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{{Short description|American lawyer and TV host (born 1968)}}
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{{Infobox person
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| name = Sunny Hostin
| name = Sunny Hostin
| image = Sunny Hostin (49469995906).jpg
| image = https://www.sunnyhostin.com/website/cmsAdmin/uploads/2016-06-24-SunnyHostinOnTheView.jpg
| caption = Hostin co-hosting The View
| caption = Hostin in 2020
| birth_name = Asunción Cummings
| birth_name = Asunción Cummings
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|10|20}}
| birthname =
| birth_place = [[The Bronx, New York]], U.S.
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|10|20}}
| education = [[Binghamton University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>{{nobr|[[University of Notre Dame]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])}}
| birth_place = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
| occupation = {{hlist|[[Lawyer]]|[[television host]]}}
| education = [[Binghamton University]], [[Notre Dame Law School]]
| employer = [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]
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| spouse = {{marriage|Emmanuel Hostin|1998}}
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*social commentator}}
| credits = ''[[American Morning]]'' legal analyst (2007–2011)<br>''[[The View (U.S. TV series)|The View]]'' co-host (2016-present
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'''Asunción ''' "'''Sunny'''" ''' Cummings Hostin'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMrdgoCH954| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200427033529/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMrdgoCH954&gl=US&hl=en| archive-date=April 27, 2020 | url-status=dead|title=Paula Faris Says Kris Jenner Has An "Ulterior Motive" In Plan To Change Name Back To "Kardashian"|last=The View|date=May 24, 2016|access-date=October 27, 2016|via=YouTube}}</ref> ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|ɒ|s|t|ɪ|n}}; born October 20, 1968) is an American lawyer, author, and television host. Hostin is co-host on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s morning talk show ''[[The View (talk show)|The View]]'', for which she received nominations for [[Daytime Emmy Awards]], as well as the Senior Legal Correspondent and Analyst for [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]. She was also the host and executive producer of [[Investigation Discovery]]'s true crime series ''Truth About Murder with Sunny Hostin''.


