Why are so many weathermen gay?

Posted by Arica Deslauriers on Wednesday, May 22, 2024

I will tell you that all the weathermen in Chicago are balding fat asses.

by Anonymousreply 1April 10, 2012 5:32 PM

Because doing the weather is manufacturing faux drama out of ordinary natural phenomena. Perfect for them.

by Anonymousreply 4April 10, 2012 5:43 PM

They don't do a lot of "work," they get to wear fantastic clothes, and get their ego stroked during stupid personal appeariences.

by Anonymousreply 5April 10, 2012 5:58 PM

Only in America! In Holland they're all depressingly straight family men.

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by Anonymousreply 6April 10, 2012 6:04 PM

Here in South Florida, most of the TV meteorologists are women.

by Anonymousreply 7April 10, 2012 7:53 PM

I've always wondered this also.

by Anonymousreply 8April 10, 2012 8:05 PM

I've always wondered the same thing, OP. Seriously, what are the reasons?

by Anonymousreply 9April 10, 2012 8:12 PM

In Austin at one point in the 90s all 4 local news networks had gay weathermen.

by Anonymousreply 11April 10, 2012 9:05 PM

For whatever reason, a lot of gay men are fundamentally performers who like attention (yes, I'm generalizing). If you can't act or sing, why not do the weather on TV?

(I think the Weather Channel must weed them out, though, because you don't see many clearly gay guys on the air there.)

by Anonymousreply 12April 10, 2012 9:15 PM

R12 Bingo is your name-o. A lot of gay men love performing. I can't think of any gay meteorologist on The Weather Channel. When The Weather Channel was bought by NBC Jeff Ranieri, a gay meteorologist, worked for NBC. He was the senior meteorologist yet The Weather Channel hired Bill Karins and another weather person.

by Anonymousreply 13April 10, 2012 9:24 PM

The University of Tennessee offers a course for prospective weather guys leading to AMS approval. The chairman of department is gay. He encourages his favorite boys to go into television and helps them through his contacts.

by Anonymousreply 15April 10, 2012 9:29 PM

Back in the 90s, I remember there were a lot of cute, young weathermen on the Weather Channel.

by Anonymousreply 16April 10, 2012 9:30 PM

Here in CT, the CBS station has 3 weathergays, NBC has 2, ABC has 1, and FOX has none (though their former chief meteorologist was the gayest of the gays)

by Anonymousreply 17April 10, 2012 9:34 PM

Former BBC weathergay Tomasz Schafernaker even appeared in a gay magazine in a state of undress, while still under contract.

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by Anonymousreply 18April 10, 2012 9:50 PM

Weather Channel's former winter weather expert was gay but low key. Not sure where he is today.

by Anonymousreply 19April 10, 2012 9:52 PM

I dont' care if he's gay or straight but I would like to see Jim Cantore do the weather in the nude just once. He's hot enough in a polo shirt to cause me to palpitate.

by Anonymousreply 20April 10, 2012 9:56 PM

I think it all goes back to the early days of TV, when you didn't need to know anything scientific to do the weather on TV - it was all about having a pretty face.

In those days, they were "weathergirls" - now they're just "weather gurrrls!"

by Anonymousreply 21April 10, 2012 11:18 PM

R3, get a new pair of glasses. You probably get all wet for Jerry Taft.

by Anonymousreply 22April 11, 2012 3:58 AM

Too many viewings of this video as young gaylings.

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by Anonymousreply 23April 11, 2012 4:04 AM

... and how could we ever forget ' Cockroach meets Weatherman?'

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by Anonymousreply 24April 11, 2012 4:21 AM

R1, you must be referring to Tom Skilling, who is balding and paunchy. And also a closeted gay. Unless you can think of another reason why a late fiftysomething man lives with two male "roommates."

by Anonymousreply 25April 11, 2012 4:25 AM

Not sure, but I'm glad this one is. I spent an evening with him and he was handsome, had an awesome physique, and was a nice guy.

