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Sunny Hostin Almost Dumped Her Now-Husband Emmanuel Because He Was Too Short
Sunny Hostin said on The View that she almost broke up with her now-husband Emmanuel because she "thought he was too short" Hostin's best friend convinced her otherwise, saying Emmanuel could "stand on his medical degree" Hostin has now been married to Emmanuel since 1998Sunny Hostin almost missed out on finding her short king. During the Friday, June 6, "Hot Topics" segment of The View, Hostin and her fellow hosts — Joy Behar, Sara Haines, Ana Navarro and Alyssa Farah Griffin — discussed Leah Remini's recent comments about her friendship with Jennifer Lopez, and whether they themselves could remain friends with someone who criticized their marriage. When Behar asked Hostin what she would do if her best friend Regina Jansen had told her to "forget about" her now-husband Manny (né Emmanuel) when they first started dating, Hostin responded that her friend "did the opposite, actually." "I was going to cancel Manny because I thought he was too short," Hostin recalled. "Regina told me he could stand on his medical degree, and he'd be tall enough. She gives good advice." Hostin went on to say that "there have been times" where Jansen told her, "I don't like this person for you." "I think when someone loves you and your friend loves you and you can be that honest, I receive that," she said. "I do listen to my friends that I'm close to." Hostin and her husband, who is an orthopedic surgeon, tied the knot in 1998, two years after meeting at church while they were both living in Maryland. "He was gorgeous, decked out in a beautifully tailored suit,' Hostin wrote in her 2020 book I Am These Truths: A Memoir of Identity, Justice, and Living Between Worlds. Determined to meet him, she followed him to a nearby bagel shop after the service and struck up a conversation. The origins of their love story has since become a running joke. "He would tell folks that we'd met in a bagel shop, but I'd let him and everyone else know that we'd met in church,' she wrote. 'That's where the connection happened. He just hadn't seen me.' Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Hostin welcomed her first child with Emmanuel, son Gabriel, in 2002. Four years later, their daughter Paloma was born. Though they met in Maryland, Hostin and Emmanuel raised their family in New York, where they remain. Read the original article on People
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14-05-2025
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‘The View': Sunny Hostin Worries Male-Majority Diddy Jury Won't Recognize ‘Classic' Victim Grooming in Cassie's Testimony
'The View' host Sunny Hostin was back in the courtroom for day two of the federal sex trafficking trial against former music mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs on Tuesday. But after seeing the testimony of R&B singer Cassie, Hostin has some worries. In her appearance on the stand, Combs' former girlfriend testified that he abused, intimidated, coerced, blackmailed and sexually exploited her for years. In response to evidence that she consented to acts that Combs requested of her, Cassie — whose legal name is Cassandra Ventura — noted that 'it's hard to really be able to decide in that moment what you need when he's telling you what he wants.' Hostin also noted that Ventura explained that she stayed with Combs and agreed to the activities for a decade 'because when you love someone, you want to make them happy, and you don't want to make them angry.' 'Now, what I saw, as a former sex crimes prosecutor, is classic victim/survivor sexual grooming,' Hostin said. 'He started pushing her boundaries and trauma bonded.' That said, she admitted that when she looked at the jury to see how they were processing the information, it didn't seem promising. 'In watching the jury, I also saw some of the jurors just not understanding how she didn't just leave,' Hostin lamented. 'And so I think that, in order for the prosecution to prove this case — and it's a heavily male jury, there are 12 men and about 8 women, there are six alternates — I think they're going to have to have an expert describe and explain that this is what happens in this kind of relationship.' 'Because I saw it clear as day,' she continued. 'I don't think the average person would see that.' 'The View' airs weekdays at 11 a.m. ET on ABC. The post 'The View': Sunny Hostin Worries Male-Majority Diddy Jury Won't Recognize 'Classic' Victim Grooming in Cassie's Testimony appeared first on TheWrap.
