The former weathercaster shared several social media posts alluding to tension with Fox News weeks after announcing that she was leaving the network
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- Janice Dean claimed on X that she was “muzzled” during her time as a presenter on Fox News and “banned” from speaking out against former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo
- Dean has criticized Cuomo over his COVID-19 response for years after her in-laws died from the virus in a New York nursing home
- The weathercaster, who recently left Fox News after 20 years as her multiple sclerosis progresses, hinted that she may share more about her experiences soon now that she’s “free”
Janice Dean is claiming that Fox News barred her from speaking on certain topics during her time at the network.
The 56-year-old weathercaster, who departed Fox & Friends in June amid complications from her multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis, shared several messages on X about allegedly being silenced by Fox, especially when it came to former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
“Someday I’ll tell you all the story of how I was banned to talk about Andrew Cuomo after I spent years speaking out about what he did to seniors during COVID,” she shared in a post on X on Tuesday, July 21.
“I felt very betrayed during this time, and admittedly I’m still bitter,” she continued in a second post. “When you share something so personal to the world, and are encouraged to talk about it for years, and then one day be told you can’t, that hurt does not just magically go away.”
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One X user responded to her posts, saying they noticed that Fox News seemingly sided with Cuomo during his 2025 campaign for New York City mayor, when he was running against democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani. The user said it made them wonder how the network’s coverage of Cuomo impacted Dean. In response to the user, Dean wrote, “Yes. Muzzled.”
PEOPLE reached out to Fox News for comment on Dean’s claims.
Dean has publicly criticized the former governor’s pandemic response in the past after her parents-in-law died in an assisted living home in New York due to COVID-19 complications.
Now that she is no longer bound by contractual obligations with the news outlet, she hinted that she might share her side of the story soon.
“I have many, many, many stories. Sometimes I can’t believe the stuff I’ve been through. But I’m free now,” she wrote on Tuesday.
Dean began working for Fox News in 2004. After more than 20 years at the network, she announced her departure on June 25, writing that “goodbyes are hard,” but “necessary before you can meet again.”
“For a long time, I was able to handle the early mornings, the many hours on my feet and the stress of broadcasting live,” Dean said in her goodbye post. “Getting up at 2:30 in the morning and performing anything is hard, but especially for someone who has multiple sclerosis.”
She added that she would “miss” the “friends I met, of course, the places I’ve visited, the storms I’ve covered and the millions of viewers who have invited me into their homes every morning.”
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Fox News said in a statement following her departure, “We fully support Janice’s courageous decision to step away from her role as senior meteorologist on FOX & Friends and are grateful for her many contributions.”
Prior to her formal resignation, she announced in November that she was taking an unspecified break from work to be with family amid “health issues.” She was first diagnosed with MS in 2005.
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