News anchor ‘immediately’ fired from NYC station over alleged hot-mic insult about his female co-anchor

New York Metropolis information anchor Ken Rosato was abruptly fired after he was caught on a sizzling mic allegedly calling his co-anchor a four-letter expletive.

Rosato, co-host of WABC-TV’s “Eyewitness Information This Morning,” was “instantly let go,” according to sources who spoke to Page Six, after a sizzling mic just lately captured him allegedly referring to his co-anchor, Shirleen Allicot, as a “c**t.” Although his mic was reside, Rosato was not on air on the time of the alleged comment.

Although WABC has not but formally introduced Rosato’s ouster, station management informed staffers final Friday that Rosato “is not with WABC.”

Sources who spoke with Page Six first recommended that Rosato was fired for uttering a racial slur. However a consultant denied the rumor.

“Being fired for any racial slur is one hundred pc inaccurate and unfaithful,” the consultant informed Web page Six. “Ken Rosato had a benchmark of 20 years at WABC of supporting all equality.”

In accordance to his WABC profile — which has been scrubbed from the station’s web site — Rosato joined the station as a contract reporter in 2003 after stints at different stations within the Large Apple, Miami, and Binghamton, New York. He grew to become an anchor for WABC in 2007.

He also previously served as a priest in a Florida church.

Rosato’s alleged ouster is uncommon in that usually when somebody is caught on a sizzling mic making distasteful or offensive feedback, the particular person is suspended earlier than termination, particularly within the case of staff who’ve devoted years of their profession to the corporate.

For instance, Oakland Athletics broadcaster Glen Kuiper was suspended after he appeared to say the N-word on air final week — not instantly fired. He later apologized.

Nonetheless, it is perfectly legal for New York employers to dismiss staff for unfair causes or no purpose in any respect, which isn’t to say that insulting your colleague doesn’t necessitate the potential of termination. Sources told Web page Six that Rosato was fired “for trigger,” that means his employers believed he violated his work contract.

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