January 4, 2023
Watch: Fired Gay Weatherman Addresses Videos in New Instagram Vid
Emell Adolphus READ TIME: 2 MIN.
Once news broke that a top New York City meteorologist was fired after x-rated images surfaced of him on Chaturbate, the weather man has reportedly been getting more attention than he's asked for. In fact, he didn't want any attention at all.
Taking to Instagram, Erick Adame confirmed that he was fired from Spectrum's NY1 station because sexually explicit, consensual videos of him on the adult website began to circulate online.
According to him, someone sent the clips to his employer and mother. In the video, Adame allegedly mentioned working for NY1.
"That news also gave what I can only call sexual predators the idea that I wanted to be exploited and humiliated, as if it were something I enjoyed," Adame said in his Instagram video.
Moreover, Adame explained that people have been actively seeking out the images and videos of him since his firing.
"I want to be absolutely clear about something tonight," he said. "I never wanted any of those images or videos to ever be recorded or kept or saved or shared in any way." And, he added, "I don't want any kind of this attention that I've been receiving."
The experience has left him hurt, and he just wants "these people to leave me alone."
He explained, "I wish that people would focus more on the fact that these videos exist when they shouldn't exist, as opposed to salacious details that people have really been going on and on and on about."
After Adame closed his laptop, he assumed his live-streaming sessions would be deleted. However, many of the sessions were recorded without his permission.
"Many of these websites then have a download available where you can download the entire video, for a fee even. That means, yeah, someone out there makes money off you doing sexual activity on camera without you even knowing," Adame explained.
"And there are sexual predators that are ready to exploit you like they have been doing to me," he added.
However, Adame said he is ready to put the whole incident behind him, and he is starting 2023 with hope and a new relationship.
"I hope that in this new year that, you'll be able to see me on camera again, cuz it, it's going to take a little bit of courage on my part. So, happy New Year. I'll see you soon," he said.
He then uploaded a photo of himself with another man, writing, "I'm a man who wants to be loved like anyone else would want. And I'm lucky enough to have found that in 2022 despite everything else that happened. Love you, stud."