==Early life==
'''Asunción Cummings''' "'''Sunny'''" '''Hostin'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMrdgoCH954|title=Paula Faris Says Kris Jenner Has An "Ulterior Motive" In Plan To Change Name Back To "Kardashian"|first=|last=The View|date=24 May 2016|publisher=|accessdate=27 October 2016|via=YouTube}}</ref> (born '''Asunción Cummings'''; October 20, 1968) is an American lawyer, columnist, social commentator, and multi-platform journalist. Hostin is the Senior Legal Correspondent and Analyst for [[ABC News]] as well as a co-host on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s morning talk show ''[[The View (U.S. TV series)|The View]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sunnyhostin.com/website/publish/home/index.php?12|title=Sunny Hostin|publisher=|accessdate=3 March 2017}}</ref>
Hostin was born on October 20, 1968, in New York City to a [[Puerto Ricans|Puerto Rican]] mother, Rosa Beza, and an [[Americans|American]] father, William Cummings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/6a775074225d4a70a822ace2780daef7|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|title=Celebrity birthdays for the week of Oct. 20-26|date=October 14, 2019|access-date=March 8, 2020}}</ref><ref name="InStyle">{{cite web|url=https://www.instyle.com/celebrity/the-view-sunny-hostin-ethnicity-identity|website=[[InStyle]]|title=The View's Sunny Hostin Wants You to Start Believing Women|date=September 21, 2018|last=Pulia|first=Shalayne|access-date=March 8, 2020}}</ref> Her maternal grandfather was a [[Sephardic Jew]].<ref>{{Cite news |first=Harriette |last=Cole |title=Journalist and Lawyer Sunny Hostin on Identity, Achievement and Passion |newspaper=[[AARP]] |date=August 23, 2021 |url=https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/television/info-2021/sunny-hostin.html |quote=My grandmother, my mother's mother, was born in Puerto Rico. She is what we in Puerto Rico call a Taíno, she was a native there, indigenous to Puerto Rico, so sort of an Indian Puerto Rican. My mother's father is a Sephardic Jew, so Jewish but from Spain. And then my father is African American. So I am definitely multiracial.}}</ref> On the [[PBS]] program ''[[Finding Your Roots]]'', Hostin learned that she has a large amount of Spanish ancestry and that she is a descendant of [[Spanish colonization of the Americas|Spanish colonists]] and documented Spanish arrivals, with her fourth great-grandfather being a trader of slaves.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/sunny-hostin-family-owned-slaves-finding-your-roots-8559572|title=The View star Sunny Hostin 'in shock' as Finding Your Roots reveals family owned slaves|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=February 6, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.salon.com/2024/02/07/finding-your-roots-the-view-host-sunny-hostin-learns-spanish-relatives-owned-slaves/|title="Finding Your Roots:" "The View" host Sunny Hostin learns Spanish ancestors owned slaves|website=Salon|date=February 7, 2024}}</ref> Hostin was raised in [[The Bronx]], New York City, attended the all-girls [[Dominican Academy]], and is bilingual in English and Spanish.<ref name="InStyle"/><ref name="Westchester Life">{{cite web|url=https://westchestermagazine.com/uncategorized/the-views-sunny-hostin-talks-life-on-and-off-the-camera/|title=The View's Sunny Hostin Talks Life On and Off the Camera|website=[[Westchester Magazine]]|last=Yarnell|first=Laurie|access-date=March 8, 2020|date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> She received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in [[English major|English and Rhetoric]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Sunny Hostin '90 and Following Your Dreams|url=https://www.binghamton.edu/ccpd/news/cool-hot-sunny-hostin.html|website=Binghamton University|access-date=April 12, 2018}}</ref> from [[Binghamton University]] and a [[Juris Doctor]] from [[Notre Dame Law School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.marieclaire.com/career-advice/a27483010/sunny-hostin-the-view/|website=Marie Claire|title=Sunny Hostin Shares the Shocking Reason She Ended Up On TV|date=May 20, 2019|last=McKeegan|first=Colleen Leahey}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Hostin was born in New York City, to a [[Puerto Ricans|Puerto Rican]] mother, Rosa Beza, and an [[African-American]] father, William Cummings. Hostin was raised in the Bronx, New York City, attended the all-girls [[Dominican Academy]], and speaks fluent Spanish. She received her undergraduate degree in [[Communications]] from [[Binghamton University]] and her law degree from [[Notre Dame Law School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articlebio.com/sunny-hostin|title=Sunny Hostin|publisher=|accessdate=3 March 2017}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Hostin began her career as a law clerk to retired Chief Judge of the [[Maryland Court of Appeals]] [[Robert M. Bell]]. She later became a trial attorney in the [[U.S. Department of Justice]]'s Antitrust Division. Hostin left the Antitrust Division to become a federal prosecutor, specializing in child sex crimes. Hostin was awarded a Special Achievement Award for her successful prosecution of sex offenders.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abc7chicago.com/entertainment/sunny-hostin-of-abc-news-and-the-view-/1285768/|title=Sunny Hostin of ABC News and "The View"|date=11 April 2016|publisher=|accessdate=16 August 2017}}</ref>
Hostin began her career as a law clerk to retired Chief Judge of the [[Maryland Court of Appeals]] [[Robert M. Bell]] and later became a trial attorney in the [[U.S. Department of Justice]]'s [[United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division|Antitrust Division]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.westchestermagazine.com/Westchester-Magazine/October-2018/The-View-Sunny-Hostin-Purchase/|title=The View's Sunny Hostin Talks Life On and Off the Camera|work=Westchester Magazine|last=Yarnell|first=Laurie|date=September 24, 2018 |access-date=November 25, 2019}}</ref> Hostin left the Antitrust Division to become a federal prosecutor, specializing in child sex crimes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sunny-hostin-truth-murder-getting-along-view-hosts-1248569|title=Sunny Hostin on Taking a Different Approach to True Crime With 'Truth About Murder'|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=October 18, 2019|last=Real|first=Evan}}</ref> Hostin was awarded a Special Achievement Award for her successful prosecution of sex offenders.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abc7chicago.com/entertainment/sunny-hostin-of-abc-news-and-the-view-/1285768/|title=Sunny Hostin of ABC News and "The View"|date=April 11, 2016|access-date=August 16, 2017}}</ref> Hostin was also a Managing Director of Business Intelligence and Investigations at [[Kroll Inc.]], the world’s leading risk-consulting company, where she led groups of investigators all over the world to investigate and uncover fraud.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sunnyhostin.com/about/|title=About Sunny|website=Sunny Hostin}}</ref>