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by Anonymousreply 27April 11, 2012 4:58 AM

They were deeply moved by the Wizard of Oz.

by Anonymousreply 28April 11, 2012 5:13 AM

Yes, but did you FUCK HIM, R27?

by Anonymousreply 30April 11, 2012 5:32 AM

Last year we had a thread about a weather guy who woke up naked in his hottub with his arms around a dead guy. Anyone remember that?

by Anonymousreply 31April 11, 2012 6:19 AM

R30 We did spend the night together....in bed. He was better looking than his picture btw.

by Anonymousreply 32April 11, 2012 6:20 AM

The weathermen are gay because stations prefer not to have their gays as the news anchor. So to be inclusive, the stations stick the weathermen on for five minutes at the end of the show.

by Anonymousreply 33April 11, 2012 6:40 AM

Does this mean Al Roker is gay. And I doubted my pingo'meter

by Anonymousreply 34April 11, 2012 7:20 AM

R34 Al is queer and questioning.

by Anonymousreply 35April 11, 2012 7:24 AM

Anyone know about that new guy in the Detroit area, Keenan or something? He pings.

by Anonymousreply 36April 11, 2012 7:30 AM

(R35). Hmm, could this be the much talked about Matt Laurer affair? And everybody thought it was Natalie Morales, Savannah Guthrie, the chick in Canada, etc.

by Anonymousreply 37April 11, 2012 7:31 AM

[quote].. and how could we ever forget ' Cockroach meets Weatherman?'

We won't. LOL

by Anonymousreply 38April 11, 2012 7:46 AM

I have such a crush on Weatherman Tucker Barnes from the Washington DC area local Fox 5 Morning News. He's adorable and has such an adorably sexy voice.

by Anonymousreply 39April 11, 2012 4:26 PM

Any scoop on Fox 5 NY weatherman Mike Woods? He sets my ping-o meter off.

I used to see ABC's weatherman Sam Champion at this gay club on Sunday afternoons.

by Anonymousreply 40April 11, 2012 4:59 PM

I thought I'd heard Mike Woods is gay. There was a FOX 5 TV promo a few years ago that had all the personalities dancing on a pier and Woods REALLY got into it.

by Anonymousreply 41April 11, 2012 5:12 PM

They're all gay because they're all married to hairdressers.

by Anonymousreply 42April 11, 2012 5:26 PM

An early fascination with this song:

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by Anonymousreply 43April 11, 2012 5:30 PM

Theres a cute reporter in savannah georgia who is gay

by Anonymousreply 44April 11, 2012 7:36 PM

Here in Chicago, we had Stephen Goolsby as weathergay on local channel CLTV. He went on to become porn star Stephen Marks. Now I think he's in DC working in real estate.

by Anonymousreply 45April 11, 2012 9:20 PM

r43 is always late for the party.

by Anonymousreply 46April 11, 2012 9:26 PM

Mike Woods is tres tres gay, R41.

Within the industry, it's no secret.

by Anonymousreply 47April 12, 2012 6:30 AM

Why isn't r4 on W&W? Funniest thing on here in a while.

by Anonymousreply 48April 12, 2012 1:13 PM

r41, Mike's former partner is Jim Castillo who was doing weather at station across town. Then went to KOMO in Washington. Here people called him "The Homo at KOMO."

by Anonymousreply 49April 12, 2012 3:12 PM

Do any Miami or New Orleans people know anything about David Bernard? He was a cute, baby-faced gay twink in Tulsa early in his career, but I just looked him up, and he's a very handsome man now. He always seemed like a really nice guy, too, and his partner, if there is one, is a lucky man.

by Anonymousreply 50April 12, 2012 3:22 PM

Cute gay Scottish weatherman in tight shirt.

