Janice Dean signed off from on Friday, July 10, ending a 22-year run at the network as she said worsening multiple sclerosis symptoms made it time to step away. The departure landed live, on air, and with little of the polish that usually surrounds a television farewell.
That is why the search for Janice Dean departure is spiking now: viewers saw the goodbye on Fox & Friends and heard her explain, in her own words, that the change was not sudden but necessary. Dean, 56, said she made the decision at the recommendation of her doctors after her symptoms had progressed because of lack of sleep and stress, adding that getting up at 2:30 in the morning had become “a really tough thing” for her body.
Her cohosts marked the moment with a montage of her work over the years, including appearances tied to the Super Bowl, the Kentucky Derby and the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. Dean told viewers she had loved every moment they had invited her into their living rooms, called the team her second family, and said it had been an honor of her life to do the job.
What made the farewell land harder was the contradiction inside it: Dean said she had managed her MS for more than two decades through different therapies, but she also said the early hours, the strain and the pace of the role had finally pushed the condition beyond what she could keep carrying. She said she probably should not have done it as long as she did, and that she had reached a point where she could repair herself a little bit.
said it fully supported her courageous decision to leave her role as senior meteorologist on Fox & Friends and thanked her for more than 22 years of contributions. For now, the unanswered part is simple: Dean has closed out the career that made her a fixture on morning television, but she has not said what she will do next.
