Tomi Lahren
Tomi Rae Augustus Lahren (/ˈtɒmi ˈlærən/; born August 11, 1992) is an American conservative political commentator and television presenter.[2] She hosted Tomi on TheBlaze, where she gained attention for her short video segments called "final thoughts", in which she frequently criticized liberal politics.[3] Many of her videos went viral, with The New York Times describing her as "the Right's rising media star".[4] Lahren was suspended from TheBlaze in March 2017 after saying in an interview on The View that she believed women should have legal access to abortion.[5]
Tomi Lahren
Political commentator
Shortly thereafter, she began working for Great America Alliance, an advocacy organization that supports Donald Trump,[6] and, in August 2017, she joined Fox News, where she appears as a contributor on several different shows across the Fox News and Fox Business networks, and often appears as a guest co-host on Outnumbered, and The Big Weekend Show.[7] and currently hosts a talk show on Fox Nation, No Interruption. In June 2022, she was named host of a new show on OutKick called Tomi Lahren Is Fearless.[8]
Career
Hoping to find an internship in political commentary, Lahren applied to One America News Network (OANN), obtained an interview, and was instead offered the opportunity to host her own show. She moved to San Diego, California, and began working for OANN. On Point with Tomi Lahren debuted in August 2014.[16][9][17]
In July 2015, a video of her commentary on the 2015 Chattanooga shootings garnered widespread attention.[18] On August 19, Lahren announced that she had completed her last show with OANN. She moved to Texas and began a new show with TheBlaze in November 2015. She became known for ending her program with three-minute segments called "final thoughts", in which she spoke extremely quickly. These segments became widely popular on social media.[19]
In January 2016, Lahren endorsed Marco Rubio for president in the Republican Party presidential primary.[20][21] On November 30, Lahren appeared on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah for a 26-minute interview. Many critics compared her appearance to former host Jon Stewart's friendly rivalry with Bill O'Reilly.[22][23][24]
On March 17, 2017, Lahren made a guest appearance on The View in which she said that women should have access to abortion and that she would be a hypocrite if she supported both "limited government and also government restrictions on abortion".[25] TheBlaze's owner, Glenn Beck, who is anti-abortion, criticized Lahren for her comments and suspended her with pay,[5][26] leading Lahren to file a wrongful termination suit.[27][28][29] The suit was settled under an agreement in which Lahren kept her Facebook page but removed videos she had made with TheBlaze.[30]
In May 2017, Lahren began working in communications at Great America Alliance, an offshoot of Great America PAC, a large pro-Donald Trump super PAC chaired by Newt Gingrich and Rudy Giuliani. Lahren described her role there as a "side gig" and said she would return to television as a commentator.[6] In August 2017, Lahren joined Fox News as a contributor.[13]
Personal life
In June 2019, Lahren announced on Instagram that she was engaged to her boyfriend, Brandon Fricke.[51] Their engagement was called off in 2020.[52] In early 2021, Lahren was linked to fellow Fox broadcaster and former Major League Baseball catcher J.P. Arencibia.[53] On September 25, 2021, Lahren confirmed that she was engaged on an episode of Justice with Judge Jeanine. They were married October 21, 2022.[54] Lahren owns "a chihuahua mutt named Kota."[12]
In April 2020, Lahren moved from Los Angeles to Nashville.[55]
Lahren is an avid runner, and has a tattoo of a wheat leaf and South Dakota's state flower (the pulsatilla) on the back of her neck, as well as a tattoo of "roman numeral 11 with a semicolon.", since eleven is her lucky number.[12]