ABC News and veteran meteorologist Rob Marciano have gone their separate ways.
Marciano was fired Tuesday after a decade of working on ABC News shows, including “Good Morning America” and “World News Tonight,” sources confirmed to The Times. The journalist, who most recently appeared on “Good Morning America: Weekend Edition,” left ABC News a year after Page Six reported that he had been banned from ABC News' Times Square studios for alleged behavioral issues.
A representative for ABC News declined to comment Wednesday. A representative for Marciano did not immediately respond to The Times' request for comment.
Page Six reported in March 2023 that Marciano, 55, was denied access to ABC News' Times Square studios “after making a colleague feel uncomfortable” in 2022.
“He was found to have done something…that was inappropriate, but he was punished for it and they still haven't let him back,” a source told the website. Sources did not provide further details about the alleged incident between Marciano and his colleague, but told Page Six that he had “anger management issues” and that “there was a period where there were some problems, a series of alarming events”.
Months after Page Six published its report, Marciano celebrated 10 years with ABC News in an Instagram post in September. “I couldn't be more excited to continue this journey with all of you,” he wrote.
Her post details her continued contributions to ABC News programming and touts the opportunity to spend “more quality time with my kids on the weekends.”
Marciano added: “My thanks to the bosses who listened and made this work-life balance possible. I’m also grateful for an exciting new project with NatGeo that allows me to explore some very interesting things…more to come!”
Marciano joined ABC News in September 2014 and covered a variety of natural disasters, including wildfires in Southern California and volcanic eruptions in Hawaii, during his tenure. Prior to ABC News, he worked for Entertainment Tonight and CNN.
On Instagram, Marciano had not yet addressed his dismissal, reported for the first time album news. His most recent post was a video shared with “World News Tonight” that showed his on-the-ground coverage of Louisiana residents' efforts to rebuild their community after the storms.
