Anchor returned to work six days after announcing news of her mother’s death on social media
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Good Day New York anchor Rosanna Scotto was moved to tears on a live broadcast while remembering her late mother on her first day back at work.
Scotto grew emotional during Tuesday’s broadcast when B.J. Thomas’ 1969 song “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head” was played during the weather report.
“Sorry, sorry. This song reminds me of my parents,” the Fox 5 presenter, 68, said, according to People.
Scotto thanked those who offered their condolences following the August 26 announcement that her mother, the restaurateur Marion Scotto, had died.
“Anyway, thank you so much for all the comments and text messages and whatever,” Scotto continued. “My mother would kill me right now if she saw me crying on the air, so we’re going to get it together.”
Co-anchor Dan Bowens told her: “Rosanna, you have our deepest condolences from all of us here at Fox 5 and all of our viewers.”
Meteorologist Mike Woods added: “Yes, nice to have you back. And we get it, we got you.”
After the broadcast, Scotto shared a video on Instagram telling her fans it was “time to get back to work…. Mom would have wanted that.”
“Thank you for the text messages, the comments, the Instagram messages; I appreciate it so much. It was really lovely. I’m still going through everything, relishing every text message.”
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Scotto added that when her dad had died, her mom had them working at their family-owned New York restaurant, Fresco by Scotto, that same night.
“So, I’ve taken more time than she would have allowed if she was around,” she said. “So, thank you, thank you, thank you, see you on Good Day.”
On X, Scotto announced that she would be “back to work” amid “navigating life without my Mom.”