She began her television career as a commentator for [[Court TV]] and was then offered a spot on the [[Fox News]] program ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]'', where she appeared on the show's "Is It Legal?" segments, regularly debating with [[Bill O'Reilly (political commentator)|Bill O'Reilly]] and [[Megyn Kelly]]. [[CNN]] President [[Jonathan Klein (CNN)|Jon Klein]] signed her to the network in September 2007 as the legal analyst for its flagship morning show ''[[American Morning]]''. In 2014, Hostin began frequently appearing as a guest contributor on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] daytime talk show ''[[The View (U.S. TV series)|The View]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/whoopi-goldberg-pot-view_n_5627683.html|title=Whoopi Goldberg Goes On A Righteous Rant About Weed|first=Katherine|last=Fung|date=28 July 2014|publisher=|accessdate=16 August 2017|via=Huff Post}}</ref> In March 2016, it was announced that Hostin was joining [[ABC News]] as Senior Legal Correspondent and analyst.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Press_Release/sunny-hostin-joins-abc-news-senior-legal-correspondent/story?id=37158293|title=Sunny Hostin Joins ABC News as Senior Legal Correspondent & Analyst|first=A. B. C.|last=News|date=24 February 2016|website=ABC News|accessdate=16 August 2017}}</ref> She became a permanent co-host of ''The View'' beginning the show's twentieth season in September 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/view-paula-faris-talks-rumors-926068|title='The View' Co-Hosts, Co-Executive Producer Talk Staffing Rumors, Lessons Learned|publisher=|accessdate=16 August 2017}}</ref>
She began her television career as a commentator for [[Court TV]] and began using the [[stage name]] "Sunny Hostin" after host [[Nancy Grace]] was unable to pronounce "Asunción" and asked if she had a nickname she could use instead.<Ref>[https://deadline.com/2024/02/the-view-sunny-hostin-changed-spanish-name-nancy-grace-struggled-1235818201/ ‘The View’s Sunny Hostin Says She Changed Her Spanish Name After Nancy Grace Asked Her To: “She Struggled, Every Take”]</ref> Hostin was then offered a spot on the [[Fox News]] program ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]'',<ref name="Westchester Life"/> where she appeared on the show's "Is It Legal?" segments, regularly debating with [[Bill O'Reilly (political commentator)|Bill O'Reilly]] and [[Megyn Kelly]].{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} [[CNN]] President [[Jonathan Klein (CNN)|Jon Klein]] signed her to the network in September 2007 as the legal analyst for its flagship morning show ''[[American Morning]]''. In 2014, Hostin began frequently appearing as a guest contributor on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] daytime talk show ''[[The View (talk show)|The View]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/whoopi-goldberg-pot-view_n_5627683.html|title=Whoopi Goldberg Goes On A Righteous Rant About Weed|first=Katherine|last=Fung|date=July 28, 2014|access-date=August 16, 2017|work=[[HuffPost]]}}</ref> Also in 2014, she appeared as a contestant on the Mother’s Day edition of [[Food Network]]’s [[Chopped (TV series)|Chopped]]. She was eliminated in the final round, and returned the next year for the Amateurs Redemption episode, which she also did not win.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://adweek.it/2wYjX4S|title=Sunny Hostin Joins ABC News|website=adweek.it|date=February 24, 2016}}</ref> In 2015, Hostin participated in a TEDx Talk titled ''A Possibility Model'' that details the effects of an early trauma.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/14796 |title=TEDxBinghamtonUniversity |website=TED.com}}</ref> In March 2016, it was announced that Hostin was joining [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] as Senior Legal Correspondent and analyst.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Press_Release/sunny-hostin-joins-abc-news-senior-legal-correspondent/story?id=37158293|title=Sunny Hostin Joins ABC News as Senior Legal Correspondent & Analyst|date=February 24, 2016|publisher=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|access-date=August 16, 2017}}</ref> She became a permanent co-host of ''The View'' beginning the show's twentieth season in September 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/view-paula-faris-talks-rumors-926068|title='The View' Co-Hosts, Co-Executive Producer Talk Staffing Rumors, Lessons Learned|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=September 6, 2016 |access-date=August 16, 2017}}</ref> In 2017, Hostin made a [[cameo appearance]] as herself in the comedy film ''[[Girls Trip]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/girls-trip-box-office-100-million-1202532566/|title='Girls Trip' Crosses $100 Million at Domestic Box Office|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=August 18, 2017}}</ref>

