He said in an interview that he's 'given my heart and soul to Channel 2.'
, the celebrated former KTVU anchor confirmed that his former employer will not re-sign him — and allegedly not because of his arrest.
“I’ve given my heart and soul to Channel 2,” he told the Bay Area News Group. “I would give anything to work there. For whatever reason, they decided not to re-sign me.”But beyond that, the outlet did not get much more information from Somerville, who has had a rocky 2021. He took an indefinite leave of absence in June
of the “The Ten O'Clock News on KTVU” in which he slurred lines and left mid-broadcast, resulting in speculation over his health and well-being.following a dispute over coverage of the Gabby Petito missing person and homicide case. Somerville has a Black daughter and wanted to add a note at the end of any news story on Petito about the rates of domestic violence Black women in America face, an unnamed source with knowledge of the situation told SFGATE in September.
The request was denied by KTVU news director Amber Eikel, who called the tag line inappropriate, according to the source.
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