Suchita Vadlamani has left ‘Good Day Atlanta’
Morning host Suchita Vadlamani, rumored to be leaving “Good Day Atlanta” earlier this month, has actually left the building for good on her own volition, her attorney Mark Trigg told me today.
He referred to her Facebook fan page, where she provided a brief statement:
It’s official! After a memorable 8 1/2 yrs at Good Day, it’s time for another big adventure! Join me as I take it to the next level!
Loading ...Vadlamani, through Trigg, declined to comment further. If she has plans for the near future, she is not saying.
No word yet from WAGA-TV who will replace her. Karen Graham would be the most obvious pick since she is already part of the morning team.
The station released this statement:
“Suchita Vadlamani has resigned from FOX 5 to pursue other personal interests and professional opportunities. We thank her for her contributions to the FOX 5 team over the past 8-1/2 years and wish her the very best in all her future endeavors.”
On Dec. 9, Ryan Cameron announced on V-103 that she had been fired, then retracted the statement. This fueled rumors of her impending departure. At the time, Trigg denied she was leaving though she had suspiciously cleaned up her desk at WAGA.
WAGA has recently gone through major management changes at the top. This is the first sign of more changes to come, for sure. In recent weeks, the “Good Day Atlanta” show has opted for more hard news, fewer softer features.
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T
December 27th, 2010
9:16 pm
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YourPoliticalAnimal
December 27th, 2010
9:23 pm
@realitybites- get over it . . . June Cleaver is dead . . . better brush up on your Spanish my friend . . . and your Ebonics . . . ?Comprendes tu?
deegee
December 27th, 2010
9:24 pm
The NBC 11 Alive morning show is unbearable. Chesley is just a little too much to take that early in the morning. Jill Becker seems like a lovely person but she puts me right back to sleep. Is there any news on that show anymore? The last time I watched the show it was all about giving people doughnuts and field testing cheap, useless gadgets made in China.
TheDuchess
December 27th, 2010
9:26 pm
Well, I liked her ‘enough’ I guess. Can’t wait to tell my husband…we have a friendly competition going on…he loves her! LOL Sorry honey!
Dee Dee
December 27th, 2010
9:28 pm
Next, we’ll hear them hiring one of those Atlanta Housewives for the sakes of ratings! Enough, already!
Liz
December 27th, 2010
9:30 pm
Theresa, you shouldn’t correct others when you don’t know what you are talking about.
Kapoonka
December 27th, 2010
9:35 pm
@Linda..I bet you’re a troll. I’m thinking about 5′1..240 lbs of pure jealous troll. Back to your bridge…
I can’t believe how jealous and catty some (not all..but some!) of these women are. Suchita would make most of you disapear if you stood next to her, but that ain’t no reason to hate her…..get over it. She has looks, a helluva wardrobe and money and you don’t…boo-hoo. Now go kick rocks in sandals.
deegee
December 27th, 2010
9:40 pm
I am not a hater. I think that Suchita is beautiful but I always wondered why she wore such drab clothing. Every now and then she would wear something colorful. Most of the time it looked like she bought her clothes off of the clearance rack at Target.
Linda
December 27th, 2010
9:45 pm
Tsk, tsk, the word is spelled disappear. From your moniker, I understand why you take up for her. Other than her being attractive, I really did not see much more.
YourPoliticalAnimal
December 27th, 2010
10:00 pm
Sounds like a estrogen cat fight goin’ on here . . . I’m out . . . peace . . .
DebDoes
December 27th, 2010
10:00 pm
Don’t live in Dunwoody either and I agree with ladies above….couldn’t stand her and always change the a.m. show when i walked into the room. He on the otherhand looovveeed her….and you can see why. Bye bye.
AAB
December 27th, 2010
10:00 pm
I used to watch Ch 5 in the mornings and I enjoyed Sucitha and Mark but I will change to ch 2 if Karen “I can’t read a teleprompter without stuttering and stumbling” Graham becomes the new anchor.