In 2019, Hostin hosted and executive-produced the six-episode documentary series ''Truth About Murder With Sunny Hostin'' on [[Investigation Discovery]], on which she travels to various parts of the US to explore the stories behind some of the nation’s most notorious homicides.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/tv-shows/truth-about-murder-with-sunny-hostin/|title=Truth About Murder with Sunny Hostin {{!}} Watch Full Episodes & More!|publisher=[[Investigation Discovery]]|access-date=December 17, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/sunny-hostin-whole-truth-investigation-discovery-1203183924/|title=Sunny Hostin Will Host 'The Whole Truth' on Investigation Discovery |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=April 9, 2019}}</ref> She also hosted a podcast titled ''Have You Seen This Man?'', produced by ABC.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a29538669/lester-eubanks-have-you-seen-this-man-podcast/|title=A New ABC Podcast is Trying to Find Escaped Murderer Lester Eubanks|date=October 23, 2019|work=[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]|last=Minutaglio|first=Rose}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-podcast-us-marshals-renew-calls-tips-find/story?id=65984256 |title='Have You Seen This Man': 'Gone too soon' |publisher=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |last1=Mosk |first1=Matthew |last2=Hosenball |first2=Alex |last3=Galli |first3=Cindy |last4=Jung |first4=Jinsol |last5=Liu |first5=Suzie |date=November 20, 2019}}</ref> Hostin released ''I Am These Truths'', a memoir, in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Perez |first1=Lexy |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sunny-hostin-on-taking-a-risk-in-new-memoir-to-champion-people-of-color |title=Sunny Hostin on "Taking a Risk" in New Memoir to Champion People of Color |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=September 22, 2020}}</ref> The following year, she released a novel, titled ''Summer on the Bluffs''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Mizoguchi|first1=Karen|url=https://people.com/books/sunny-hostin-calls-her-new-book-summer-on-the-bluffs-a-love-letter-to/|title=Sunny Hostin's Summer on the Bluffs a 'Love Letter to Black, Latina Women'|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=May 4, 2021}}</ref> The book will be adapted into a television series.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Zorrilla|first1=Mónica Marie|url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/sunny-hostin-summer-on-the-bluffs-show-roots-and-wings-1234965077/|title='The View' Co-Host Sunny Hostin Launches Inclusive Production Company Focused on Social Justice |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=May 4, 2021}}</ref> Hostin is also set to executive-produce ''The Counsel'', a drama television series inspired by her life and career.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Petski|first1=Denise|url=https://deadline.com/2020/10/fox-the-counsel-drama-sunny-hostin-scott-free-with-penalty-1234605172/|title=Fox Nabs 'The Counsel' Drama From Sunny Hostin & Scott Free With Penalty|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=October 28, 2020}}</ref>

