DL Favorite Thomas Roberts Leaves MSNBC

He's so sexy.

Did anyone see Roberts advertising his ass on the internet again? The sad news probably made him get drunk and make bad decisions.

Fired for being gay? It starts already?

He's a notorious drunk. He got thrown out of a big gay wedding in NYC a few years ago because he was so wasted and obnoxious.

I need to point out, we don't know will he actually leave MSNBC or will they find something else for him. But his show is over. I hope someone knows something about this. My headline is misleading, sorry.

Maybe you should have read your own link OP.

MSNBC is alway firing their daytime talent.

Serves him right since he was always criticizing Hillary during the election and normalizing Trump.

Now this is an A-list gay man. I bet he socializes with Reichen.

Alex Wagner is now on CBS, so there's life after Phil Griffin.

He should've given more of this to the viewers.

I thought she was married.

OH MARY!!!

Yeah, he was with his guy when he was advertising on manhunt r11. Surely you realize that tons of gay couples are not strictly monogamous?

Rumor has it after his MSNBC contract is up, Thomas Roberts is becoming "Roberta Thomas" after sex-reassignment surgery.

This thread is taking on a nasty homophobic/transphobic/misogynistic tone that I really cannot abide by. You realize that all of those types of hate are intertwined.

What did he say about Trump?

R10 At least we know he looks good without clothes. Lucky guy who can taste his dick and ass.

tiny meat...why show it

wow!!

Well that just sucks. I like Thomas Roberts. And he's very good at his job. Why are they letting him go? Were his ratings down for his daytime show?

Thomas Roberts is a hell of a lot better than Katie Tur and Hallie Jackson, who I can't tell apart and are interchangeable.

He seems like he likes to make rounds, so to speak. Anyone here had him? I'm guessing tiny to average meat, but it would be neat to know for sure.

NBC even made him the weekend anchor on the Nightly News at the beginning of the year. He was getting a lot of air time on both networks. Something must be up. Maybe disciplinary problems.

gay purge

Sad news. Anderson Cooper next?

[quote]Another source close to the anchor explained, “Thomas is in discussions to take on a new role with MSNBC in 2017.”

Did anyone actually read the linked article?

Supposedly this is him also. Tiny meat?

I'd sit on it.

R26 the torso looks nothing like the MH pics. Can't be he.

You can't tell Katy Tur and Hallie Jackson apart? Are tits invisible to you?

I haven't watched cable news since election night and will not watch it for the next 4 years. Thomas Roberts was the one bright spot on MSNBC. I hope they find something else for him to do. He's does a great job.

Still waiting to hear pro-Trump comments.

[quote]Can't be he.

[It] can't be HIM.

He a ho.

Why is he such a slut? I'm not saying i would t rip his ass apart and dick him down but still.

Tommy Boy is hot. We get to see what's beneath the desk... nice.

MSNBC better lock it down and keep this hottie around. Find a way to keep Thomas's fine face on the air.

I'd pay good money to that hole. I bet he's a very demanding bottom.

Dear Lord in heaven!

Sweet:

Are those TommyTies they're wearing?

MSNBC is slowly turning into FOX News.

R34 He likes sex, guys, attention he gets?

What did he say about Trump?

Tinymeat? Uh, no.

He's hardly tinymeat. Thomas looks to be a mouthful. Hot body. Gorgeous face. Mouthwatering ass. The hole package.

I agree, R44.

You bitches are too spoiled by porn. Anything under 10 inches is tinymeat to you.

He's not my favorite anymore. He gave all the fucking Trump surrogate idiots a free ride. Fuck him.

R32 Grammar Nazi you're actually incorrect.

Even though in colloquial American English we normally say "it's me" or "it's him," both are grammatically incorrect.

The verb "IS" requires the subjective case (i.e. I, he, she). In contrast, prepositions such as to, him, between" require the objective case (i.e. me, him, her).

Ergo, "It cannot be HE" is correct.

For bonus points, "Between you and I" is WRONG. "Between you and ME" is correct.

He's one older guy I would definitely call Daddy!

He was on for inauguration coverage today. I hope he comes back. He's a sexy man.

He has the alcohol bloats.

No, he used to R52.

He stopped drinking and lost a lot of weight.

