LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles weather anchor is speaking out amid criticism of her TV station after she was handed a sweater during a broadcast to cover up her dress.
Liberte Chan was handed a sweater during KTLA-TV’s Saturday’s morning news by a co-host who said the station was “getting a lot of emails.”
A post of the video on Chan’sFacebook page has drawn thousands of comments. Some call the incident body shaming.
Chan has responded in a blog post , saying she doesn’t think the black sparkly dress was “that inappropriate,” but says it may have been “a little much for the morning.”
She says the station didn’t order her to wear the sweater and says she was playing along with a joke.
KTLA hasn’t responded to a request for comment.
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She should of shimmied out of her panties and thrown them back —
Stupid story…looks like filler material as it has been everywhere else. Her dress looked fine btw. They didn’t have to offer her a coverup while on air imo unless there was some kind of weird dress code she was made to adhere to as an employee…which I seriously doubt.
The early days of TV broadcasting by weathermen like Sonny Elliot in Detroit (one of the earliest weathermen in the country on local news) also wouldn’t be tolerated today even though it has nothing to do with gender or what he’s wearing. This is what I grew up watching for weather reports when I was a kid…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0iVuyfDUjMPeople who do the weather have always been somewhat of a joke since I was young…that is until we all started to care more about the local impact of tornadoes, floods, hurricanes, snowstorms, volcanoes, forest fires, riptides, erosion, the health of NOAA, and the state of the planet. Now…its all serious bizness, no longer show bizness. Now we want our weather without any funny business whatsoever, and not as a form of entertainment. I think we can all see George Carlin probably laughing from his grave…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1uaw3WIOlcI’d say she’s more attractive than Ivanka Trump but Monday is a lousy day to become ensarled in a Twitter war.
They got a lot of emails? They got a lot of emails?? They got a lot of emails???
TV stations are always trying to get noticed! They should be jumping up and down for joy.
Oh for goddess sake. If it of was inappropriate, management should deal with it in private. Handing her a sweater was ridiculous.