In a discussion on ''The View'', Hostin said that Latino voters who did not support Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election did so out of sexism and misogyny.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sunny Hostin Blasts Latino Men as Sexist, Bizarrely Calls for GOP 'Postmortem' After Trump Coasts to Victory |website=Mediaite |date=November 7, 2024 |url=https://www.mediaite.com/tv/sunny-hostin-blasts-latino-men-as-sexist-bizarrely-calls-for-gop-postmortem-after-trump-coasts-to-victory/}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Nolfi |first=Joey |title='View' star Alyssa Farah Griffin snaps as Sunny Hostin says 'misogyny' led to Latinos voting Trump |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=November 7, 2024 |url=https://ew.com/the-view-alyssa-farah-griffin-snaps-sunny-hostin-misogyny-8741409}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Lewis |first=Ray |title='The View' host claims 'misogyny and sexism' drove Latino Texans to vote for Trump |website=KFOX |date=November 7, 2024 |url=https://kfoxtv.com/news/nation-world/the-view-host-claims-misogyny-and-sexism-drove-latino-texans-to-vote-for-trump-alyssa-farah-griffin-sunny-hostin-donald-trump-kamala-harris-democrats-republicans}}</ref> In another discussion on ''The View'', she also claimed that "uneducated white women" were to blame for [[Donald Trump]]'s victory in the 2024 election.<ref>{{cite web |last=Cote |first=Jacqueline Burt |title='The View's Sunny Hostin Under Fire After Unfiltered Comments About Election Directed at Women |website=Yahoo Entertainment |date=November 8, 2024 |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/views-sunny-hostin-under-fire-153753016.html}}</ref> In another discussion on ''The View'', Hostin claimed that [[Patrick Mahomes]]' wife, [[Brittany Mahomes|Brittany]], should have known that it was "problematic" to support "a racist" for president, given that she is in an interracial marriage.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Panreck |first=Hanna |date=2024-09-18 |title='The View' host attacks Brittany Mahomes for indicating support for Trump: 'She's in an interracial marriage' |url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/the-view-host-attacks-brittany-mahomes-indicating-support-trump-shes-interracial-marriage |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}</ref> Additionally, Hostin has repeatedly claimed that Trump won the 2024 election due to sexism and racism.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Panreck |first=Hanna |date=2024-11-18 |title='The View' co-hosts clash after Sunny Hostin attributes Trump win to racism and misogyny |url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/the-view-co-hosts-clash-after-sunny-hostin-attributes-trump-win-racism-misogyny |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Hostin is a member of [[Alpha Kappa Alpha]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Christian|first1=Tanya A.|url=https://www.essence.com/feature/sunny-hostin-help-usa/|title=Sunny Hostin Turned Childhood Trauma Into Triumph|magazine=[[Essence (magazine)|Essence]]|date=January 21, 2020|access-date=September 21, 2020}}</ref> She is married to [[orthopedic surgeon]] Emmanuel Hostin.<ref name="marriage">{{cite web|last1=Calderone|first1=Ana|url=https://people.com/home/the-view-sunny-hostin-purchase-new-york-home-tour/|title=The View's Sunny Hostin Gives a Tour of Her Historic Mansion Previously Owned by the Lehman Family|magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=April 11, 2018|access-date=September 21, 2020}}</ref> They have two children, a boy and a girl.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Henderson|first1=Cydney|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2019/06/21/the-view-sunny-hostin-slams-bethenny-frankel-over-drug-accusations/1528213001/|title='View' co-host Sunny Hostin slams Bethenny Frankel for accusing her of 'taking some drugs'|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|date=June 21, 2019|access-date=September 21, 2020}}</ref> The family resides in [[Purchase, New York]].<ref name="marriage"/> Hostin is [[Catholic Church|Catholic]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharf |first=Zack |date=June 27, 2022 |title='The View' Co-Host Sunny Hostin Doesn't Believe in Abortion or 'Any Exception,' Even Incest, but Disagrees With Supreme Court |url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/sunny-hostin-anti-abortion-incest-the-view-1235304191/ |access-date=February 16, 2023 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
Hostin married [[orthopedic surgeon]] Emmanuel Hostin, in August 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://liverampup.com/entertainment/what-motivated-cnn-s-sunny-hostin-to-become-a-lawyer-family-of-4-her-husband-married-life-and-2-children.html|title=What Motivated CNN's Sunny Hostin to Become a Lawyer? Family of Four: Her Husband, Married Life and 2 Children|publisher=|accessdate=25 December 2016}}</ref> She lives with her husband and their two children, Gabriel and Paloma,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.diversitywoman.com/breaking-news-everyones-watching-sunny-hostin/|title=Breaking News: Everyone’s Watching Sunny Hostin|publisher=|accessdate=3 March 2017}}</ref> in [[Purchase, New York]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hubmesh.com/sunny-hostin-opens-up-about-falling-in-love-and-married-life-with-husband-emmanuel-hostin.html|title=Sunny Hostin opens up about falling in love and married life with husband Emmanuel Hostin|publisher=|accessdate=25 December 2016}}</ref> She is a member of [[Alpha Kappa Alpha]] sorority. She had repeatedly said on ''The View'' that she is [[Catholic]].


==Awards and nominations==
==Awards and nominations==
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!scope="row"|[[44th Daytime Emmy Awards|2017]]
!scope="row"|[[44th Daytime Emmy Awards|2017]]
|style="text-align:center;"|[[Daytime Emmy Award]]
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan="6"|[[Daytime Emmy Award]]
|[[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host|Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host]]<br>{{small|(shared with [[Joy Behar]], [[Jedediah Bila]], [[Candace Cameron Bure]], [[Paula Faris]], [[Whoopi Goldberg]], [[Sara Haines]], and [[Raven-Symoné]])}}
|[[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host|Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host]]<br>{{small|(shared with [[Joy Behar]], [[Jedediah Bila]], [[Candace Cameron Bure]], [[Paula Faris]], [[Whoopi Goldberg]], [[Sara Haines]], and [[Raven-Symoné]])}}
|{{Nom}}
|{{Nom}}
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://deadline.com/2017/03/daytime-emmy-award-nominations-general-hospital-days-of-our-lives-1202048743/|title=2017 Daytime Emmy Nominations: CBS Leads Networks With 70 Noms, ‘Young & Restless’ Tops With 25|first=Greg|last=Evans|date=March 22, 2017|publisher=|accessdate=March 24, 2017}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/03/daytime-emmy-award-nominations-general-hospital-days-of-our-lives-1202048743/|title=2017 Daytime Emmy Nominations: CBS Leads Networks With 70 Noms, 'Young & Restless' Tops With 25|first=Greg|last=Evans|date=March 22, 2017|access-date=March 24, 2017}}</ref>
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!scope="row"|[[45th Daytime Emmy Awards|2018]]
|Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host<br>{{small|(shared with Joy Behar, Jedediah Bila, Paula Faris, Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines, and [[Meghan McCain]])}}
|{{Nom}}
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goldderby.com/article/2018/2018-daytime-emmy-nominations-full-list-of-nominees-news/|title=2018 Daytime Emmy nominations: Full list of nominees for 45th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards|first=Daniel|last=Montgomery|date=March 21, 2018|access-date=March 22, 2018}}</ref>
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!scope="row"|[[46th Daytime Emmy Awards|2019]]
|Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host<br>{{small|(shared with Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines, [[Abby Huntsman]], and Meghan McCain)}}
|{{Nom}}
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cdn.emmyonline.org/daytime-46th-nominations-release-with-credits-v03.pdf|title=The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces Nominations for the 46th Annual Daytime Emmy® Awards|date=March 20, 2019|access-date=March 25, 2019|archive-date=August 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827071222/http://cdn.emmyonline.org/daytime-46th-nominations-release-with-credits-v03.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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!scope="row"|[[47th Daytime Emmy Awards|2020]]
|[[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host|Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host]]<br/>{{small|(shared with Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Abby Huntsman, Meghan McCain, and [[Ana Navarro]])}}
|{{Nom}}
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Latest revision as of 22:43, 16 December 2024

