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On September 11, 2008, Layla Kayleigh became a naturalized United States citizen.<ref>{{cite episode | title = | episodelink = | series = Attack of the Show! | serieslink = Attack of the Show! | airdate = 2008-09-12 | season = | number = }}</ref> | On September 11, 2008, Layla Kayleigh became a naturalized United States citizen.<ref>{{cite episode | title = | episodelink = | series = Attack of the Show! | serieslink = Attack of the Show! | airdate = 2008-09-12 | season = | number = }}</ref> | ||
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==Television career== | ==Television career== |
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Layla Kayleigh | |
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Born | Zara Layla Kayleigh (1984-01-26) 26 January 1984 (age 40) London, England |
Nationality | British-American |
Occupation(s) | Television host, Correspondent |
Website | LaylaKayleigh.com |
Layla Kayleigh (born 26 January 1984) is a British-American TV personality who used to host The Feed segment of G4's Attack of the Show! and co-hosts MTV's America's Best Dance Crew where she is the backstage correspondent and also hosts MTV reunion shows such as "Teen Mom" and "Teen Wolf" She has been featured in Maxim and King magazine to promote the shows she was hosting.
Early life
Kayleigh lived in West London. Her birth name is Zara, but she urged her parents to call her by her middle name Layla after the Derek and the Dominos song. When Kayleigh was 12, her single mother traveled to America in a bid to get U.S. citizenship for them, but Layla Kayleigh opted to stay behind. She "never told a soul" about being alone for fear that social services would come for her.
On September 11, 2008, Layla Kayleigh became a naturalized United States citizen.
Television career
In addition to once hosting MTV2 in Britain and ABC's football halftime show, Kayleigh was once a correspondent for Al Gore's Current TV but was fired after doing an interview and photoshoot with Maxim Magazine. She has appeared on the MTV show Punk'd. She was the main host of "The Feed" segment of Attack of the Show! on G4, as well as shortened versions of "The Feed" during the network's commercial breaks. Kayleigh has been on The Best Damn Sports Show Period on Fox Sports Net, and also reporting on all the entertainment/sports news on the The Insider. Kayleigh was also a guest on the Fox News Channel show "Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld".
On May 23, 2007, the World Poker Tour announced that she would be their hostess for Season Six. Kayleigh is featured on the cover of the July–August 2007 issue of Gambling.com, and the August issue of Bluff Magazine.
Kayleigh is a co-host on America's Best Dance Crew on MTV as their on the road correspondent looking for talent in the different cities. The show, which features Mario Lopez as host premiered on January 26, 2008 with a live casting special and began its first season on February 7, 2008 with Kayleigh as backstage correspondent interviewing the bottom two crews. Season 2 of America's Best Dance Crew started on June 19 on MTV. Season 3 of America's Best Dance Crew premiered on January 15, 2009 on MTV.
On the March 16, 2009, episode of "Attack of the Show!", Kayleigh announced that she would be leaving G4 due to her pregnancy and taking some time off to be a stay at home mother.
On May 7 and May 27, 2010, Kayleigh appeared as a member of the Great American Panel on Hannity. She is now a correspondent for the TV Guide Network.
In April 2012 Layla began hosting MTV special reunion shows, "Teen Mom" and "Teen Wolf" interviewing the cast, and speaking about the episodes that had been aired.
She was listed number 33 and number 88 on AskMen.com's top 99 women in 2008 and 2011 edition, respectively.
She recently appeared in lingerie for a PETA ad campaign protesting the use of animals in product-testing experiments photographed by celebrity photographer Nick Saglimbeni.
Film career
Kayleigh played Madison Lane in the 2008 romance/drama movie titled A Simple Promise.
Personal life
Kayleigh and her husband, Steve Covino, had a daughter, Melody Rain Covino, on November 2, 2009. They celebrated their daughter's christening in Union, New Jersey, Covino's hometown.
On October 9, 2011, Kayleigh and Covino married in Las Vegas, Nevada. Melody served as flower girl.
Kayleigh writes a celebrity baby blog for People.com about her experiences being a mom. \
References
- Interview from Byte Me: 20 Hottest Women of the Web, E! Entertainment channel, aired March 10, 2008. Attack of the Show, G4 channel, aired August 1, 2008.
- Anna David. "Fine Import". Retrieved 2007-09-27.
- Attack of the Show!. 2008-09-12.
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- BJ Nemeth (May 23, 2007). "And the New World Poker Tour Hostess is ... Layla Kayleigh". Retrieved 2007-09-27.
- Randy Jackson Presents America's Best Dance Crew MTV.com. Accessed 2008-02-08.
- Layla Kayleigh Says Au Revoir
- AskMen.com
- Jean Goon, "British TV personality Layla Kayleigh," MSN.com, January 17, 2012.
- http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20318371,00.html
- http://celebritybabies.people.com/2010/05/20/layla-kayleighs-blog-melody-celebrates-her-christening/
- http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20536945,00.html
- http://celebritybabies.people.com/category/layla-kayleigh-blog/
External links
Categories:- 1984 births
- Living people
- Poker commentators
- People from London
- Naturalized citizens of the United States
- English emigrants to the United States
- Black British television personalities
- American television personalities
- American people of English descent
- American people of European descent
- American people of Middle Eastern descent