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   Ousted weatherman Rob Marciano’s stormy tenure at ABC News included   
   clashes with fellow meteorologist Ginger Zee — a bitter feud that was kept   
   tightly under wraps for years at the network, The Post has learned.   
      
   Marciano, who was fired on Tuesday over alleged “anger management” issues,   
   according to a source, had joined “Good Morning America” in 2014 to take   
   Zee’s weekend gig.   
      
   At the time, Zee had been promoted to the daily “GMA” set to replace chief   
   meteorologist Sam Champion, who had decamped for The Weather Channel at   
   the time.   
      
   >From the outset, Zee and Marciano’s working relationship was as turbulent   
   as a Category 5 hurricane — and stayed that way for years, sources with   
   knowledge told The Post on Wednesday.   
      
   While Marciano’s “hot temper” caused problems on the show, Zee was equally   
   capable of being “nasty,” the source said.   
      
   “I think she brought out the worst in him. I’m not giving him a pass,” the   
   source said. “It’s sad because they are two people who are really into the   
   science of the weather, unfortunately their personalities didn’t work.”   
      
   The now 55-year-old Marciano — who joined ABC from “Entertainment Tonight”   
   after spending 10 years as CNN’s meteorologist — and the now 43-year-old   
   Zee frequently butted heads, according to multiple sources.   
      
   “She treated him as a beta and she was the alpha,” the media executive   
   said. “But they were much more peers in terms of experience, more than   
   Ginger was with Sam.”   
      
   Marciano’s arrival coincided with the network’s decision to launch a 24/7   
   weather unit meant to provide round-the-clock coverage for ABC News’   
   various programs, including “GMA” and “World News Tonight.”   
      
   However, the two did not collaborate, and Zee immediately “pulled rank”   
   over assignments, the insider said.   
      
   The Post reached out to ABC News and Zee for comment.   
      
   Representatives for Marciano did not comment.   
      
   “Ginger is a know-it-all. If you say something she disagrees with, she   
   references her Twitter followers, saying ‘you are wrong, my followers on   
   Twitter loved it,'” the media executive said.   
      
   Meanwhile, in meetings, when Marciano didn’t agree with a management   
   decision, his “body language and tone would change.”   
      
   “If he was unhappy about something, you’d know it,” the exec siad. “He   
   lost his cool in meetings when he got news he didn’t like.”   
      
   A source close to Zee claimed Marciano had “behavioral” issues and   
   disputed that she was difficult to work with.   
      
   “Ginger is a collaborative, inclusive and hard-working leader who is well   
   respected by her colleagues and has never had a complaint about her   
   working style,” the source said, adding that any other suggestion is   
   “sexist.”   
      
   The source also noted that the two worked different schedules with minimal   
   overlap.   
      
   It is unclear why Marciano was let go, but sources speculated that   
   Marciano’s contract did not get renewed after a spate of complaints about   
   his behavior came to light last year.   
      
   Last year, the Cornell University graduate was temporarily “banned” from   
   the Times Square studios of “GMA” after he allegedly made a colleague feel   
   uncomfortable, Page Six reported in March 2023.   
      
   “He was found to have done something … that was improper, but he was   
   punished for it, and they still haven’t let him return,” one insider told   
   Page Six at the time.   
      
   More recently, he was moved to “World News Tonight” and provided   
   occasional field reports for “GMA” — but was prevented from coming to the   
   studio, the second source said.   
      
   A source speculated that Marciano’s salary — which one exec said was a   
   little less than $1 million when he was hired away from “Entertainment   
   Tonight” where he co-anchored the show, was making too much money.   
      
   The source said it’s possible that Debra O’Connell, the newly-appointed   
   president of ABC’s news group, may be looking at the budget and saw his   
   salary didn’t justify his lower workload.   
      
   It’s unclear what exactly transpired between Marciano and his colleague   
   last year, but another source said he had allegedly been dealing with some   
   “anger management issues” while going through a divorce from his wife.   
      
   The two were married for 11 years and share two kids.   
      
   A source who has worked with Marciano said his behavior wasn’t linked to   
   his divorce or his run-ins with Zee.   
      
   “His personality wasn’t caused by his divorce or being treated like a   
   beta,” said the source. “He’s got a temper. He’s got a short fuse.”   
      
   https://nypost.com/2024/05/01/media/ousted-abc-news-weatherman-rob-   
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