Why did Melonie from PBS Kids Sprout get fired?

Question

She was so good with kids, she seemed perfect for the job. I am so confused and dissapointed.

Answer 1

NEW YORK (AP) — The PBS Kids Sprout network has fired the host of The Good Night Show after learning she had appeared in videos called Technical Virgin.
The host, Melanie Martinez, had alerted network officials about one of the videos late last week and she was immediately taken off the air.

"PBS Kids Sprout has determined that the dialogue in this video is inappropriate for her role as a preschool program host and may undermine her character's credibility with our audience," said Sandy Wax, network president.

Airing for three hours each evening, The Good Night Show airs soothing stories and cartoons designed to get an audience of 2-to-5-year-olds ready for bed. Each night, Martinez guides a puppet character into dreamland. Martinez is a stage actress and mother of a toddler.

In the two Technical Virgin videos — made before she landed the children's show job — she spoofs PSAs about how young women can keep their virginity.

PBS Kids Sprout airs children's programming 24 hours a day and is seen in about 20 million of the nation's 110 million television homes. The Good Night Show has been temporarily replaced by cartoons while a search is conducted for a new host.

Answer 2

I heard only half a report on this on the news the other day but, apparently, PBS fired her for having participated in some video that had something to do with virgins. Seriously...that word alone was in the title of the video or something like that. PBS didn't want that kind of thing attached to the host of a kids show.

Answer 3

She previously had been in a movie with "objectionable content" for her position as a children's show host. Here's a link to the story- http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060725/ap_en_ce/tv_good_night