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'{{Short description|American lawyer and TV host (born 1968)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Sunny Hostin | image = Sunny Hostin (49469995906).jpg | caption = Hostin in 2020 | birth_name = Asunción Cummings | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|10|20}} | birth_place = [[Bronx, New York]], U.S. | education = [[Binghamton University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[University of Notre Dame]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]]) | occupation = [[Lawyer]], [[television host]] | employer = [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] | credits = ''[[American Morning]]'' legal analyst (2007–2011)<br>''[[The View (talk show)|The View]]'' co-host (2016–present) | spouse = {{marriage|Emmanuel Hostin|1998}} | children = 2 | URL = {{URL|sunnyhostin.com}} }} '''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''. Sunny Hostin, a co/host of popular ABC show "The View" deleted her X page after controversy surrounding her use of "uneducated white women" in reference to wonen supporting Donald Trump in the 2024 Presidential elections. ==Early life== Hostin was born on October 20, 1968, in New York City to a [[Puerto Ricans|Puerto Rican]] mother, Rosa Beza, and an [[African 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 |authorlink= |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 colonizers]], 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]]|accessdate= February 8, 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|accessdate= February 8, 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> ==Career== 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 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, but 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 &#124; TED|website=www.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|access-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|access-date=May 5, 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|access-date=May 5, 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|access-date=November 1, 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/ | access-date=November 15, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Nolfi | first=Joey | title='View' star Alyssa Farah Griffin snaps as Sunny Hostin says 'misogyny' led to Latinos voting Trump | website=EW.com | date=November 7, 2024 | url=https://ew.com/the-view-alyssa-farah-griffin-snaps-sunny-hostin-misogyny-8741409 | access-date=November 15, 2024}}</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 | access-date=November 15, 2024}}</ref> ==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> ==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:80%;" |- ! Year ! style="width:27%;" scope="col"| Award ! Category ! Result ! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- !scope="row"|[[44th Daytime Emmy Awards|2017]] |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]])}} |{{Nom}} |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> |- !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> |- !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> |- !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}} |style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|last1=Nordyke|first1=Kimberly|last2=Howard|first2=Annie|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/daytime-emmy-awards-2020-full-list-nominees-1289414/item/outstanding-drama-series-1289415|title=Daytime Emmy Awards: 'General Hospital' Tops Nominations|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=May 21, 2020|access-date=May 22, 2020}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|[[49th Daytime Emmy Awards|2022]] |Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host<br/>{{small|(shared with Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines, Meghan McCain, and Ana Navarro)}} |{{Nom}} |style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|last1=Schneider|first1=Michael|url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/awards/daytime-emmys-2022-winners-list-1235303165/|title=Daytime Emmys 2022 Winners List|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=June 24, 2022|access-date=June 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626055855/https://variety.com/2022/tv/awards/daytime-emmys-2022-winners-list-1235303165/|archive-date=June 26, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|[[51st Daytime Emmy Awards|2024]] |[[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Daytime Talk Series Host|Outstanding Daytime Talk Series Host]]<br>{{small|(shared with Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, [[Alyssa Farah Griffin]], Sara Haines, and Ana Navarro)}} |{{nom}} |style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|last1=Robinson|first1=KiMi|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2024/04/18/daytime-emmy-awards-2024-nominations-list/73378046007/|title=2024 Daytime Emmys: List of nominees, including Dick Van Dyck, more|work=[[USA Today]]|date=April 18, 2024|access-date=May 22, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240430083718/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2024/04/18/daytime-emmy-awards-2024-nominations-list/73378046007/|archive-date=April 30, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |} ==See also== * [[New Yorkers in journalism]] * [[Nuyorican]] * [[Puerto Ricans in New York City]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{IMDb name}} * {{C-SPAN}} {{s-start}} {{s-media}} {{s-bef|before=[[Michelle Collins (comedian)|Michelle Collins]]}} {{s-ttl|title=''[[The View (talk show)|The View]]'' co-host|years=2016–present}} {{s-inc}} {{s-end}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hostin, Sunny}} [[Category:1968 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:20th-century African-American women]] [[Category:20th-century American women lawyers]] [[Category:20th-century American lawyers]] [[Category:20th-century Puerto Rican lawyers]] [[Category:21st-century 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