6ABC's Cecily Tynan calls colleague Adam Joseph a 'moron' on-air
6ABC meteorologist Cecily Tynan could clearly be heard saying "Moron," after tossing to fellow meteorologist Adam Joseph who began speaking while his microphone was off.
6ABC's Cecily Tynan calls colleague Adam Joseph a 'moron' on-air
6ABC meteorologist Cecily Tynan could clearly be heard saying "Moron," after tossing to fellow meteorologist Adam Joseph who began speaking while his microphone was off. This happened around 6:37 p.m. Monday.
But instead of admitting that it happened, first Joseph tweeted: "Let me make this clear if you just watch our weather hit. Cecily did not say "moron" she said "do you want mine on" (the mic) lol Too Funny!
Moments later however, Joseph tweeted what seemed like a confirmation of the comment.
"Man twitter is blowing up over the comment by @cecilytynan! Even if she did say it, its in good humor. We are like brother and sister.
Closer to 7 p.m., anchor Jim Gardner made the matter more bizarre with a somewhat rambling explanation that Tynan had not insulted Joseph.
"Maybe I shouldn't even acknowledge this but the folks who thought that Cecily called Adam an untoward name when Adam was having trouble with his microphone, that's not at all true," Gardner stated.
"What Cecily was saying was "Do you want mine on? My microphone on. And then Adam had a chance to fix his microphone before that even became an issue. If you thought that Cecily called Adam an untoward name that's not the case at all. We don't do that here. We are a family, we love each other," Gardner said before looking at someone, possibly Joseph, off camera and then added "You're acting like a moron." Laughter could be heard on set.
Of course, to make matters worse, Tynan then posted an even more absurd explanation on Facebook about the situation, a picture of which is posted here.
Don't they know the cover-up is always worse than the crime?
Morons.
For those viewing the video, the moron comment is made about 12 seconds in. After Tynan hands off to Joseph.
Comments (72)
All I know is Tynan is gorgeous and really that's all that matters— Dutch10- Anyone who watches the local news for anything but a laugh and some hidden ads is a moron. MORE ON that later.— xkarivalis
- I still kind of like Cecily - but I'm beginning to think I might have some MORON in me. Sheena Parveen is looking better every day!— Bota
- She is not a nice person. At the auto show she couldn't have tried harder to avoid talking to people. And we were with a VIP who helped her get her job. She wouldn't give him the time of day! Guess she doesn't believe in karma. And what's with Jim sticking up for her? I'm changing the channel.— Frednvicky
- She is not a nice person. At the auto show she couldn't have tried harder to avoid talking to people. And we were with a VIP who helped her get her job. She wouldn't give him the time of day! Guess she doesn't believe in karma. And what's with Jim sticking up for her? I'm changing the channel.— Frednvicky
- I haven't watched local news in a while but definitely noticed the boob job Cecily got. She certainly did say moron. I also noticed Cathy Orr got weird looking. Glad I stick to reading news here and getting weather at weather.com. Local news is only good when there is a major local event like Sandy. Too bad I lost my power for two days and am just getting caught up.— luvnjshore
- Channel 6 weather team is a joke.I'd rather look out the window and guess how the day is going to progress.As far as the Cecily's comment goes there is an old saying:Tis better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.— vrb1955
- I don't understand all of the Cecily haters - her trainwreck of a personal life is her problem. She still is eye candy, would you rather see Carol, Monica, or Renee? Besides, when I really wanna watch weather, I watch the Bowtie!— Phillyfan among the NYers
- I don't know about Adam, but Cecily is a train wreck without all that make-up. No wonder the floor director wanted more makeup on. I used to think she was a hottie but then saw some photos of her "plain". Ugh. No thanks.— scootch
- I hear David Murphy's name mentioned right before she says moron so maybe she was talking about Murph. No one really knows who it was directed at. Murph seems like a swell guy. I see him at Phillies games every so often.— Phillies2008WSChamps
- Watching Jim Gardner flub a line every time they went back to him was my entertainment to get me thru the storm. I think it's time to let that old mountain lion out to permantently graze and let Rick Williams take over the 11 o'clock news like he has the noon and 5pm slots already. Can never have enough Rick Williams.— gilligan
- Missed it, I was watching sheena on ch. 10...— tsulpizio
- The excuse last night was that she was saying "mine on" meaning does the director want her mic on. Now its "more on" meaning more makeup on her face.
