Greg Gutfeld facts for kids
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Greg Gutfeld
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Gutfeld in 2021
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Gregory John Gutfeld
September 12, 1964 San Mateo, California, U.S.
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| Education | University of California, Berkeley (BA) |
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| Employer | Fox News |
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| Political party | Libertarian |
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Elena Moussa
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| Children | 1 |
Gregory John Gutfeld (born September 12, 1964) is an American television host, writer, and comedian. He is well-known for hosting the late-night comedy talk show Gutfeld!. This show used to be called The Greg Gutfeld Show and aired on Saturday nights. In 2021, it moved to weeknights.
Greg Gutfeld is also one of the main hosts on the political talk show The Five. Both of his popular shows are broadcast on the Fox News Channel. Before these, he hosted another late-night show called Red Eye from 2007 to 2015.
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Early Life and Education
Greg Gutfeld was born in San Mateo, California. His parents were Jacqueline Bernice and Alfred Jack Gutfeld. He grew up in a Catholic family. For high school, he attended Junípero Serra High School, which was an all-boys Roman Catholic school.
After high school, he went to the University of California, Berkeley. He graduated in 1987 with a bachelor's degree in English. While in college, Greg Gutfeld started to think differently about politics. He once said that being around people with different political views helped him form his own ideas. He learned that both very liberal and very conservative people can sometimes be too strict with their beliefs. This helped him become a libertarian, which means he believes in a lot of personal freedom and less government control.
Career in Media
After college, Greg Gutfeld started his career by working as an intern at The American Spectator magazine. He then worked as a writer for Prevention magazine. Later, he became an editor for several magazines owned by Rodale Press.
In 1995, he joined Men's Health as a staff writer. He was promoted to editor-in-chief of Men's Health in 1999. A year later, he moved on to become the editor-in-chief of Stuff magazine. During his time there, the number of people who read the magazine grew a lot. He even created some buzz by doing a unique publicity stunt at a magazine conference.
From 2005 to 2008, Gutfeld was one of the first writers for The Huffington Post, an online news and blog site. He often wrote commentaries about his colleagues there.
Television Shows
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On February 5, 2007, Greg Gutfeld began hosting the late-night talk show Red Eye on the Fox News Channel. This show aired very late at night. He had a sidekick named Bill Schulz and an ombudsman named Andy Levy on the show. Both of them had worked with Gutfeld before.
In 2011, Gutfeld also became a co-host and panelist on The Five. This is a political talk show that airs every weekday evening on Fox News. Gutfeld left Red Eye in February 2015.
On May 31, 2015, he started hosting a new weekly late-night show called The Greg Gutfeld Show. This show aired on Saturday nights. In February 2021, it was announced that the show would move to weeknights. On March 10, 2021, the new weeknight show was named Gutfeld! and it premiered on April 5.
By August 2021, Gutfeld! became very popular. It even had more viewers than other well-known late-night talk shows like The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and Jimmy Kimmel Live!. By the end of 2021, the total number of viewers for Gutfeld! and The Five combined was over five million.
Recognition in Media
In late 2021, Greg Gutfeld was named the 12th most influential person in American media by the Mediaite website. In 2022, he moved up to 10th place. This was because his shows, The Five and Gutfeld!, had a combined total of 6 million viewers in November of that year. By 2024, Gutfeld climbed back to 12th place on Mediaite’s rankings, showing he is still one of Fox News' most-watched personalities.
Personal Life
As of 2018, Greg Gutfeld lives in New York City with his wife, Elena Moussa. She is from Russia. He met her in London, where he lived for three years. On December 10, 2024, it was announced on The Five that Greg and Elena had recently welcomed a baby girl into their family.
Gutfeld was raised Roman Catholic and used to be an altar boy. However, he now describes himself as an agnostic atheist. This means he is not sure if God exists and does not follow a specific religion.
He is a big fan of hard rock and heavy metal music. He has talked on his show about liking many bands, including Power Trip. He even paid tribute to Power Trip's singer, Riley Gale, after he passed away in 2020. Members of the heavy metal band GWAR have also appeared on his show several times. Greg Gutfeld also describes himself as a libertarian.
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See also
- New Yorkers in journalism
