So this is what it’s like to be a TV weather man/Webcam porn dude.
I had no idea!

Talk about multitasking and stress.

Daily Beast:  The New York City weatherman who was fired after nude screenshots from an adult cam website were sent by an anonymous user to his bosses at work—as well as his own mother—described his humiliation in his first interview since the incident six months ago.

Talking to the WNYC’s Anna Sale on the Death, Sex & Money podcast, Erick Adame revealed he had been camming for years before his identity was eventually discovered, performing sex acts in front of the camera for strangers which he considered to be a private matter outside of his identity as a television presenter.

When contacted by The Daily Beast Wednesday night, Adame said he had “nothing to add from what I said on the podcast or in previous social media posts.”

On the podcast, Adame described his camming as an “evolution” over the course of many years, beginning with an interest in exhibition and “showing off.”

“It makes me feel better about myself,” he said. “For years, dating all the way back to my teenage years, I had low self-esteem and was ashamed of who I am because I’m gay. And showing off, and getting that type of praise and being called sexy, I wanna see more—hearing that from someone on the other end made you feel so good.”

 

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His last live cam session on Dec. 28, 2021, saw someone post a link publicly identifying Adame—and by that stage, the secret was out. Someone began reposting the images and Adame says he was eventually called into HR.

“No one knows, I didn’t tell a soul. And I’m panicking and doing everything I can to get it all taken down.”

“They’re graphic. Some of them are so humiliating now,” Adame said of the images.

Then, his mother and new boyfriend received letters in the mail with pictures from Adame’s webcam exploits.

“In the mail, like regular mail, with a note, with a little piece of typed out paper that says, ‘just want you to know what you’re getting yourself into.’”

“I have so much anger toward that person, because I just don’t understand why. Why would you want to upset someone by sending that, those images to someone’s mother?”

Finally, more pictures were also sent to NY1—and Adame was eventually fired. He recalled his final goodbyes with coworkers before leaving the studio for good.

“I said that I was really upset and that I loved what I did. It was my little speech. I’m like, ‘I love you guys.’ I’ve said before it was like a breakup. They dump you, and you’re begging for them not to leave you. That’s what it sort of felt like. And I got nothing.”

Poor fucker. The negative attention is embarrassing, and he just lost one of his two significant income streams.

Erick’s job as a weatherman should have nothing to do with his other job as a webcam guy “sexing” things for subscribers for 29.99 a month. That’s Erick’s prerogative, just like anyone else’s, derived from their value system. And there’s NOTHING wrong with a sexually therapeutic hobby, ESPECIALLY between two consenting (paid adults).

Where Erick seemed to go wrong was trusting the internet and showing his face while working his side hustle. NEVER trust the net and NEVER show your face, EVER, kid.

Erick is a great weatherman; I hope he gets his life back. There’s nothing worse than having some internet Rando send your live-action nudes to your boss and mom. My friend Barry Thames and former MP Tony Clement can attest to that. But it’s not the end of the world. Former Boy Meets World star Maitland Ward and several other TV personalities have taken a spin in the porn industry with great success. Erick sounds like a seasoned vet in the cam game, so he blows it up like those OF girls who drive $1m/ week in revenue.

It might be the best thing to ever happen to him. he doesn’t know it yet.

I’m reminded of the old Chinese fable of the man and the runaway horse where the punchline is “could be good, could be bad, who knows??”

Harness the PR of this thing, Erick, and et the ham fly on your private cam channel. Jack up that subscription rate and harness the power of this significant life change. Fuck the haters and doxxed. Take all their ammo away by embracing a few BOGO months or 25% off for all TV execs on your OF channel.

You got this, bro. And if you get back into TV weather, maybe scrub the web and go back to doing faceless stuff— st a thought.

What do you think? Fair or unfair? Are people with sex cam careers not allowed to have two jobs?  What’s the difference between moonlighting as a bookie or a sex cam dude, or an Amway salesperson other than all the dick and balls?