The only people I like on that channel anymore are Rick Williams, Jim Gardner, and Monica Malpass. They seem like the only genuinely nice people on the station. Everyone else seems like they would slit each others throat if they had to.— franknbeans - What liars they all are..she said "moron" period...Jim you look loke you are 85 years old...are you?????
Probably all voting for Romney and lyin Ryan....— Idaho76erfan - Who cares there just a bunch of over paid talking heads. The BEST weather man wes Herb Clark and he wasn't a blow hard collage meteorologist.— oldbiker
- Maybe she was talking to Mitt Romnet and said "Mormon"— ChescoMom
- Dazmeister said it perfectly!— mlogan49
Comment removed.- Cecily who? Sheena is the new IT girl!— PhillyIam
- It was CLEAR AS DAY, she said Moron! You can tell when Silicone Cecily is lying......her mouth is moving!— montysgirl
- She's still smokin'!
- My wife and I were watching and thought it was all hysterically funny. Gardner was just having fun with it. Earlier in the same news hour, he was reading Facebook posts and "accidentally" read one where someone was saying "I could watch that Adam Joseph ALL NIGHT LONG"... HA HA— shaman0607
- @eldia, the nearest black man IS usually the correct one to blame.— thankgodidontliveinphilly
- Did you Call Hurricane Swartz, petulant or flatulant?— Thelonius Monk
- Sorry, but she said it. She later offered him her mic (about 5 seconds later). She's known for letting her mouth run when she thinks no one is watching/listening (very common in the industry), so why attempt to paint it as something else?— Yoda117
- You know what they remind me of? Scummy Republicans, who are always trying to lie to you and tell you that what you heard you did not really hear. Now, Republicans want you to blame the nearest black man for everything, because they are scum that all should be arrested and thrown in jail.— eldiablodelsol2009
- This got more coverage than another famous open mic comment: "This is my last election. I'll have more flexibility after the election."— Phillies2008WSChamps
- anyone notice kathy orr's boob job?
— Shemp Howard - Cecile Tynan is getting too old& her luggage face over tanned skin is getting too pronounced for her to continue on TV much longer. Her time is about up isn't it?.— gjd741
- Cecily Tynan is a mean snake!— Dolly92748
- Jim's version obviously was false. He should not have addressed the issue. Initially, I believed her version when I first read her tweet. However, I concluded she did call him a "moron" after watching the video in context after Adam forgot to turn on his mike. I once said something like that at work during a 3-way phone call before my secretary had told me the third person already was on the line. The third person said to me, "EXCUSE ME??" I was like, "Uhh.."— dglass1
- I'm always amazed that Tynan ruined 2 marriages, ( hers and the poor woman that was married to her current husband)and almost nobody was offended by that ( in fact after the ex wife spoke up about it she felt a need to give her a nasty response).Contrast that to John Bolaris, who was single( until yesterday, congrats) and had the right to date whoever he pleased, got slammed regularly, then was fired for being the victim of a felony( though the term "do shot" is one of the great Rocky-Bullwinkle moments ever). We have sort of a convenient moral compass when it comes to other people's personal lives.— drbob1
- He couldn't get his mike working, she said moron plain as day because she didn't know her mike was live.— neddyflanders
- i heard it live. she said "moron". jim gardner shouldn't have tried to clean it up. later in the broadcast, she turned it over to her "good friend, Adam Joseph", but Adam still had his panties in a bunch, and was a little cold in the exchange. hilarious!— fillyfan
- I have zero respect for Tynan after I read how she went after the ex-wife of her current husband (if they're still married) with nasty voice mails. I'm sure she did call Adam Joseph a moron. She is so full of herself. Not sure why, all she does is read the weather, stop acting like you're all that.— BobbyD
- Poor Adam......she loves him like a brother:(— Wilhelm Von Humboldt
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- I'd rather watch Brick Tamland do the weather instead of Cecily.— TyroneShoes
- Cecily is the moron...— HAROLD Eskin
- if only the media could cover the ridiculous Libya coverup, that actually means someone, as agressive as Dan Gross.
now, raise your hand if you never called a co-worker a moron.
