Longtime Meteorologist Janice Dean Is Stepping Away From Fox News

Janice Dean, nan main meteorologist for nan celebrated Fox News greeting programme “Fox & Friends” for 22 years, is leaving her domiciled owed to wellness reasons.

Dean, who suffers from aggregate sclerosis, told her societal media followers Thursday she tin nary longer grip nan early greeting grind owed to her condition.

“I was diagnosed early and I’ve been connected different therapies for complete nan past 2 decades,” Dean said successful a video connection posted connected X. “But there’s nary cure for MS, and complete time, my symptoms person progressed. Unfortunately, deficiency of slumber and accent are immoderate of nan biggest triggers, and I was progressively emotion nan effects of my limitations. Ultimately, my symptoms progressed to nan constituent that I tin nary longer proceed moving successful my role.”

Dean, 56, was a mostly cheerful, non-partisan beingness connected “Fox & Friends.” But she did not awkward distant from arguable issues.

In her 2019 memoir “Mostly Sunny: How I Leaned to Keep Smiling During My Rainiest Days,” Dean recounted really she was harassed by erstwhile Fox News Chief Executive Roger Ailes. She said he made suggestive remarks to her erstwhile they met to talk her hiring. During 1 gathering he asked, “How are you astatine telephone sex?”

Ailes was fired successful 2016 for having sexually harassed erstwhile anchor Gretchen Carlson, which opened nan floodgates of different complaints against nan company’s executives and on-air talent, including Bill O’Reilly who was ousted a twelvemonth later.

Dean later praised nan company’s caller leader Suzanne Scott for improving nan workplace civilization astatine Fox News.

“I don’t consciousness fearfulness anymore,” Dean told The Times successful 2019. “It genuinely is because of nan beardown women who activity astatine nan institution now.”

Dean besides wrote that she was besides subjected to demeaning comments from nan precocious power big Don Imus during her tenure arsenic a news editor and newsman for his programme successful nan early 2000s. She told a communicative of really Imus erstwhile brandished a weapon successful nan studio.

Dean became an outspoken professional of erstwhile New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo aft some of her husband’s parents died of COVID-19 while successful an assisted surviving facility. Cuomo’s management ordered that nursing location accommodation return successful COVID patients during nan pandemic, a determination that was linked to thousands of deaths. Dean was nan first high-profile fig to bring attraction to nan issue, testifying earlier a House subcommittee successful 2020 and appearing astatine respective much successful nan years that followed.

Dean has been disconnected Fox News since November. The institution acknowledged her departure successful a statement.

“Throughout her 22-year profession pinch FOX News Media, Janice Dean has inspired viewers pinch her warmth, resilience, and dedication,” nan institution said. “Her willingness to stock her individual journeys has touched countless lives and served arsenic a root of spot and encouragement to many. We afloat support Janice’s courageous determination to measurement distant from her domiciled arsenic elder meteorologist connected “Fox & Friends” and are grateful for her galore contributions.

A autochthonal of Toronto, Dean started her media profession arsenic a disc jockey playing progressive rock. In summation to her memoir, she wrote a bid of children’s books featuring a characteristic named Freddy nan Frogcaster.