Freakshow Blue
December 27th, 2010
10:00 pm
Hey TheDuchess, your husband knows all the hotel managers, eats indian food all the time, and loves Ravi Shankar, he is always over here in Decatur, get the hint? nudge, nudge, wink wink…..
mobebetter
December 27th, 2010
10:04 pm
get that other MORON off the show and I will watch again. I will never watch as long as he is there. He is so FAKE!
Kapoonka
December 27th, 2010
10:04 pm
@Linda, you are correct, I erred in my spelling due to haste..not lack of intelligence. It’s nice that you can derive such conclusive thoughts from my moniker. What’s in a name??? You have it all wrong this time. BTW, I’m not taking up for her..just noticed you have a disdain for someone who is beautiful and successful. I als couldn’t help but notice that you didn’t refute the height and weight guess….knew I was right!! Now…disappear….poof..Suchita is still beautiful, and you’re still a troll.
Linda
December 27th, 2010
10:13 pm
Actually did not dispute the height and weight but you were off some, see only 4′9″ and 420 but then just did not want to make you feel bad by being wrong.
I thought she treated the average person wrong by refusing a handshake, anyone with an inch of sense could see that. I really did not care for her for just that. Mother used to say, pretty is as pretty does….
Sly Slick & Wicked
December 27th, 2010
10:22 pm
@Linda: Not only jealous, but also obsessed!
Go ahead and share with us…….what exactly is you line of work?
Tom
December 27th, 2010
10:24 pm
Only watched Fox5 in the a.m. for the weather reports for northeast Georgia. Suchita and the rest of the morning crew make me nuts while trying to catch some freaking NEWS and not their freaking “happy banter” and fake laughs. Report the NEWS…and I don’t give a rat’s behind about what “celebrity” happens to be in town.
Me
December 27th, 2010
10:27 pm
I liked her but hate Mark. I laugh everytime I see his painted on eyebrows along with his real ones.
Linda
December 27th, 2010
10:27 pm
Another saying of mother’s- you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. Sorry SS&W but you just approached that the wrong way.
Kapoonka
December 27th, 2010
10:32 pm
Hmmmm..short and thick eh? No wonder you’re unhappy. From my “moniker” you might think I’m into that kind of thing…not!!! I’m not sure what you mean by “the average person”…and your “sole” reason for not liking her was because you felt she refused to extend handshakes to the “average” person? C’mon Linda..you can come better than that. You’re intimidated by beautiful women..tsk..tsk. Mother also probably said that you would get married some day, and I’m sure she was wrong about that too.
Sly Slick & Wicked
December 27th, 2010
10:34 pm
@Linda: Not true my dear, if you have ever worked in a bar, you would know that apple vinegar attracts tons of fruit flies!!!
Kapoonka
December 27th, 2010
10:38 pm
Well my Mother said if you want to get flies out of the kitchen, put a bucket of S#@# in the living room. Guess our Mothers were quite different!
Have we forgotten...
December 27th, 2010
10:47 pm
…that the lovely and talented Karen Minton is still on WSB? Who needs better eye candy than that at 5 in the morning on local news? On the other hand, maybe Fox5 can hire the ash canned Maggie Rodriquez if running low in the eye candy department.
Linda
December 27th, 2010
10:47 pm
Yes, let’s be truthful. So intimidated by her and others so beautiful. Never married (this 3rd time didn’t count in the least), so broke, never mind all that money my father left me, so thick and ugly myself just going to cry myself to sleep tonight and what is even worse, guess I could not even make it as a barmaid because never knew about apple vinegar attracting those fruit flies. My line of work involves discipering dialects globally.
henry
December 27th, 2010
10:50 pm
Jeff hill seems like a cool dude. Put him with the weather babe feldman and it’s a winner. Joanne now’s your chance to conquer atlanta!
She put it on a tee...
December 27th, 2010
11:17 pm
” My line of work involves discipering dialects globally.” No one? Anyone? Beuller?