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by Anonymousreply 51June 18, 2013 12:56 PM

[quote]Here in CT, the CBS station has 3 weathergays

Whose the third one? Mike? I've been wondering about OP's question ever since I noticed how many "weathergays" we seem to have here in CT.

by Anonymousreply 52June 29, 2013 9:38 PM

Austin STILL has a lot of local gay weathermen. I know 3 personally.

by Anonymousreply 53June 29, 2013 9:49 PM

I wonder what happened to Tony Williams. He was DC's Weathergay for a number of years, then moved out to LA to be their Weathergay.

But he has pretty much disappeared since losing a job in LA (IIRC).

by Anonymousreply 54June 29, 2013 10:16 PM

I wonder if Tex Antoine was gay?

by Anonymousreply 55June 30, 2013 12:40 AM

I like me some Brooks Garner. He's in Houston now. He has a daughter so he's probably straight.

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by Anonymousreply 56October 10, 2013 11:34 PM

Does anyone here who lives in Portland, Or know if KPTV's Wayne Garcia is on the down low?

Not that I'm flattering myself but I think he cruised me twice at Safeway last night.

by Anonymousreply 57October 10, 2013 11:45 PM

There was a weathergay in atlanta back in the 80's (?) named Russ Minshew who was busted for soliciting a teenage boy. In was quite the scandal.

by Anonymousreply 58October 11, 2013 1:56 AM

WHET the weathergay who quit to do gay porn? Steve something ...

by Anonymousreply 59October 11, 2013 2:11 AM

I'm curious about that too, R52.

From 3:

Scott and Mark - Who is the 3rd? Mike is really the only other option since Bruce has been married a couple of times.

From 30:

Ryan and Garrett

From 8:

Not sure on this one

by Anonymousreply 60October 11, 2013 2:18 AM

I have always thought that Portland weatherman Rod Hill was gay but no one seems to know. He is a pocket gay.

by Anonymousreply 61October 11, 2013 2:36 AM

When "It's Raining Men" for real, they want to be covering the storm.

by Anonymousreply 62October 11, 2013 2:42 AM

[all posts by tedious, racist idiot removed.]

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by Anonymousreply 63October 11, 2013 2:49 AM

Here in Philadelphia, there's Adam Joseph on the ABC affiliate. Cute, cute, CUTE, what a smile. Chris Sower, at the NBC station, is hot, but straight, definitely worth a look though.

by Anonymousreply 66October 11, 2013 1:41 PM

I like Scott, R63, and he's out, which is more than you can say for a lot of weathergays.

What's the fucking problem with being effem**ate? It's not an insult to all of us, and you would really think on a GAY site it wouldn't be used as a diss.

by Anonymousreply 67October 12, 2013 2:57 AM

R61, I would be astonished if Rod Hill weren't gay. He probably just keeps a low profile.

by Anonymousreply 68October 12, 2013 3:22 AM

R27 - Arch???? LOL, what a big nelly. Oh how the "mighty" have fallen. He sure thought he was the party bomb queen of ATL back in the 90s.

by Anonymousreply 69October 12, 2013 3:31 AM

Sven Sundgard in mpls.. He's out .

by Anonymousreply 70October 12, 2013 4:18 PM

Oh how I loved this posting:

I don't care if he's gay or straight but I would like to see Jim Cantore do the weather in the nude just once. He's hot enough in a polo shirt to cause me to palpitate.

by Anonymousreply 71November 23, 2013 12:02 AM

This is one of our local weathermen, Dave Nussbaum. I can't believe he's married to a woman.

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by Anonymousreply 72March 27, 2014 10:57 PM

I remember the late Chris Bradley from when he did the weather in Detroit.

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by Anonymousreply 73January 2, 2019 1:45 AM

They are all hopped up on drugs..

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by Anonymousreply 74January 2, 2019 1:49 AM

A TV job = attention, which bottoms thrive on, and local TV weatherman is one of the easiest to get into. All it requires is to be well turned out and be able to read an autocue for a few minutes a day. That's do-able for most gay men.

by Anonymousreply 75January 2, 2019 2:30 AM

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