Popular Fox anchor reveals heartbreaking reason she has been off air and receives outpouring of support: 'Always try to be kind'

A celebrated Fox anchor has revealed nan heartbreaking logic she has been disconnected nan air.

Fox 2 Detroit greeting anchor Amy Andrews announced connected Sunday that she has been suffering from terrible depression and worry for nan past fewer months.

'My terrible slump and worry person returned successful afloat force,' she wrote.  'I’ve stepped distant from nan anchor table temporarily to conflict pinch each I person truthful I tin travel backmost and walk my mornings pinch you. Much emotion always...'

Andrews had antecedently announced connected May 18 she would beryllium taking a 'few weeks disconnected from anchoring... to woody pinch immoderate wellness issues,' according to Deadline Detroit. 

The news anchor has been an advocator for intelligence wellness consciousness for years, and has been unfastened pinch viewers astir her ain experiences.

In June 2022, Andrews revealed she was returning to activity aft respective months of battling terrible slump and anxiety, thanking those who supported her. 

'I yet had to return a measurement backmost and reside it truthful I could move forward,' she posted connected X. 

'We ne'er cognize what others are dealing pinch truthful ever effort to beryllium benignant and don’t ever beryllium ashamed to admit that you whitethorn request a small help,' Andrews wrote, thanking nan section Fox connection for giving her nan clip off.

In 2019, Andrews besides participated successful a kindness locomotion astatine Detroit's riverfront to dispersed consciousness for nan American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and said to nan crowd astir her friend and workfellow Jessica Starr, who died by termination nan twelvemonth before.  

In 2018, she besides posted connected Instagram: 'You tin person a #RealConvo with maine coming and immoderate time if you’re emotion bad aliases person questions astir #suicide or intelligence health. 

'I attraction astir you,' she wrote.

Just a fewer weeks ago, connected July 19, nan American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Michigan Chapter praised Andrews for being 'a longtime protagonist of ours, utilizing her level to elevate our people and bring dream to truthful many.

'Thank you, Amy, for being specified a fierce intelligence wellness warrior.' 

Andrews is now returning to Fox 2 Detroit connected Friday.