E! News' Steve Kmetko Details Why He Disappeared From Hollywood in 2002 | 674T3C1 | 2024-04-07 23:08:01
Former E! Information reporter Steve Kmetko disappeared from the spotlight after he was fired from the present in 2002 — however what happened to the previous news anchor?
"I used to be requested to go away Hollywood 20 years ago. Let's simply say it wasn't my selection," Kmetko, 71, shared on a current episode of his "Still Here Hollywood" podcast. "To say that my life has been a wrestle after leaving the pink carpets and anchor chair can be overstating issues."
In 2002, Kmetko was a number as E!, and it was time for a contract negotiation.
"At the time, I advised everyone I had the most effective job there was; I really beloved that job," he recalled. "I placed on [my website], 'To the viewers out there, in case you like my work and need to see me continue, I'd respect you writing to administration and saying, 'We like Steve.'"
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Kmetko claimed that "management didn't like that" and he was confronted about the place that message was typed. He stated it was not shared from a work pc — one thing he couldn't keep in mind at the time. When it was later revealed that Kmetko had shared the message from a pc at work, they stated he was "in violation of one thing" — later revealed to be "intellectual property."
Management claimed they couldn't have "a newsman" who would lie. "A method or one other I felt they have been trying to eliminate me, Kmetko continued, recalling that his manager was "asking for $1 million a yr" on his behalf.
Kmetko was employed as the E! News anchor in 1994, cohosting the present until his firing. After parting ways with the community, Kmetko tried to get work at other retailers but was shut down.
"I might never perceive why I couldn't do the identical job someplace else, however perhaps that was simply an excuse I used to be being given," he stated. "Hollywood is wealthy with excuses."
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After Kmetko was advised he passed his "sell-by date," the anchor moved again to his native Chicago where he worked at an Apple Store and started "self-medicating" with medicine and alcohol. (Kmetko is currently sober.)
"To this present day, I depart my TV on all night time long as a result of if I wake up in the midst of the night time and there's no sound, my head begins going," he admitted, earlier than discussing what it was wish to suffer from a stroke in recent times.
Kmetko stated a physician informed him that he's "lucky" to be alive and general, the anchor is completely happy to be again in Hollywood. "I'm glad to be right here," he stated.
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