TV weatherman Erick Adame said Monday he was fired from Spectrum News NY1 after he appeared on an adult cam website.
Adame, in a long post on Instagram (read below)he said he engaged in “compulsive behaviors” even though he worked in television in New York City, the nation’s largest media market.
“It was absurd for me to think I could keep this private,” he wrote. “However, my employer found out and I was suspended and then fired.”
NY1, a 24-hour cable news channel, did not immediately respond to HuffPost’s request for comment.
Adame apologized to his employers, viewers and co-workers.
“I am getting the professional help I need so that I can make the right decisions that do not affect those I care deeply about, as well as my career, as I move forward in my life,” he wrote.
Adame, who had been with the station since 2017, acknowledged that while he fell short of professional standards, “I don’t apologize for being openly gay or being sex-positive – those are gifts and I’m not ashamed of them. “
Adame sued Unit 4 Media Ltd on Monday. in state court seeking the identity of an anonymous user who sent the incriminating images to NY1 and his mother, according to The Daily Beast.
