MBS readers sometimes ask unusual questions. One particular fellow has asked me twice whether I resemble a much younger, much hotter TV meteorologist named Michelle Rotella. I had not heard of her, but apparently, she is well known for certain reasons beyond her weather forecasting prowess. The video below from one daily broadcast has 54K views. All of a sudden, the weather has become quite popular.
So, Mike, I'm sorry to inform you that I don't look much like the beautiful and talented Ms. Rotella. For starters, she is younger than our daughter. My posterior is more around the back than out the sides. My hair is shorter in length and lighter in color. And boobs? Not on my best day ever. I wouldn't wear that dress to work, but it's clearly working for her.
I did some on-air work early in my career, but I was just the reporter behind the mike. I wanted to tell the story, not be the story. But perhaps things have changed.
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I can easily understand why this weather reporter is so popular!
As my regular readers know, I post photos from the Internet to accompany my stories on my blog. I am CONSTANTLY being asked if this or that photo is me. (I secretly have thought about sneaking in a photo of my freshly spanked bottom, taken by my lover, into the mix, but never have and realistically would never do so.)
It's funny the way people's minds work! I think we're visual learners, so like to have a mental picture to accompany the written word. So, you are the spitting image of Jennifer Lopez, aren't you, Bonnie? And I'm the twin of Jessica Biel...
Warmly,
Jean Marie
This video did make me think, "isn't it about time that the USA started using Celsius" :)
Prefectdt
Local news -- the last bastion of blatant appearance discrimination.
Though, that's probably more than a little unfair of me. The sports lead on our favorite local station is a lesbian woman who looks like a high school-aged tomboy, and the weather "girl" is probably in her 60s.
LoL, yes, I can definitely understand why she is popular lol. I think perhaps many of us build a picture in our head of online friends as Jean Marie said.
Hugs
Roz
Our meteorologist is nice, but who knows if she has a matching proclivity. A good match on that score is probably a lot more important than appearance.
Jean Marie - I want to say to Mike, "If you want to imagine I look just like Michelle Rotella, I certainly can't stop you." I don't look much like JLo either, but her shape is a bit more similar to mine.
I think I have more to say about this subject so this may have to be another (off-topic) post.
Prefectdt - We actually tried back in the late 1970s. Our president, Jimmy Carter, was to my knowledge the only president ever with a science background. He pushed for adoption of the metric system, but conservatives decided it was un-American and refused to support it.
Dan - This discussion gets my brain rattling. On one hand, anyone capable of doing a job well should have the opportunity to do so. On the other, local TV news is, let's face it, entertainment, especially sports and weather segments. As I said earlier this week, "Butts Sell."
Roz - I think I already do. I picture you reclining in a hammock out in nature in an exotic place halfway around the world.
RP - When you get three days out, an expert forecaster is right half the time while an amateur forecaster is wrong half the time. From this perspective, I understand why they choose someone who is attractive.
I can see why this video was so popular, but that dress isn't exactly work attire. But then I noticed it was of FOX, where anything goes.
Speaking of appearance, our highly-rated CTV news anchor Lisa LaFlamme was recently fired because she let her hair go naturally grey. Maybe if she had worn dresses like this, the execs wouldn't have noticed her hair.
Hugs,
Hermione
Hermione - The station is a local Fox affiliate, as opposed to Fox News. I suspect there is a wide range of what's acceptable among those affiliates depending upon local management, community preferences, and ratings.
Television news has always been a brutal place to work, especially for on-air women. We have court rulings in the US that state that airlines cannot fire flight attendants based solely upon factors unrelated to their performance. But television broadcasters have no such protection. Men, it seems, are often permitted to work well into their sixties. Their gray hair is viewed to be distinguished. Women are sometimes treated as decoration, and this is the flip side of the Michelle story.
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