Jillian Barberie

Jillian Marie Barberie (née Warry; born September 26, 1966) is a Canadian-born American television hostess, sportscaster, radio personality and actress. From 1995 to 2012, she was a co-host on the Los Angeles television morning news and entertainment program Good Day L.A. on Fox owned-and-operated station KTTV. From 2000 to 2005, she appeared on Fox Sports as the weather host for Fox NFL Sunday. From 2006 to 2013, she was known as Jillian Reynolds, from her second marriage.

Early life

Barberie was born Jillian Warry<ref name=sfss>Template:Cite web</ref> in Burlington, Ontario, and was adopted soon after her birth. Later in life after finding her biological parents, she learned they had later married and raised two daughters.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Barberie suffered some kind of abuse as a child.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> She graduated from Mohawk College in Hamilton, Ontario, with a diploma from its two-year program in broadcast journalism. After completing her diploma, she worked for several television stations, including The Weather Network in Montreal, Quebec, WSVN in Miami, Florida, and KTTV in Los Angeles, California.<ref name=sfss/><ref name=droganes>Template:Cite web</ref>

Career

Barberie has appeared on several television series including Clueless, V.I.P., and Melrose Place, as well as several comedies in the CBS comedy series Yes, Dear and the Fox sketch comedy series MADtv.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> She hosted the syndicated reality series EX-treme Dating.<ref name=droganes/> In 2000, she was hired to present the national weather segment of Fox Sports Fox NFL Sunday pre-game show, working alongside James Brown, Howie Long, and Terry Bradshaw.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> She became a national figure and earned significant fan interest in the male-dominated sports demographic, and several spots for Prestone antifreeze that aired during NFL game broadcasts.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In addition to Barberie's work on Good Day L.A., she worked on the national version of the show Good Day Live. However, she was ultimately fired from that show, ending her tenure on June 4, 2004.<ref name=droganes/>

She served as a weather and entertainment reporter for Fox Sports during the 2002 Super Bowl, the 2005 Super Bowl, and the 2008 Super Bowl. In 2005, she was Regis Philbin's co-host for his New Year's Eve special on Fox.<ref name=droganes/> She has appeared on the cover of Maxim magazine twice. In 2006, she participated as a contestant on the Fox reality television series Skating with Celebrities, partnered with professional skater John Zimmerman and came in second place. She was an ice skater in her childhood.<ref name=sfss/><ref name=ingrassia>Template:Cite web</ref> Beginning in November 2006, she became the co-host of KTTV's That's So Hollywood with fellow KTTV/KCOP-TV personality, Mark Thompson.<ref name=droganes/>

Barberie is a former NutriSystem spokesperson appearing in commercials alongside former NFL players Dan Marino and Terry Bradshaw.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In March 2009, Barberie was also the host of American Idol Extra on Fox Reality Channel. She interviewed the eliminated participant each week and other guests who appear on the show. She has appeared alongside her then-husband, Grant Reynolds, in the Fox Reality Channel original series, Househusbands of Hollywood.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Beginning in February 2014, she co-hosted Midday Live with John Phillips on 790 KABC in Los Angeles. In January 2015, she also co-hosted The Drive Home with John Phillips on KABC until December 2018. On January 7, 2019, she started co-hosted The Morning Drive with John Phillips and Randy Wang on KABC. By Mid-December 2019, KABC moved both Phillips and Wang to middays, but did not renew Barberie's contract.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> She has also hosted the short-lived entertainment program Hollywood Mix on KTLA.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Personal life

Barberie was married to former Major League Baseball player Bret Barberie from 1996 to 2002.<ref name="Divorce"/>

She married former Marine sniper turned actor Grant Reynolds in a private ceremony on July 8, 2006.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> She initially stated that she was legally changing her name to Jillian Reynolds, but keeping Barberie as her professional surname.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In December 2006, People magazine said Reynolds was pregnant with her first child, due July 7. She officially announced her pregnancy the morning of December 18, 2006, during the broadcast of Good Day L.A.<ref name=ingrassia/> Barberie took a three-month maternity leave from the show beginning on June 22, 2007. On July 9, an announcement on Good Day L.A. stated that she had given birth to a girl, Ruby Raven Reynolds, on July 6, 2007.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On July 6, 2009, she announced on Good Day LA that she was pregnant with her second child. She gave birth to a boy, Rocco Rio Reynolds, on January 11, 2010.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2011, Barberie became a naturalized citizen of the United States.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

On March 15, 2013, Barberie announced that she and her husband Grant Reynolds were divorcing.<ref name="Divorce">Template:Cite web</ref> The divorce was finalized on February 14, 2014.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In November 2018, Barberie announced that she has breast cancer that had spread to her lymph node.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> She received a double mastectomy within two weeks of the diagnosis.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

External links

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• Jillian's Appearance on The Eric Andre Show on YouTube