Nearby Fox anchor fired right after express tirade against feminine co-anchor

Jenny Goldsberry

September 21, 04:06 PM September 21, 04:06 PM

A Fox anchor in Michigan was fired after going into an off-air tirade versus his co-anchor.

Victor Faust was on his morning-generate radio display on KNFS on Sept. 13 when he went off on his co-anchor, Crystal Cooper. Faust experienced been a Fox 2 KPLR host for 7 yrs, calling his co-anchor “fat,” “stupid,” and "horrible."

"Your children have a [expletive] horrible mom," Faust reported in an off-air recording received by the St. Louis Article-Dispatch. "I experience sorry for them."

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"Vic Faust no more time is effective for Fox 2, KPLR (Channel 11) or Nexstar Media," station normal manager Kurt Krueger advised the Article-Dispatch on Wednesday morning.

"I am quite sorry. My terms hurt Crystal, my colleagues and relatives. I produced a enormous miscalculation and I’m ashamed," Faust tweeted Wednesday. "As I function to receive believe in once again, I hope we can have an open up dialogue about regard in the workplace and forgiveness. My oversight is not my kids'. Be sure to respect their privateness."

In the audio, Faust claimed that Cooper experienced made enjoyable of him on air for possessing computer system issues, which to him was "a heritage of attacking me on air." The anchor tried to ban Cooper from coming again to his radio studio.

"I have in no way attacked you," Cooper responded in the center of Faust's tirade. "You have yelled at me two times, and this is the second time on split now."

The audio was in the beginning launched Monday.