Sunny Hostin
Hostin in 2020
Born
Asunción Cummings

(1968-10-20) October 20, 1968 (age 56)
The Bronx, New York, U.S.
EducationBinghamton University (BA)
University of Notre Dame (JD)
Occupations
EmployerABC News
Notable credits
Spouse
Emmanuel Hostin
​
(m. 1998)​
Children2
Websitesunnyhostin.com

Asunción "Sunny" Cummings Hostin[1] (/ˈhɒstɪn/; born October 20, 1968) is an American lawyer, author, and television host. Hostin is co-host on ABC's morning talk show The View, for which she received nominations for Daytime Emmy Awards, as well as the Senior Legal Correspondent and Analyst for ABC News. She was also the host and executive producer of Investigation Discovery's true crime series Truth About Murder with Sunny Hostin.

Early life

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Hostin was born on October 20, 1968, in New York City to a Puerto Rican mother, Rosa Beza, and an American father, William Cummings.[2][3] Her maternal grandfather was a Sephardic Jew.[4] On the PBS program Finding Your Roots, Hostin learned that she has a large amount of Spanish ancestry and that she is a descendant of Spanish colonists and documented Spanish arrivals, with her fourth great-grandfather being a trader of slaves.[5][6] Hostin was raised in The Bronx, New York City, attended the all-girls Dominican Academy, and is bilingual in English and Spanish.[3][7] She received a Bachelor of Arts in English and Rhetoric[8] from Binghamton University and a Juris Doctor from Notre Dame Law School.[9]

Career

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Hostin began her career as a law clerk to retired Chief Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals Robert M. Bell and later became a trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division.[10] Hostin left the Antitrust Division to become a federal prosecutor, specializing in child sex crimes.[11] Hostin was awarded a Special Achievement Award for her successful prosecution of sex offenders.[12] Hostin was also a Managing Director of Business Intelligence and Investigations at Kroll Inc., the world’s leading risk-consulting company, where she led groups of investigators all over the world to investigate and uncover fraud.[13]

She began her television career as a commentator for Court TV and began using the stage name "Sunny Hostin" after host Nancy Grace was unable to pronounce "Asunción" and asked if she had a nickname she could use instead.[14] Hostin was then offered a spot on the Fox News program The O'Reilly Factor,[7] where she appeared on the show's "Is It Legal?" segments, regularly debating with Bill O'Reilly and Megyn Kelly.[citation needed] CNN President Jon Klein signed her to the network in September 2007 as the legal analyst for its flagship morning show American Morning. In 2014, Hostin began frequently appearing as a guest contributor on the ABC daytime talk show The View.[15] Also in 2014, she appeared as a contestant on the Mother’s Day edition of Food Network’s Chopped. She was eliminated in the final round, and returned the next year for the Amateurs Redemption episode, which she also did not win.[16] In 2015, Hostin participated in a TEDx Talk titled A Possibility Model that details the effects of an early trauma.[17] In March 2016, it was announced that Hostin was joining ABC News as Senior Legal Correspondent and analyst.[18] She became a permanent co-host of The View beginning the show's twentieth season in September 2016.[19] In 2017, Hostin made a cameo appearance as herself in the comedy film Girls Trip.[20]

