Michele Mahone is an American television entertainment reporter and comedian.

Early life

Mahone was born in

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and currently resides in

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. She was married at the age of seventeen. At nineteen, she gave birth to a son and was divorced by age twenty.

Career

Mahone started her career in

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in 1999 as an entertainment industry make-up artist. A few years later on a set, a popular television shopping host encouraged her to giving hosting a try. She made an audition tape for the Ultimate Shopping Network and was immediately hired. She had several hosting jobs on various shopping networks, including America's Value Channel and Direct Shopping Network. She got a break when she was hired as an entertainment reporter for ''

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'' on Australia's

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. She became known for her

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accent, her catchphrase "How Do!", and her no-nonsense humorous reporting of Hollywood gossip. Mahone was also an entertainment and lifestyle reporter on

's show, ''

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''. In 2014, Mahone was hired as an entertainment reporter for Network Ten's morning show '' Wake Up'' where she conducted red carpet interviews with

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, Harry Connick Jr. and

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. In May 2015, Mahone joined the Gem Shopping Network (GSN) as an on-air host, but was removed from the host list in March 2016. However she came back to the company in July 2016 and left in September 2016. She has been hosting overnights at Shop LC since November 2019

Stand-up comedy

Mahone has appeared on the YouTube channel's show, "Comedy Time,"; she continues to perform live at several

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clubs including

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, The Ice House,

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, The HAHA Cafe, and Flappers. Her favorite topics in her stand-up routines are her own family, southern culture, the occasional moonshine mishap and she often draws from her experience as a Kentucky native who has toured the world. She begins her sets by greeting the crowd with her catchphrase, "How Do!"

Radio

In 2009, Mahone began to work in

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radio with

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breakfast show, ''Jamie and Ian''. She has made guest appearances on numerous radio shows throughout Australia, Canada and the United States.

Personal life

Mahone was married January 1, 2011 to her second husband and currently lives in Los Angeles.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mahone, Michele American television hosts Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from Ashland, Kentucky American stand-up comedians American women comedians Artists from Kentucky American women television hosts 21st-century American women American women artists Comedians from Kentucky