Also, he was paired with Joy Reid throughout the inauguration. I hope they find a place for him, because he's one of the best on-air anchors/reporters on MSNBC.

I don't know what his life is like behind the camera, but on camera, he's completely professional.

I love him.

[quote] Another source close to the anchor explained, “Thomas is in discussions to take on a new role with MSNBC in 2017.”

On deck this morning at 0900 EST, and he looked like a younger, prettier version of Rick Perry, with his smarty-pants glasses.

This is the guy who presented his hole for the world to see, right?

looks like his anus might not be very clean...

Liz Renay: "My Face for the World to See."

Thomas Roberts: "My Anus for the World to See."

R58. I couldn't stop laughing at your joke...

said no one ever.

What is Thomas Roberts doing now that he has left MSNBC? I think they mentioned he was leaving to pursue something new. Where will he show up next?

[quote] I think they mentioned he was leaving to pursue something new

They just say that so he can save face about being let go.

Thomas Roberts was NEVER a DL fave. He's dull as dish water and MSNBC was done with him and didn't renew. I'm happy.

TR's nudies were a DL fave. Is he on Rinked In?

61 anyone know what he is doing now?

I like him. Has a presence for TV. He'll find something soon enough. If you guys hate him because he likes Trump, then that's YOUR problem. Go watch Rachel Maddow, then. Maybe away from the FU media and on to Fox News would work better for him.

Back in the day before he met Patrick (his husband), TL was infamous for his parties that would occasionally devolve into naked romps (perfectly normal). The fun tidbit is that he's quite thick and boys would do bumps of coke off his cock.

Back when I worked at the peacock and he was a correspondent (rather than being based in the building hosting a show) I'd usually run into him on ridiculously hot days when I'd be sweating through all my clothes and looked a total mess. He'd usually look at me with concern.

I used to see him and Patrick at the obligatory gay Broadway openings (Normal Heart, Kinky, Hedwig...), but haven't seen 'em since. Hope they're well.

^ Sure, Jan

Is MSNBC still paying out till the end of a contract? Why isn't he showing up on another station?

He wasn't renewed, R68. Why isn't he on another show? He SUCKS, that's why.

This thread has Erna all over it.

MSNBC is my go-to network, but letting Thomas Roberts go was a major mistake.

What did Thomas Roberts really bring to the network? I'm all for gay representation but he was pretty meh if we are going to be honest.

R72. Thomas brought a hell of a lot more to the network than Hallie Jackson who loud bombastic style is as if she's the emcee of Let's Make a Deal. Thomas Roberts also knows how to conduct an interview much netter than the meh, boring, recent addition, David Gura

Too busy being an out gay man, so proud, all that shit. It caught up with him

Does his husband still work? I recall a instagram or facebook post where they were getting a new Jeep or Mercedes for a birthday. Can they keep up their lifestyle on one salary?

R74. All that shit? What are you talking about? Thomas is out less than CNN's Anderson Cooper. I have a feeling that Thomas' departure came about because he was viewed as an anchor only and not out in the field the way many of the MSNBC reporters who worked on the 2016 election who are now rewarded with high-profile jobs.

Roberts was so lightweight, so weak, so what they used to call "milquetoast." If he hasn't found his macho yet, I'm sure CBS News will take him. The network specialize in non-threatening milquetoast types.

He's got a new gig in Atlanta.

AJC: MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts returns to Atlanta as a CBS46 evening anchor

That had to hurt for him r78. Going back to a local TV market after he moved to New York to play in the national leagues.

He was never any good and always an embarrassment.

Bossy bottoms never do well.

He's out of control when he drinks.

He is a boring and uninteresting handsome man- the world is full of them. He used his looks, his voice, and his sexual molestation case to propel him higher. But you have to carry a show with some personality - even Edward R. Murrow had a personality. Thomas Roberts was just a talking head with a limited preppy intellect which just by chance was gay.

Good for him, R78. He must now know that he's not material for network or for shows that require him to talk without a script.

I'm hoping...hoping...MSNBC will someday send useless Mika Brzezinski back to local. In Alaska.

Atlanta is one of the top ten media markets in the country and the CBS affiliate is one of the highest rated. It’s probably more prestigious - and higher paying - to be a nightly anchor in Atlanta than to be a weekend fill-in on MSNBC.