In 2019, Hostin hosted and executive-produced the six-episode documentary series Truth About Murder With Sunny Hostin on Investigation Discovery, on which she travels to various parts of the US to explore the stories behind some of the nation’s most notorious homicides.[21][22] She also hosted a podcast titled Have You Seen This Man?, produced by ABC.[23][24] Hostin released I Am These Truths, a memoir, in 2020.[25] The following year, she released a novel, titled Summer on the Bluffs.[26] The book will be adapted into a television series.[27] Hostin is also set to executive-produce The Counsel, a drama television series inspired by her life and career.[28]

In a discussion on The View, Hostin said that Latino voters who did not support Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election did so out of sexism and misogyny.[29][30][31] In another discussion on The View, she also claimed that "uneducated white women" were to blame for Donald Trump's victory in the 2024 election.[32] In another discussion on The View, Hostin claimed that Patrick Mahomes' wife, Brittany, should have known that it was "problematic" to support "a racist" for president, given that she is in an interracial marriage.[33] Additionally, Hostin has repeatedly claimed that Trump won the 2024 election due to sexism and racism.[34]

Personal life

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Hostin is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha.[35] She is married to orthopedic surgeon Emmanuel Hostin.[36] They have two children, a boy and a girl.[37] The family resides in Purchase, New York.[36] Hostin is Catholic.[38]

