KTLA Anchor Mark Mester Fired After On-Air Defense of Former Colleague Lynette Romero - Hollywood Reporter

Mester has been fired after going off-script and calling out how the station handled the resignation of his longtime co-anchor Romero.

KTLA fired anchor Mark Mester days after he was suspended for going off-script and calling out how the station handled the resignation of his longtime co-anchor Lynette Romero, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

Station general manager Janene Drafs announced that Mester had been fired during a newsroom meeting Thursday, the Los Angeles Times reported.

14, KTLA announced that Romero had decided to move on after nearly 24 years at the station and pursue another opportunity, despite the station hoping she would spend the rest of her career with them

17 going off-script to apologize on behalf of the station to the viewers, saying that the way it handled the resignation “was rude, it was cruel, it was inappropriate, and we are so sorry.”

“After 24 years, Lynette Romero has decided to move on from anchoring our weekend morning news,” station news director Pete Saiers said