A former television weather forecaster in New York City is going public about why he was fired.
Erick Adame, who worked at Spectrum News NY1, was recently taken off the air after photos of him on an adult webcam site were sent to his boss.
Adame posted an open letter on Instagram to “share his truth.”
“Despite being a public figure and being on television in the biggest market in the country in front of millions of people five days a week for more than a decade and a half, I secretly appeared on an adult cam website. On this site, I acted out my compulsive behaviors, while at home, by performing on camera for other men. It was 100% consensual on both of our parts. I wasn’t paid for this, and it was absurd of me to think I could keep this private. Nonetheless, my employer found out and I was suspended and then termination,” he wrote.
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Adame says he is seeing a psychiatrist, who calls his actions “compulsive behavior.”
“I can’t take it back and I can’t change what I did, but I am getting the professional help I need so I can make appropriate decisions that don’t affect those I care deeply about, as well as my career as I move forward in my life,” Adame added.
He has now filed a lawsuit against the webcam company to find out who sent images of him to his former employer.
Adame, who is “openly gay and sex positive,” wrote that he doesn’t apologize for who he is, because “those are gifts and I have no shame about them.”
He is now trying to find another job on television and is urging news directors to judge him based on his “hundreds, thousands of hours of television” that he is “so proud of and that employers have always commended me for.”