Funny, was listening to KYW yesterday and they said "Coming up, Moron Traffic" and i thought they finally had a special segment for some of our horrible drivers in this area.— jim715 - Cecily and her silicone upgrades are has beens! Sheena and her silicone puppies are better.— Joseph DeSantis
- Don't mess with Cec... she is not as nice as she plays on TV.— The Baron
- Cecily has a major ego problem...I find her annoying....she lost me as a viewer when she flaunted her huge engagement ring on air...it's a matter of time before her stolen husband gets stolen from her....— nuffera
- Sheena Parveen for the win. Action News is last century
— mephisto - Cecily looks like the Crypt Keeper, and is a documented home wrecker.. and she said, "Moron", but who cares. Sheena is much better anyway.— Tyrone Biggums
- Gross is the Moron of the nght, except for all of us commenting on the non-story he created.— Nihilist
- Cecily and Adam are awesome! The only moron is Dan Gross for making this a story. I guess he needed to fill space. She clearly said need mine, and if she did say moron, she was playing around. But I guess I'm the moron for posting a comment about it.— carlosbeltran
- Awwww, jeepers, I always thought the "Action News" staff would look better as a South Park episode...remember the days when they were all checking into that hospital next door for "flu"? Ponder, ponder...care to explain that one to Cecily, Jim...Jim???— Slim Customer
- so what— allycat1968
- Am I the only one who noticed Cecily Tynan got her "east" and "west" turned around when describing the path of hurricane Sandy in that same broadcast? She said at least twice that Sandy was moving "east", towards Philadelphia. Did she say "moron?" We'll never know. Jim Gardner's defense certainly made a non-issue become somehow relevant, in the "Methinks the gentleman doth protest too much" fashion.— DonQ
- It's news because Dan Gross says it is. Think he'd find something better on such a momentous night!— Nihilist
She meant moron....she doesn't want Adam stealing her thunder-she thinks she's the best...I beg to differ.
- Who cares.— BillyBob369
- Really not a big deal, it was in jest and good fun. I am wondering why this is even a story.— Joschmo
- I played it back a couple of times and she clearly said "moron" and then asked if he wanted her mic.— ej610
- She absolutely called him a moron. That is the silliest lamebrained excuse I ever heard! Just goes to show meterologists need to wear wizard hats on and be more lighthearted instead of trying to be fashion icons, like, sleeveless dresses to show off one's figure in freezing inappropriate weather!— backhandgrip
- WHO CARES????
— DONDEN31 - LouDiamondPhillips,etc. - You win Top Line of the Night!— Nihilist
- She should take a lesson from Obama. Obvious lies come back to bite you.— dogman5
- Whatever. Sheena Parveen is mopping the floor with everyone else, including the petulant little Glenn "Hurricane" Schwartz.— BlairW
- Cecily looks good for a golden girl— Jay Grace 69
- Joseph also directed a "good job" towards Tynan, which she interpreted as "boob job".— LouDiamondPhillipsheadScrewdriver
- I am sure they say a lot of things about each other when the mic is off! This isn't a big deal.— BigE
- She had the hot mic. She is the moron.— JenEv
- Boy, imagine the emotional imbalance of someone calling themselves 'Joe Pyne'! Then,add in the mis-spelling of her name and the slander and you end up with a real stunad hiding in his basement until the storm ends or his mommy notices that he's been missing for a few years!— Nihilist
- Who cares? Just proves there doesn't need to be more than one weather person on at a time. They've been saying the same things for 2 days. You know the War Department convinced Lincoln he needed a meteorologist. That guy didn't know what was going on either. Told Abe no rain for ten days. They started to move the troops and it rained for ten hours straight. Moron.— dfc5632
- Real time reaction, big freaking deal. It's just life folks. He should wear his dunce cap for at least 24 hours.— brightstar1031
- So what?!!!!!??? Every place I ever works, people called co-workers names, often in jest. It's not like she called him an A-Hole or something worse. This doesn't deserve the ink to print it, the bytes to post it or my time to respond. I guess I'm the moron!— Nihilist
- Cesilly is the real moron, and a husband-stealer to boot.— Joe Pyne
- Well she was correct, he is a total Moron.— GREEKPICNIC
- She did say moron. Twice. Jim's explanation, though, should go down in the Philadelphia Broadcasting Hall of Fame. Classic. Funny. And that is why Jim Gardner will be a Philly legend long after he's gone (which I hope is a long time from now).— dazmeister
- I don't think she said moron. It sounded like more on— PhilMar
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