Sunny Hostin Biography
Sunny Hostin is a lawyer, journalist, and television broadcaster from the United States. Hostin is a co-host of ABC’s morning chat show The View and an ABC News Senior Legal Correspondent and Analyst. She is also the host and executive producer of the real crime series Truth About Murder with Sunny Hostin on Investigation Discovery.
Sunny Hostin Age
Hostin is 53 years old as of 2021. She was born on 20 October 1968 in New York, New York, United States.
Sunny Hostin Height
Hostin stands at a height of 5 feet 5 inches (1.68m).
Sunny Hostin Parents and Siblings
Hostin was born to Rosa Beza, a Puerto Rican mother, and William Cummings, an African American father.
Sunny Hostin Husband
Hostin is married to Emmanuel Hostin, an orthopedic surgeon. Gabriel and Paloma are their two children. Purchase, New York is where the family calls home.
Sunny Hostin Education
Hostin was born and reared in New York City’s Bronx, where she attended the all-girls Dominican Academy and is fluent in English and Spanish. Binghamton University awarded her a Bachelor of Arts in English and Rhetoric, and Notre Dame Law School awarded her a Juris Doctor.
Sunny Hostin Illness
Hostin is not sick and is very healthy. Her parents-in-law died of COVID-19.
Sunny Hostin Salary
Hostin earns an annual salary of around $1 million.
Sunny Hostin Net Worth
Hostin has an estimated net worth of $3 million.
Sunny Hostin Career
Hostin began her legal career as a law clerk for retiring Chief Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals Robert M. Bell before moving on to the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice. Hostin left the Antitrust Division to work as a federal prosecutor in the area of child sex crimes. For her successful prosecution of sex offenders, Hostin received a Special Achievement Award. Hostin was previously a Managing Director of Business Intelligence and Investigations at Kroll, the world’s largest risk-consulting firm, where she oversaw teams of investigators working all over the world to investigate and discover fraud.
She began her television career as a pundit for Court TV before being granted a role on Fox News’ The O’Reilly Factor, where she debated with Bill O’Reilly and Megyn Kelly on the show’s “Is It Legal?” segments. In September 2007, CNN President Jon Klein hired her as a legal commentator for the network’s flagship morning show, American Morning. Hostin began appearing as a guest contributor on ABC’s daytime talk show The View in 2014. She also participated in the Mother’s Day edition of Food Network’s Chopped in 2014. She was knocked out in the last round, although she returned the following year for the Amateurs Redemption episode, which she did not win.
Hostin gave a TEDx Talk in 2015 called A Possibility Model, which discussed the effects of childhood trauma. Hostin was announced as a Senior Legal Correspondent and Analyst for ABC News in March 2016. In September 2016, she joined The View as a permanent co-host for the show’s twentieth season. Hostin made a cameo appearance in the comedy film Girls Trip in 2017 as herself.
On Investigation Discovery in 2019, Hostin presented and executive produced the six-episode documentary series Truth About Murder With Sunny Hostin, in which she travels around the United States to investigate the story behind some of the country’s most prominent homicides. She also presented an ABC-produced podcast called Have You Seen This Man?
In 2020, Hostin published his memoir, I Am These Truths. Summer on the Bluffs was her first novel, which she published the following year. A television series will be based on the novel. In addition, Hostin will executive produce The Counsel, a drama television series based on her life and career.
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