Leeza Gibbons Net Worth, Husband, Age, Today, Bio

Leeza Gibbons Net Worth

Leeza Gibbons, an American talk show host whose full name is Leeza Kim Gibbons has a net worth of $40 million.

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Leeza Gibbons Biography

Leeza Kim Gibbons, born on March 26, 1957, is a well-known American talk show host. She gained fame as a correspondent and co-host for Entertainment Tonight from 1984 to 2000.

She also had her own daytime talk show, Leeza, which aired from 1993 to 2000. In 2013, her book titled Take 2 became a New York Times bestseller, and she received the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Host in a Lifestyle or Travel program for the PBS show My Generation. On February 16, 2015, Gibbons was named the winner of Celebrity Apprentice, where she raised an impressive $714,000 for her charity, Leeza's Care Connection.

Leeza Gibbons Age

Leeza Gibbons was born on March 26, 1957, which makes her 66 years old as of 2023.

Career

Leeza Gibbons began her television career at WSPA-TV in Spartanburg, South Carolina. She later co-hosted PM Magazine for KFDM-TV in Beaumont, Texas, before moving to sister station WFAA-TV in Dallas.

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In 1983, she joined WCBS-TV in New York City and became a host on Two on the Town, a program modelled after PM Magazine. In the following year, she and Robb Weller joined Entertainment Tonight, with Gibbons as a reporter and co-anchor of the weekend edition.

In the early to mid-1990s, Gibbons partnered with Guthy-Renker and became a trailblazer in the world of direct response. She was the first television star on a daily show to be featured in an infomercial, starring in back-to-back blockbusters Personal Power 2 and Get the Edge with a young Tony Robbins.

Leeza also hosted her own NBC/syndicated talk show, which ran from June 1993 to September 2000. The show originally started as John & Leeza from Hollywood, co-hosted with John Tesh. Tesh left the show after seven months, and Gibbons continued as the sole host.

From 2001 to 2003, Gibbons was the host and managing editor of the television show Extra. Starting in 2011, she hosted the PBS talk show My Generation (2011–2014) and co-hosted and served as executive producer of the syndicated news magazine show America Now (2011–2015).

In the 1990s, Gibbons hosted the radio show Blockbuster Top 25 Countdown with Leeza Gibbons, counting down hits in Adult Contemporary and Hot Adult Contemporary formats and presenting entertainment news and pre-recorded interviews. When Blockbuster Video ceased sponsoring the program in 1999, the show was renamed Leeza Gibbons' Top 25 Countdown. In January 2001, the countdown was dropped, and the show became Leeza Gibbons' Hollywood Confidential, which continued until 2013.

In 1998, Gibbons received the Congressional Horizon Award for her work on children's issues.

In the early 2000s, Gibbons launched her mineral makeup line, Sheer Cover Studio, with Guthy-Renker, and it continues to be sold globally.

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In 2005, she received the Public Leadership in Neurology Award from the American Academy of Neurology for raising awareness about Alzheimer's disease.

On November 14, 2007, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed Gibbons to the board overseeing California's stem cell research agency, where she filled a slot designated for a patient advocate for Alzheimer's. Her nonprofit group, Leeza's Place, focuses on caregivers for individuals with memory disorders, inspired by her family's experience with her mother's Alzheimer's disease diagnosis and subsequent passing in May 2008.

Gibbons briefly replaced Meredith Vieira for a week of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire shows on June 23–27, 2008.

In May 2009, Gibbons published her book, Take Your Oxygen First: Protecting Your Health and Happiness While Caring for a Loved One with Memory Loss, which narrates her family's personal struggle with Alzheimer's disease after her mother's diagnosis.

In 2013, Gibbons won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lifestyle/Travel Host for the PBS series My Generation, and in 2015, she emerged as the winner of the NBC reality game-show series Celebrity Apprentice.

She also began co-hosting the Rose Parade on January 2, 2017.

In 2015, Gibbons received the Icon award from the Electronic Retailing Association, celebrating her achievement of crossing the $1 billion mark in sales through her enduring partnership with Guthy-Renker, the longest studio/talent relationship in infomercial history.

What Is Leeza Gibbons Famous For?

Leeza Gibbons is famous for her extensive career in television, including her roles as a correspondent and co-host on Entertainment Tonight and her own syndicated daytime talk show, Leeza. She has also achieved success as an author and advocate for Alzheimer's disease awareness.

Leeza Kim Gibbons Parents

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Leeza Gibbons was born to Jean and Dr. Carlos Gibbons in Hartsville, South Carolina.

Siblings

Leeza Gibbons has two siblings, a brother named Carlos Jr. and a sister named Cammy.

Leeza Kim Gibbons Relationship/Husband

Leeza Gibbons has been married four times. Her first marriage was to John Hicks from 1980 to 1982. From 1989 to 1991, she was married to British actor Christopher Quinten, whom she met during the 1988 New Zealand Telethon.

She has a daughter named Jordan Alexandra (Lexi) Gibbons with Quinten. Leeza Gibbons was married to actor Stephen Meadows from 1991 to 2005, and they have two sons, Troy and Nathan Daniel. In 2011, she married New York Times best-selling author Steven Fenton in Beverly Hills. Fenton is the son of the former mayor of Beverly Hills, Frank M. Fenton.

Children

Leeza Gibbons has three children: a daughter named Jordan Alexandra (Lexi) Gibbons from her marriage to Christopher Quinten, and two sons named Troy and Nathan Daniel from her marriage to Stephen Meadows.