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Result Ref.
2017 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host
(shared with Joy Behar, Jedediah Bila, Candace Cameron Bure, Paula Faris, Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines, and Raven-Symoné) 		Nominated [39]
2018 Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host
(shared with Joy Behar, Jedediah Bila, Paula Faris, Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines, and Meghan McCain) 		Nominated [40]
2019 Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host
(shared with Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines, Abby Huntsman, and Meghan McCain) 		Nominated [41]
2020 Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host
(shared with Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Abby Huntsman, Meghan McCain, and Ana Navarro) 		Nominated [42]
2022 Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host
(shared with Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines, Meghan McCain, and Ana Navarro) 		Nominated [43]
2024 Outstanding Daytime Talk Series Host
(shared with Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Sara Haines, and Ana Navarro) 		Nominated [44]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ The View (May 24, 2016). "Paula Faris Says Kris Jenner Has An "Ulterior Motive" In Plan To Change Name Back To "Kardashian"". Archived from the original on April 27, 2020. Retrieved October 27, 2016 – via YouTube.
  2. ^ "Celebrity birthdays for the week of Oct. 20-26". Associated Press. October 14, 2019. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Pulia, Shalayne (September 21, 2018). "The View's Sunny Hostin Wants You to Start Believing Women". InStyle. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
  4. ^ Cole, Harriette (August 23, 2021). "Journalist and Lawyer Sunny Hostin on Identity, Achievement and Passion". AARP. My grandmother, my mother's mother, was born in Puerto Rico. She is what we in Puerto Rico call a Taíno, she was a native there, indigenous to Puerto Rico, so sort of an Indian Puerto Rican. My mother's father is a Sephardic Jew, so Jewish but from Spain. And then my father is African American. So I am definitely multiracial.
  5. ^ "The View star Sunny Hostin 'in shock' as Finding Your Roots reveals family owned slaves". Entertainment Weekly. February 6, 2024.
  6. ^ ""Finding Your Roots:" "The View" host Sunny Hostin learns Spanish ancestors owned slaves". Salon. February 7, 2024.
  7. ^ a b Yarnell, Laurie (September 24, 2018). "The View's Sunny Hostin Talks Life On and Off the Camera". Westchester Magazine. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
  8. ^ "Sunny Hostin '90 and Following Your Dreams". Binghamton University. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  9. ^ McKeegan, Colleen Leahey (May 20, 2019). "Sunny Hostin Shares the Shocking Reason She Ended Up On TV". Marie Claire.
  10. ^ Yarnell, Laurie (September 24, 2018). "The View's Sunny Hostin Talks Life On and Off the Camera". Westchester Magazine. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  11. ^ Real, Evan (October 18, 2019). "Sunny Hostin on Taking a Different Approach to True Crime With 'Truth About Murder'". The Hollywood Reporter.
  12. ^ "Sunny Hostin of ABC News and "The View"". April 11, 2016. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
  13. ^ "About Sunny". Sunny Hostin.
  14. ^ ‘The View’s Sunny Hostin Says She Changed Her Spanish Name After Nancy Grace Asked Her To: “She Struggled, Every Take”
  15. ^ Fung, Katherine (July 28, 2014). "Whoopi Goldberg Goes On A Righteous Rant About Weed". HuffPost. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
  16. ^ "Sunny Hostin Joins ABC News". adweek.it. February 24, 2016.
  17. ^ "TEDxBinghamtonUniversity". TED.com.
  18. ^ "Sunny Hostin Joins ABC News as Senior Legal Correspondent & Analyst". ABC News. February 24, 2016. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
  19. ^ "'The View' Co-Hosts, Co-Executive Producer Talk Staffing Rumors, Lessons Learned". The Hollywood Reporter. September 6, 2016. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
  20. ^ "'Girls Trip' Crosses $100 Million at Domestic Box Office". Variety. August 18, 2017.
  21. ^ "Truth About Murder with Sunny Hostin | Watch Full Episodes & More!". Investigation Discovery. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
  22. ^ "Sunny Hostin Will Host 'The Whole Truth' on Investigation Discovery". Variety. April 9, 2019.
  23. ^ Minutaglio, Rose (October 23, 2019). "A New ABC Podcast is Trying to Find Escaped Murderer Lester Eubanks". Elle.
  24. ^ Mosk, Matthew; Hosenball, Alex; Galli, Cindy; Jung, Jinsol; Liu, Suzie (November 20, 2019). "'Have You Seen This Man': 'Gone too soon'". ABC News.
  25. ^ Perez, Lexy (September 22, 2020). "Sunny Hostin on "Taking a Risk" in New Memoir to Champion People of Color". The Hollywood Reporter.
  26. ^ Mizoguchi, Karen (May 4, 2021). "Sunny Hostin's Summer on the Bluffs a 'Love Letter to Black, Latina Women'". People.
  27. ^ Zorrilla, Mónica Marie (May 4, 2021). "'The View' Co-Host Sunny Hostin Launches Inclusive Production Company Focused on Social Justice". Variety.
  28. ^ Petski, Denise (October 28, 2020). "Fox Nabs 'The Counsel' Drama From Sunny Hostin & Scott Free With Penalty". Deadline Hollywood.
  29. ^ "Sunny Hostin Blasts Latino Men as Sexist, Bizarrely Calls for GOP 'Postmortem' After Trump Coasts to Victory". Mediaite. November 7, 2024.
  30. ^ Nolfi, Joey (November 7, 2024). "'View' star Alyssa Farah Griffin snaps as Sunny Hostin says 'misogyny' led to Latinos voting Trump". Entertainment Weekly.
  31. ^ Lewis, Ray (November 7, 2024). "'The View' host claims 'misogyny and sexism' drove Latino Texans to vote for Trump". KFOX.
  32. ^ Cote, Jacqueline Burt (November 8, 2024). "'The View's Sunny Hostin Under Fire After Unfiltered Comments About Election Directed at Women". Yahoo Entertainment.
  33. ^ Panreck, Hanna (September 18, 2024). "'The View' host attacks Brittany Mahomes for indicating support for Trump: 'She's in an interracial marriage'". Fox News. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
  34. ^ Panreck, Hanna (November 18, 2024). "'The View' co-hosts clash after Sunny Hostin attributes Trump win to racism and misogyny". Fox News. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
  35. ^ Christian, Tanya A. (January 21, 2020). "Sunny Hostin Turned Childhood Trauma Into Triumph". Essence. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  36. ^ a b Calderone, Ana (April 11, 2018). "The View's Sunny Hostin Gives a Tour of Her Historic Mansion Previously Owned by the Lehman Family". People. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  37. ^ Henderson, Cydney (June 21, 2019). "'View' co-host Sunny Hostin slams Bethenny Frankel for accusing her of 'taking some drugs'". USA Today. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  38. ^ Sharf, Zack (June 27, 2022). "'The View' Co-Host Sunny Hostin Doesn't Believe in Abortion or 'Any Exception,' Even Incest, but Disagrees With Supreme Court". Variety. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  39. ^ Evans, Greg (March 22, 2017). "2017 Daytime Emmy Nominations: CBS Leads Networks With 70 Noms, 'Young & Restless' Tops With 25". Retrieved March 24, 2017.
  40. ^ Montgomery, Daniel (March 21, 2018). "2018 Daytime Emmy nominations: Full list of nominees for 45th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards". Retrieved March 22, 2018.
  41. ^ "The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces Nominations for the 46th Annual Daytime Emmy® Awards" (PDF). March 20, 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 27, 2021. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  42. ^ Nordyke, Kimberly; Howard, Annie (May 21, 2020). "Daytime Emmy Awards: 'General Hospital' Tops Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  43. ^ Schneider, Michael (June 24, 2022). "Daytime Emmys 2022 Winners List". Variety. Archived from the original on June 26, 2022. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
  44. ^ Robinson, KiMi (April 18, 2024). "2024 Daytime Emmys: List of nominees, including Dick Van Dyck, more". USA Today. Archived from the original on April 30, 2024. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
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