Lou
December 27th, 2010
11:30 pm
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Lou
December 27th, 2010
11:32 pm
If we’re still correcting Julia, her “its” should be “it’s,” as she was using a contraction of “it is” and not the possessive “its.”
vuduchld
December 27th, 2010
11:58 pm
Why in the heck would she stay in your sorry city. You pilgrims will hire some bleached, ditzy in-bred blonde. That’s your DNA.
vuduchld
December 28th, 2010
12:01 am
Fact is why would anyone live in a sorry city or state where the pilgrims just elected a broke, bankrupt gubner – NUFF SAID
Sly Slick & Wicked
December 28th, 2010
12:15 am
It’s OK and healthy to disagree, we all are entitled to our own opinions, but I do not understand how deciphering a dialect globally would put you above anyone from the Indian nation.
Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. He who looks outside, Dreams! He who looks inside, Awakes!
Good night Linda, it’s been fun! (*_~)
hysterical laughter
December 28th, 2010
12:54 am
“My line of work involves discipering dialects globally.” I’m sorry, I was just minding my own damn business, reading the comments here until I got to this one. Actually laughed out loud. Girl, you’re a hoot!!!
Rob
December 28th, 2010
12:55 am
I tried to watch the show one morning, but Mark Hayes’ voice was so loud that even with the TV on mute, I could still hear him. Why is he so loud? And so fake. He’s incredibly annoying. All the Atlanta local morning shows are like watching a bad MAD TV skit.
Monique
December 28th, 2010
1:18 am
You know Suchita probably wasn’t even a virgin when FOX 5 hired her.
She won’t be missed by me, that’s for sure.
SWAT Native
December 28th, 2010
2:00 am
I’ve watched Good Day Atlanta for more than a dozen years, and I really liked Suchita. She’s a rare beauty, very intelligent (U of Chicago grad), very sophisticated and hip. I watched her evolve from being very prim, proper and demure when she first came on to being cool and sexy. It always killed me what a big thing she seemed to have for Jeff Hill. I’m going to miss her.
The show seemed to keep expanding – it now seems to be on from 4:30 to 10:00, so I wonder if she got burned out?
Jeff
December 28th, 2010
2:33 am
Here’s the breakdown, folks:
Channel 5 — Too fluffy, too many quirky reporters, too many head cases, bad management, irritating morning show (Suchita seemed cold and out of touch with regular people, and Mark is just plain annoying). The only redeeming parts of their news team are Russ Spencer, Joanne Feldman and Ken Cook.
Channel 11 — Trying TOO hard to find some feel-good, positive stories… if there’s news around the country, even if it’s not happy, REPORT IT… don’t give me another “awww, this 4th-grade teacher collects stamps to donate $5 to charity every week)” Their female morning anchors are too old, Chesley is trying but just not fitting in, and their weather with that wiz-o-meter crap is awful.
Channel 46 — Decent morning show, but their other newscasts are lacking. The opposite of Channel 11, they try too hard to be this hard-hitting, tough-questions station… I mean, you don’t have to get in somebody’s face EVERY WEEK to be a respectable news organization. As far as the morning show, Hutchins is average and Rudat tries so freakin’ hard to be Ryan Seacrest that it’s not even funny, but Jennifer Valdez is GORGEOUS and I could watch her read the phone book every day.
Channel 2 — In my opinion, the best all-around news organization — timely, accurate, and the most informative. Their weather is the best team by far and they get things right almost all the time. Their news reporters may not have a lot of pizzazz, but they get the facts, get the most important details to the forefront, and they follow up on most every story. Their morning team is the most efficient, with what people NEED at 5-freakin-30 in the morning — traffic, weather, the latest local headlines and any major storylines that happened overnight. However, when Amanda Rosseter left a few years ago, that was a major blow — she was all that and a bag of chips.
