Julya Johnson, a veteran meteorologist at Knoxville ABC affiliate WATE, took to Facebook this morning to respond to an anonymous viewer who wrote her a letter criticizing her appearance.
Noting she was choosing to respond publicly because the letter had no return address, Johnson wrote: “I will never, ever be able to please everyone with my appearance. It’s not possible.”
I have “changed my appearance” to try to please people before. It never works. So, I please myself. I like my dresses. I feel good about my appearance. I am always covered, dressed modestly and professionally. Yet, she mentions that I am a great meteorologist! And she also says I get “no compliments”? Does the fact that I bring an accurate forecast mean nothing? I was a straight A student. If I had known being on People’s list of “best dressed” mattered more than an accurate forecast, I could’ve saved a ton of money on that meteorology degree.
Don’t do this, people. Just don’t. It’s very rude. That’s my opinion, and it is as valuable as anyone else’s opinion.
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[h/t Jim Romenesko]