Ousted ABC News meteorologist Rob Marciano frequently clashed with his predecessor Ginger Zee, who “brought out the worst in him.”
It was announced Tuesday that Marciano, 55, was fired two years after being taken off the air for “anger issues.”
Marciano joined ‘GMA’ in 2014 to take over Zee’s weekend position after she was promoted to the daily set to replace chief meteorologist Sam Champion. Marciano and Zee’s relationship was rocky for years, an anonymous media executive told the New York Post.
While Marciano’s “bad temper” caused problems on set, the source said Zee was also capable of being “nasty.”
“I think she brought out the worst in him. I’m not going to give her a pass,” the source said. “It’s sad because these are two people who are really interested in the science of weather, but unfortunately their personalities didn’t work out.”
On Tuesday, Rob Marciano was fired from ABC News, two years after he was taken off the air for “anger issues.”
An anonymous media executive said Marciano and his former coworker, Good Morning America meteorologist Ginger Zee, had a difficult relationship.
The source said Zee often treated Marciano as a “beta” while she acted as “the alpha.” Marciano and Zee are seen posing together in Halloween costumes on set in 2018.
The source added that Zee is a “know-it-all” who acted like an “alpha” and often treated Marciano like a “beta.”
“But they had a lot more experience with Sam than Ginger did.”
Zee, who joined Good Morning America in 2011, reportedly “ranked” on assignments when Marciano joined the network.
When he was hired, the station decided to launch a 24/7 weather unit for ABC News, ‘GMA’ and World News Tonight.
‘If you say something she doesn’t agree with, she references her Twitter followers, saying ‘you’re wrong, my Twitter followers loved it,'” the media executive revealed.
The executive said that when Marciano “wasn’t happy with something,” others would know.
“He would lose his cool in meetings when he received news he didn’t like,” the source said.
Another source close to Zee, 43, said Marciano had “behavioral” problems.
“Ginger is a collaborative, inclusive and hard-working leader who is well respected by her colleagues and has never had any complaints about her work style,” the person told the outlet, adding that any other suggestion is “sexist.”
DailyMail.com has contacted the Zee and Marciano teams for comment.
Marciano had joined ‘GMA’ in 2014 to take over the role of Zee over the weekend after she was promoted to the daily set to replace chief meteorologist Sam Champion. (pictured: Zee outside Good Morning America on April 1)
“I think she brought out the worst in him. I’m not going to give her a pass,” the source said. ‘It’s sad because they are two people who are very interested in the science of time, unfortunately their personalities did not work’
Zee, who joined Good Morning America in 2011, reportedly “deranked” assignments when Marciano joined the network.
Marciano appeared on Good Morning America until he disappeared in March 2022 during the breakup of his marriage to ex-wife Eryn Marciano (pictured).
Marciano appeared on Good Morning America until he disappeared in March 2022 during the breakup of his marriage to ex-wife Eryn Marciano.
He was “kicked” from the study after an incident with a female colleague and made several colleagues “feel uncomfortable” around him.
After a month off the air, he was moved to ABC’s World News Tonight, which records from a different studio and reports from the field.
However, he was fired on Tuesday after two years of exile from the iconic morning show, the New York Post reported.
It is now unknown why he was dropped and neither he nor ABC have commented.
Marciano’s latest report was published Sunday, a ‘reporter’s notebook’ from Shreveport, Louisiana, a year after a major storm that now seems like his epitaph.
He was reposting weather content from ABC News to his Instagram Stories on Tuesday morning, indicating the firing may have been sudden.
Marciano was initially suspended for a month, but GMA executive producer Simone Swink kept him locked out of the studio indefinitely.
“It was discovered that he had done something… that was inappropriate, but he was punished for it and they still haven’t let him back,” a source told the newspaper. Mail last year.
After a month off the air, he was moved to ABC’s World News Tonight, which films from a different studio and reports from the field.
Eryn Marciano filed for divorce on June 18, 2021, and they co-parent their children Madelynn, 12, and Mason, 6.
‘It made people uncomfortable. “There was a period when there were some problems, a series of alarming events,” a second source said.
‘There were times when [Marciano] He was very irritable and angry…unpleasant behavior on his part. They took him out to deal with it and he’s back.
Swink was said to consider Marciano’s problems a “distraction” from the show’s news-gathering mission and refused to let him return to the studio.
His ex-wife, Marciano, filed for divorce on June 18, 2021, and the rift continued well into 2022, with their lawyers exchanging legal salvos.
“The last few years have been very difficult,” Marciano said at the time.
‘I didn’t want this and I tried to save the marriage, but unfortunately we are getting divorced. Now my attention is focused on my children.”
They were married for 11 years and co-parent their children Madelynn, 12, and Mason, 6.