--- title: Local TV Station Asks Meteorologist to Cover Up Live On-Air description: People allegedly complained about her bare shoulders canonical: https://time.com/4336730/tv-meteorologist-cover-up-liberte-chan-sweater/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-16T08:44:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:32:26.188Z og:title: Local TV Station Asks Meteorologist to Cover Up Live On-Air og:description: People allegedly complained about her bare shoulders og:url: https://time.com/4336730/tv-meteorologist-cover-up-liberte-chan-sweater/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Local TV Station Asks Meteorologist to Cover Up Live On-Air twitter:description: People allegedly complained about her bare shoulders twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Local TV Station Asks Meteorologist to Cover Up Live On-Air by [Maria Mercedes Lara / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Maria Mercedes Lara / People May 16, 2016 8:44 AM UTC by [Maria Mercedes Lara / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Maria Mercedes Lara / People May 16, 2016 8:44 AM UTC A local TV station is feeling the chill after meteorologist Liberté Chan was asked to cover up in the middle of her morning weather forecast on Saturday. KTLA’s Liberté Chan initially changed out of her original outfit because it got “[keyed out](https://twitter.com/libertechan/status/731507966910730240)” – or rather, didn’t work well with the green screen and the weather report colors. She changed into a black tank dress, [writing on Twitter](https://twitter.com/libertechan/status/731507105060937728), “Even if it’s early in the AM, can’t beat a black beaded dress.” However, apparently her new glamorous look didn’t go over well, leading to Weekend Anchor Chris Burrous to hand her a sweater in the middle of her weather report. “You want me to put this on,” Chan asked while slipping into the sweater. “Why? Because it’s cold?” “We’re getting a lot of emails,” Burrous said. “WHAT? Really,” Chan asked. The meteorologist later posted the video to [her Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/LiberteChanKtla5/videos/1135814116463535/), writing, “Apparently, some viewers think my dress is too revealing.” The video quickly went viral, with users on Twitter criticizing the situation and dubbing it #SweaterGate. > [](https://twitter.com/JMorril2/status/731921781229916160) > [](https://twitter.com/FemmesUnafraid/status/731920495386447873) > [](https://twitter.com/MarieMyungOkLee/status/731893324634853377) While many people criticized KTLA, at least one user thought that their on-air sweater-handing was done as a joking response to those who had complained about Chan’s bare shoulders. > [](https://twitter.com/htown%5FJoe/status/731924987183931393) For what it’s worth, for [her Sunday report](https://www.facebook.com/LiberteChanKtla5/?fref=photo), Chan wore a sleeveless purple shell dress – with no sweater. [_This article originally appeared on People.com_](http://www.people.com/article/liberte-chan-ktla-meteorologist-sweater) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4336730/tv-meteorologist-cover-up-liberte-chan-sweater/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4336730/tv-meteorologist-cover-up-liberte-chan-sweater/"},"headline":"Local TV Station Asks Meteorologist to Cover Up Live On-Air","datePublished":"2016-05-16T08:44:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:32:26.188Z","description":"People allegedly complained about her bare shoulders","url":"https://time.com/4336730/tv-meteorologist-cover-up-liberte-chan-sweater/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maria Mercedes Lara / People"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4336730/tv-meteorologist-cover-up-liberte-chan-sweater/","name":"Local TV Station Asks Meteorologist to Cover Up Live On-Air"}}]}] ```