{"id":297255,"date":"2026-06-05T14:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T14:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/297255\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T14:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T14:48:08","slug":"local-miami-tv-weather-bestie-launches-account-on-pg-onlyfans-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/297255\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Miami TV &#8216;Weather Bestie&#8217; launches account on &#8216;PG OnlyFans&#8217; site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Miami TV meteorologist Amanda Pappas \u2014 the Bronx-born weathercaster who branded herself as viewers\u2019 \u201cWeather Bestie\u201d \u2014 has launched an account on Passes, a subscription platform often described as a PG-rated version of OnlyFans.<\/p>\n<p>Pappas, who is known for frequently posting glam content on her social media feeds, is no longer at Miami ABC affiliate WPLG-TV after spending only a few months at the station, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/life-after-news-159395688?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&amp;utm_source=copyLink&amp;utm_campaign=postshare_fan&amp;utm_content=web_share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">industry newsletter FTVLive recently reported.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former Miami TV meteorologist Amanda Pappas has launched a page on Passes, a PG-rated OnlyFans alternative. Amanda L. Pappas \/ Instagram<\/p>\n<p>Now, the former television meteorologist appears focused on a different kind of audience after gaining a rep on mainstream sites for posting glamour shots, fitness content, event appearances and lifestyle updates alongside weather forecasts.<\/p>\n<p>Her account on Passes \u2014 which allows influencers, athletes and content creators to sell exclusive content directly to followers \u2014 features the same kind of content, plus extras like direct messaging to subscribers.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/13\/us-news\/the-big-apple-spent-87m-on-onlyfans-in-2025-and-manhattan-spent-the-most\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">OnlyFans, which is known for adult content<\/a>, Passes prohibits nudity and pornography while allowing creators to charge subscribers for photos, videos, livestreams, DMs and other premium content.<\/p>\n<p>One video currently available on Pappas\u2019 account costs $8 to unlock despite running less than 30 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Amanda Pappas, who branded herself as viewers\u2019 \u201cWeather Bestie,\u201d is reportedly out at WPLG-TV. Amanda L. Pappas \/ Instagram<\/p>\n<p>Pappas is also offering a membership package that costs more than $50 per month, though it was discounted to about $36 as of Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Pappas is selling premium content on Passes after a brief run at Miami\u2019s WPLG-TV. Amanda L. Pappas \/ Instagram<\/p>\n<p>According to her page, subscribers receive unlimited priority messaging, access to all of her walled content, weather updates, posts about her vie en rose, livestreams, monthly freebies and discounts on additional pay-per-view content.<\/p>\n<p>It was unclear how many subscribers have signed up for her Passes account.<\/p>\n<p>Pappas\u2019 new Passes page offers followers paid access to weather updates, lifestyle content, livestreams and private messaging. Passes<\/p>\n<p>Before arriving in Miami, Pappas worked at WINK News in Fort Myers and later at WTSP-TV in Tampa.<\/p>\n<p>While WPLG has not publicly announced her departure, Pappas no longer appears on the station\u2019s weather team roster.<\/p>\n<p>Her most recent published contributions on the WPLG\u2019s website are dated Feb. 16, when she authored several weather stories, including forecasts tied to a South Florida cold front and Valentine\u2019s Day weather coverage.<\/p>\n<p>The Post has sought comment from Pappas and WPLG-TV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Miami TV meteorologist Amanda Pappas \u2014 the Bronx-born weathercaster who branded herself as viewers\u2019 \u201cWeather Bestie\u201d \u2014&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297256,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[19241,123,125,124,44759,221],"class_list":["post-297255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-media","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-onlyfans","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}