Ouch. So he’ll be yukking it up with the weatherman and pretending to be interested in baseball with the sportscaster? Quite a step down from cable news.

Does this mean I have to fly to Atlanta to plow his hot hole again? Bummer.

Welcome to the DL Mr. Roberts r85.

Please, there is no way to spin this. It is a professional step down for Thomas Roberts. He'd MUCH rather have his MSNBC weekend spot than doing local news. Every local news broadcaster hopes to have the national career.

Can he write a book? Teach? Host his own “investigative reports” show on Netflix?

I’m concerned. There must be something he can do other than local news.

R85, he had his own daily show on MSNBC. And he had to move from New York to Atlanta. Now don't start telling us the virtues of cheaper living in Atlanta...

Big fish in a small pond.

and with age, smaller and smaller.

[quote] Thomas brought a hell of a lot more to the network than Hallie Jackson

I agree. He also brought a lot more to MSNBC than that creepy republicunt Steve Kornacki. I really hate that guy.

Thomas is better looking, and much easier to listen to than most of the male anchors on MSNBC, but whatever. It's their loss.

Well, there’s always Swingin Richards..

NBC went with his straight counterpart.

He should have re-invented himself as an anti-Kremlin conspiracy monger and screechy partisan hack, then his ratings would have been higher and you bitches would worship him.

R95 Straight and ugly.

[quote]Thomas is better looking, and much easier to listen to than most of the male anchors on MSNBC,

Are you implying that Joy Reid is pretty, or that Rachel Maddow or nice to listen to?

This will end in tears

Always really enjoyed him. Thought he was going to get the weekend network desk once Lester moved up. Was disappointed he didn't.

I want to love Thomas but fear there's something not quite right about him if he couldn't succeed with his looks at personality at MSNBC.

R101 Like what?

He once was doing a spot on youthfulness or such. He as libbed something like: “... interesting, well, I’m a guy, ....” It was so funny. It belonged in an earlier age, and should have been, “...interesting, well, I’m. girl, ...”

The fact that he was a guy was completely irrelevant. A gay guy, or girl, or metrosexual would be relevant, maybe.

I wanted to share that.

Why do some gay men take such pleasure in the troubles of other gay men? Instead of celebrating that one of our own got an anchor job in a top ten market, you slag him for losing his job on cable news? How is that supportive?

R104 is right!

Yeah!

I wonder if either Thomas Roberts or Peter Alexander has seen David Muir's John Thomas?

Atlanta is a top ten market. More money and prestige than a cable news channel.

^^^.

If he's in Atlanta, it's just a matter of time before he ends up on CNN.

Two years later and only 111 comments, whereas a new Real Houswives or Drag Race thread can fill up in a week. Is it fair to call him a “DL fave”?

I support you, R104!

I don’t really watch MSNBC much, but I would much prefer to see him there than the likes of Stephanie Ruhle, who is one of the sorts of “news personalities” like Joy Reid who substantiates calling MSNBC a left-wing version of Fox News. Even if they are tethered more faithfully to facts, their rhetoric is unnecessarily and painfully (to me) inflammatory and not useful for anything since all they do is fuel angry progressives to complain more loudly without actually doing anything to stop our (already lost) country from converting to fascism.

If you'd like to wager, R111, I'm in.

Thomas Roberts is dull and BORING. It has nothing to do with looks or gayness. He should have been a model, took piano lessons and ended up singing at a piano bar at the airport. The big time - Hartsfield Jackson Airport.

And, no, R114. He shouldn't be there instead of Stephanie Ruhle. He should take her with him when he has a cabaret show after the airport stint.

Is his husband Patrick Dabner also moving to the Atlanta area? I thought I had read he was a pharmaceutical rep at one point--likely he'd be able to transfer.

Does Atlanta have a great gay scene? I was hoping maybe he'd move into the Chicago market.

It can't be a Thomas Roberts thread without nude pics.

Is that an ashtray on the bed?

Famous men need their asses pounded, too. Jeez.

[quote] Instead of celebrating that one of our own got an anchor job in a top ten market,

Girl, he got fired from MSNBC and had to take a lesser job. It isn't a celebratory moment for "one of our own"

Why is everyone asking about his dic- clearly a total bottom with ass up in those pics... MARY!

