John Bolaris no longer employed by Fox 29
The forecast looks like unemployment for John Bolaris. The Fox 29 meteorologist had been suspended since Dec. 22 but this afternoon a Fox spokeswoman confirmed that, "We mutually agreed that it was time to part ways."
John Bolaris no longer employed by Fox 29
Dan Gross
The forecast looks like unemployment for John Bolaris.
The Fox 29 meteorologist had been suspended since Dec. 22 but this afternoon a Fox spokeswoman confirmed that, “We mutually agreed that it was time to part ways.” She declined further comment on the parting.
We reported Dec. 23 Bolaris was suspended indefinitely just days after Playboy magazine published an article about his being drugged and scammed by two European hotties in Miami Beach in March 2010, a story first reported by the Daily News last year.
In the Playboy story Bolaris is quoted saying he went with the women because "I'm a guy. There was the thought I might get laid," and discusses his reputation as a ladies man. He also shares nude photos of women on his cell phone with writer Pat Jordan.
Station sources told us Fox 29 management is upset at how the weatherman comes off in the story, which is the latest occasion in which he has upset management, and clashed specifically with GM Patrick Paolini.
Several months ago, sources say, Bolaris came to work, then announced he was sick and went home after arguing with management, which did not want him to interview his friend Lenny Dykstra. Bolaris had offered an exclusive interview with the disgraced baseball star.
Sources close to Bolaris say the station had accused him in May of leaking the Miami story to the Daily News and that management was upset that he was participating in the Playboy profile about his Miami saga.
Discussions between Fox management and Bolaris’ agent Richard Leibner have taken place since his suspension. Sources close to Bolaris said he very much wanted to get back on the air. Bolaris declined to comment this afternoon and referred us to Leibner who echoed the kumbaya statement from Fox 29 that the parties had mutually agreed to part ways. We asked Leibner whether that means Fox paid out Bolaris through his contract that ran until 2014 and he said in 50 years as an agent he has "Never talked about contractual terms."
Bolaris reported for work Dec. 22 only to learn he was suspended. He has not been on-air since though commercials in which he was featured continued to air. Last Thursday, a Fox 29 employee emailed the Daily News asking to remove Bolaris’ photo from the Fox weather forecasts on Page 2 of the Daily News.
This story has been updated.
Didn't he get caught on another network, having sex, with one of the anchorwomen in the parking lot, talk about brazen???
If you have such little regard from where you draw your paycheck, and I think, he has a little girl too, that you are doing high school or college pranks, dude needs to grow up fast??— mikey48- I never understood what anyone ever saw in this clown. Rob Guarino who was a good weatherman, was run out of town to make room for this idiot.— Wiseman6
- How do you define 'good weatherman'? Someone who is right maybe 30% of the time?
- Makes me miss Garry Papas even more. What a beautiful decent man, that was taken far too soon, from a city that loved, an embraced him.
But like Abe Lincoln said, "its not the years in the life, but the life in the years that you have."
John Bolaris hasn't lived 1/10th of Garry's life, really come on, Bolaris will become a Philadelphia footnote, why Garry will be remembered with the likes of Harry Kalas, John Facinda, Jim Obrein???— mikey48 - A 50-something adolescent who thought he was much more than he actually was - a weatherman. Good luck calling the snow predictions in Albany, because that is about the size of town you will be working for next.— CTL
- Sorry should read Gary Papa— mikey48
- John Bolaris is a fanstastic weather forecaster. Not only is he hardworking and accurate, but he connects with the viewers. Turns out the person who said Schwaid didn't like him from their days back at channel 10, was correct. I hope John can do something litigation wise. I will not turn on that gutter Fox 29 again. I certainly won't watch that ugly, old hag Sallyann Mosey. She's an idiot and her accent is like fingernails on a chalkboard. GOODBYE FOX 29!— mel-b
- yea I could see he and Dykstra hanging out. An accident waiting to happen— robtpenn
- absolutely ridiculous and childish for 29 to can him for this story. political correctness is killing this country— Ryan
- Maybe he should go hit up Alicia Lane— djack10
- No Class John Bolaris!— Street Sense13
- Boys will be boys.
— Showtime226 - Boys will be boys. (HTML deleted)— Showtime226
- Kate Bilo @ CBS3 rools— albrock
- I am so glad they fired that idiot! What an embarrassment he was!— Concerned Election Watcher