I, for one, as a lifelong Atlanta resident and regular news consumer, would like to see more WSB style on ALL our local stations, and I’d like a few anchors and reporters on the air who, oh, I don’t know, maybe GREW UP in Atlanta and kinda know something about our state? Other than long-time journalists like John Pruitt and Chuck Dowdle, that’s becoming harder to find. Oh, well, one can only hope…
Old Timer
December 28th, 2010
2:37 am
I miss the days when Marc Bailey and Guivere Densa were there. They put on a much more sophisticated program & were very talented. After Bailey’s departure, I’ve never watched it again.
Atlanta native
December 28th, 2010
2:44 am
A few years ago, I was waiting for my Atlanta-bound Delta flight at Chicago’s OHare terminal. I saw who I thought was Suchita getting it on with her Caucasian boyfriend in the corner. When we boarded, he kissed her goodbye and she got on the plane. As she passed by my seat going toward the back of the plane, I asked her “Aren’t you Suchita from Fox 5″. Her limp reply “yeah” and continuted walking to her seat in the back. I thought she was kinda cold and aloof, and thought she did not want to be recognized by her “fans”. May be she had had a long weekend with her boyfriend in chicago because she sure looked tired coming back home on Sunday night flight.
cbar
December 28th, 2010
2:48 am
GDA’s loss…Suchita brought sophistication and humor to the morning show. She’s way too cool and outgoing to be confined to just doing the news, what a snoozfest. I’ve met her and she’s a ginuinely kind and caring person. She’s headed for huge times ahead. Oh…and maybe Tyrone and rex could be the new hosts of the show and give each other HJ’s under the news desk from 5-9am.
kari
December 28th, 2010
5:50 am
Amen!
She won’t be missed here.
Always looked to be such a struggle to her to appear nice-pleasant.
TheLazyComic
December 28th, 2010
6:08 am
Ya know, I posted a video on YouTube about a year ago, about a funny bit they did on Good Day Atlanta. Hmmm… almost no hits on that video. It started to make me wonder how popular the show really was. Then I started to really examine the show closer, and thought to myself, the on-air staff at Good Day Atlanta don’t come off very friendly on the air. I started to think, if they are that cold on the air, can you imagine running into them in public? As for Suchita, it took me 2 years to learn how to pronounce her full name, and I always thought she was the coldest of the entire staff.
Based on this Comments
December 28th, 2010
7:07 am
If you believe these comments, if you approach her outside of work she is a Class A Beotch.
greader
December 28th, 2010
7:13 am
Watching the news stations in Atlanta makes me long for New York, Chicago professionalism. Didn’t even know the difference till I moved here. Where do they get these “newsfolks” from, and will someone tell the Cox sister, WSB-TV sucks! John Pruitt left, it’s a rap for me. I’m done!
Bill Orvis White
December 28th, 2010
7:45 am
A FOX station like that needs to just take the national program with the Dooce. When I would be in town, I would see this stupid show and couldn’t believe how far left it is with its pro-big gov’t stories. I do like that Neal Boortz guy down there in Atlanta. Why doesn’t someone give him a morning TV show before his radio show starts?
Shari H
December 28th, 2010
7:59 am
Suchita is a good friend. Will miss her on Good Day and can’t wait to catch up with her soon…
scott
December 28th, 2010
8:18 am
she ahould changed her name to more of an american name..get rid of the big goofy ,black man as well he is sickning
Andy
December 28th, 2010
8:20 am
I’ll miss Suchita even though I could sense her being stuck-up from day one….I suspect that FOX5 will try to hire Corrina Allen away from CBS to fill the ‘hot stuck-up girl who thinks too high of herself to talk to anyone except celebrities’ quotient.
scott
December 28th, 2010
8:24 am
get rid of mark hayes as well he,s phoney and too unattractive to be on television..and she need to change her name to something more american…
Rhett Butler
December 28th, 2010
8:32 am
Sorry to see her go. She’s a very pretty and talented young woman.
Please don’t replace her with some old hag with a terrible southern accent.