Ohio weatherman lashes out at ‘Bachelorette’ fans during tornado coverage

Annoyed by emergency weather reports? Jamie Simpson doesn’t want to hear about it.

By Tim Balk

New York Daily News

Annoyed the emergency weather report is cutting into your ability to watch “The Bachelorette”?

Weatherman Jamie Simpson doesn’t want to hear about it.

The Ohio meteorologist unleashed a glorious harangue directed at fans of the reality TV show Monday night during Fox 45’s emergency coverage of tornadoes sweeping through the Buckeye State.

“We have viewers complaining already — just go back to the show. No. We’re not going back to the show,” Simpson said during the telecast, captured in a YouTube video and then picked up by The Daily Beast and other news outlets.

Simpson was far from done.

“This is a dangerous situation, OK? Think about if this was your neighborhood,” Simpson said. “I’m sick and tired of people complaining about this. Our job here is to keep people safe, and that is what we’re going to do. Some of you complain that this is all about my ego. Stop. OK, just stop right now. It’s not. I’m done with you people. I really am. This is pathetic.”

Tornado damage in Western Ohio killed at least one person and left dozens injured by Tuesday morning, CNN reported.

Meanwhile, in Monday’s episode of “The Bachelorette,” Hannah Brown, the show’s current single lady looking for love, “put a couple of wayward guys in their place and sent home one particularly obnoxious would-be villain before he got the chance to steal too much screen time,” according to a report in Vanity Fair.

Simpson promptly apologized on air for losing his cool.

“I’m sorry I did that,” he said. “It just really bothers me that we have people that don’t care about other people’s safety around here.”

Brown chimed in with a tweet on Monday night: “Lolz too funny, thanks Dayton, Ohio for the love, but be safe. naders are no joke.”