,” Adame said. (RELATED: OnlyFans Star Claims She Was Fired From Teaching Over Porn Account)
He clarified the interactions in question were “100% consensual” and said he didn’t make any money for the things he says he did on the webcam.
Adame then addressed his future employers with the hope that they would see past this moment in time and keep a door open for him to one day re-visit his career.
“Please judge me on the hundreds, thousands of hours of television that I am so proud of and that my employers have always commended me for, and not the couple of minutes of salacious video that is probably going to soon define me in our ‘click-bait’ culture,” Adame wrote.
Hay Mucho Calor!
“It is a sickness that overrides even the threat of fatal diseases, humiliation, family, friends and jobs. It is a mental sickness just as sure as any other sickness except that it is encouraged and promoted here in the end days.”
Absolutely CORRECT!
These people are SICK. Promoting this “lifestyle” would be like promoting leprosy. Would anyone promote getting leprosy, saying it was just another lifestyle?
Come on over, we are having a leprosy party. Sex with lepers, what could possibly be more EXCITING! /s
Much caliente!..............
I disagree with this firing.
I hate homosexuality and think it is sick, and I still disagree with firing people for engaging in legal activity outside their workplace. He was stupid to put it on social media but how many people would really find out he is gay?
As long as he performs his job well, he should not have been fired. Now, if he pushed homosexuality during his work performance, that is something else completely different and a reason to fire him. The audience tuned in for the weather should not be subjected to that. As long as he completely separates the two, he should not have been fired IMHO.
Just shows how hypocritical the liberals were who employed him. On a conservative run channel, as long as it wasn’t too gross, they would have probably just shrugged.
He should try Target.
I’m sick and tired of this gay crap! I even squash ladybugs if they look inappropriate!!!
He looks like he may have seen one up close.
Great Vid...Language Warning..
But VID is SPOT ON!!!!
He’s trying to make it into a “they’re persecuting me because I’m gay” thing.
Bet you he gets rehired, with a raise!
looking for a lawyer even as we speak................
Yeah right. Forget about the sensibilities of the viewing public. That's like saying that it would be okay for an attractive female news anchor to be a porn star on the side as long as she reads the news okay. "News" to some people is still about credibility.
Haha, don’t say that.
He WILL regret it one day.
“Despite being a pubic figure...”
What? Wait, oh.
What’s the temp in Arizona!? HOT!!
“Homosexual activity is a compulsion that most men cannot control.”
I have no trouble controlling something I do not have.
like church organists
I think you cannot be straight and play the organ
You shit on our shield and you are FIRED!!!!!
My company’s policy and nothing is wrong with it.
All knew the rules and those that tested them had no
recourse when fired.
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