Because R120 we’d all suck this if we had a chance. Sometimes you can get a bottom off by mouth after you make him think it’s just foreplay!

If you enjoy doing something (anchoring the news), it doesn't matter if you are at 30 Rock or Atlanta.

Very funny, R122.

He’ll be freer to whore around the country on gay sex apps as a local or regional news anchor. Overall he will be happier.

Has anyone ever found his senior HS photo?

MSNBC CASTOFF RESURFACES IN ATLANTA

It’s been 10 years since Thomas Roberts last sat in an Atlanta tv studio.

Until now.

Roberts, who exited MSNBC last November, is coming to Meredith’s WGCL as the stations new evening anchor.

He’s replacing Ben Swann, whose efforts at being a junior league Alex Jones tinfoil hat type led to his dismissal in January.

Robert will be sitting alongside Sharon Reed.

Roberts joined MSNBC in 2010 after tours of duty in San Diego, Lincoln, Neb., Fort Myers, Fla. and Hampton Roads, Va.

Then, in 2001, he joined CNN and was a weekday co-anchor at CNN Headline News based in Atlanta for several years, leaving in 2007.

Ben Swann

IFHH!

I wonder if Ben Swann was fired for his conspiracy mongering or if Roberts will be required to promulgate conspiracy theories in his new position in Atlanta.

Thomas Roberts deserves to be on MSNBC. He's a intelligent, informed; he's a great newscaster, journalist , interviewer and easy on the eye I still don't understand why MSNBC let him go.

His replacement, David Gura, is no big deal at all. Roberts is head and shoulders above Gura.

[quote]He's a intelligent, informed; he's a great newscaster, journalist , interviewer

If these things were true he would still have his job there. He was a lightweight, I tried tuning into him a lot and I was just never impressed.

R131. You're wrong. MSNBC made a big mistake.

He should join forces with Donny Lemon and create a gay-narcissists-of-TV road show to compete with Anderson and Andy for those of us who can’t stomach them.

R126 Wow. What a fall.

I wonder if it's behind the scenes stuff that did him in. There's long been rumors that he's got a bad alcohol problem.

R126 has an error in its chronology. It’s lists 2001 after 2010 in a way that is nonsensical.

Ben Swann was an anchor on our Cincinnati Fox 19 station some years ago. His commentaries were not well received and he got canned. He was kinda hot though.

Has anyone ID'd the journalist behind the CL posting (which was featured earlier in this thread)? Or ID'd the shortlist of who it might be? I know it fits Tommy's age (34 in 2007), but the bodytype doesn't seem right -- Tommy is thicker, more muscular.

According to Wikipedia, he had resigned from CNN in May of 2007. And he didn't start freelancing with MSNBC until 2010, so would he have "been on assignment" for a news outlet in November of 2007? And what national (or regional) news stories would have sent a journalist on assignment to Provo, Utah in November of 2007? So many questions...

I find it interesting that the posting specifically calls out a preference for "muscular Mormon" men. I guess that suggests a couple of possibilities...

1). He is Mormon himself and prefers the company of his fellow Mormon gays. (Tommy was raised Catholic, according to Wikipedia)

2). Because he was, according to the CL posting, visiting Utah he found something titillating about getting off with a Mormon while in Mormon-land.

3). He was using "muscular Mormon" to subtly convey that he prefers white, muscular males without explicitly saying so. Ya know, a guy who is generally liberal and progressive, but who has these racial biases/preferences built in.

Contessa Brwer came back and joined CNBC full time as a correspondent and fill-in anchor in 2017.

R138 What a douche. The ass and dick are nothing to brag home about.

Will he be a regular at Swinging Richard's?

I personally think TR is a great news reader. He was probably let go from MSNBC because you're expected to engage with pundits and all that nonsense instead of just delivery the news.

delivery should be delivering.

Thomas Roberts went to one of those "colleges" where you almost want to leave it off your resume.

Thank you, Thomas (R130)

What is “a great news reader”? Someone who doesn’t stumble over words and has fuck-me eyes and Clorox-white teeth?

Thporty!

R144, like the college in Mississippi that specializes in gay meteorologists?

Any word on his husband? Are they living apart or did he move south too?

Anyone have any video clips of his new gig?

R150 No but looks like today was his first day! Crotch in pants split before first show! Will he stay behind the anchor desk the whole show?