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13-05-2025
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'The View''s Sunny Hostin was inside Sean Combs courtroom, says he's 'walking feebly' while 'dressed like Mister Rogers'
Sunny Hostin, a lawyer and former federal prosecutor, sat in on Seam Combs' trial. The View cohost reported seeing the rapper looking "like a defeated mogul." She said "he's walking feebly" and is "dressed like Mister Rogers."After sitting in on Donald Trump's hush-money trial throughout May 2024, The View cohost, former federal prosecutor, and legal expert Sunny Hostin is back on the case — this time revealing that she witnessed rapper Sean Combs' ongoing sex trafficking trial. The 56-year-old lawyer and media personality recounted Tuesday watching Combs' New York City trial unfold in person, where she said she observed notable changes to the 55-year-old recording artist's physical appearance as he and his legal team weather charges of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution. "Sean Combs is not the person that we used to see out there," Hostin said at the top of the show's Hot Topics discussion about the trial, which also included Combs' former partner, singer Cassie Ventura, taking the stand after video circulated of Combs assaulting her inside a hotel — which Combs called "inexcusable" after the clip was first publicized last year. Hostin continued, telling The View audience that Combs "looks very much like a defeated mogul" and that "he's all grey because you can't have hair dye in federal detention." "He looks like he's dressed like Mister Rogers, he's got sort of like a grey sweater, he's walking feebly," Hostin explained. "That could be a defense tactic. He has a lot of support in the courtroom, all of his children were there except for one." She recalled that "there was a lot of interaction" between Combs and his team, calling him "very engaged in his case" to the point where "he was writing down notes on orange stickies, passing it to his attorneys" as things unfolded. "They would not close their examination of witnesses until he said he was okay," Hostin finished. Fellow cohost Alyssa Farah Griffin then brought up the 2016 video of Combs assaulting Ventura, which prompted a response from moderator Whoopi Goldberg when Hostin confirmed that "they showed that video yesterday" multiple times. "I'd like them to stop showing that video on television," Goldberg said. "It's like, we know."Hostin then said she'd leave The View studio in Manhattan shortly after the telecast ended, so she could sit in and witness some of Ventura's words during the trial. Entertainment Weekly has reached out to representatives for Combs for a response to Hostin's courtroom observations. Combs was previously arrested in Manhattan in September 2024, following a grand jury indictment. At the time, he pleaded not guilty to the aforementioned charges. The View airs weekdays at 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m. PT on ABC. Read the original article on Entertainment Weekly
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13-05-2025
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‘The View': Former Federal Prosecutor Sunny Hostin Says Case Against Diddy Is the ‘Most Disturbing' She's Ever Heard
The federal sex trafficking trial for Sean 'Diddy' Combs kicked off Monday morning in New York, and 'The View' host Sunny Hostin was in the courtroom for it. And, according to the former federal prosecutor, this particular case is the 'most disturbing' she's seen in her career. To kick off Tuesday's Hot Topics on the ABC talk show, Hostin reminded the audience that her area of expertise as a prosecutor was specifically sex crimes and human trafficking, so this trial is right in her wheelhouse. As such, it made things harder to watch. 'I will tell you that it is probably the most disturbing case I've ever heard in my career,' she admitted. That said, Hostin also credited Combs's defense team with offering 'probably one of the best opening statements I've heard,' by flat out acknowledging Combs's violent tendencies. 'The defense's theory of the case is that Sean Combs is violent, he is a complicated man, he has committed domestic violence, but this is a case about jealousy and infidelity and a money grab,' Hostin recalled. 'And it's also a case about consensual threesomes. They said that there was no human trafficking, this is all consensual. And it was very interesting.' Hostin also noted that Combs himself appeared feeble in court, but was intensely engaged in the proceedings and passing notes to his lawyers. She did question the charges in the case, arguing that racketeering in particular will be hard to prove. But, she noted from experience that charges are always brought very specifically. 'Federal prosecutors win 97% of their trials, and so there must be evidence to support these charges,' she said. 'But it's — from what I can see at this point, it's going to be a difficult case.' You can watch the full discussion from 'The View' in the video above. The post 'The View': Former Federal Prosecutor Sunny Hostin Says Case Against Diddy Is the 'Most Disturbing' She's Ever Heard | Video appeared first on TheWrap.
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13-05-2025
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Sunny Hostin changes tune on Pope Leo XIV after learning of Haitian roots, declares 'we have a Black pope'
"The View" co-host Sunny Hostin revealed Monday she now "loves" Pope Leo XIV after discovering his "Black" background. Hostin had previously expressed concerns about the new pontiff on Friday after his comments referencing the "homosexual lifestyle" resurfaced. On Monday, she spoke more optimistically about Pope Leo after learning his maternal grandparents were described as "people of color" on documents, with his grandfather's original birthplace listed as Haiti. "There's one other thing that's very interesting to me because President Trump, as you remember, called Haiti a certain type of country," Hostin said. "As it turns out, our new American pope has Haitian and Black roots! So, we actually have a Black pope, apparently. It's a chef's kiss for me." After Pope Leo was announced on Thursday, Hostin said she was "concerned" about the LGBTQ community based on a statement he made in 2012 as a bishop where he described how pop culture had fostered "sympathy for beliefs and practices that are at odds with the gospel," including the "homosexual lifestyle" and "alternative families comprised of same-sex partners and their adopted children." Vatican Goes Viral: Tiktokers Fascinated By Pope Election Hostin on Monday said she was more encouraged by Pope Leo based on comments from 2023 which she thought showed he had completely changed his position. Read On The Fox News App "He said, you know, he believes what Pope Francis believed is that a church is a church for everyone. The church is very inclusive. So, I'm liking this guy a lot! I'm loving the pope," Hostin said. Her co-hosts Ana Navarro and Whoopi Goldberg also praised Pope Leo after he gave a speech earlier that morning voicing support for imprisoned journalists. "He said he stands in solidarity with journalists who are imprisoned for reporting the truth and urged them to avoid ideological or partisan language. I like that. I'm digging him," Goldberg said. "I love that one of his first acts was to meet with journalists and defend the right of journalists to be journalists and uncover the truth," Navarro added. "And I think it's so timely that we have an American pope because we are going through things in this country, and it is good to show the world that not all American leaders are the same. It's good to have an American that can denounce the things happening against immigrants here." Nancy Pelosi Wants Newly Elected American Pope Leo To Speak Out Against Mass Deportations "And it's good to have a Black pope," Hostin chimed in. She again touted that he is a "Black pope" when other co-hosts shared their excitement about Pope article source: Sunny Hostin changes tune on Pope Leo XIV after learning of Haitian roots, declares 'we have a Black pope'
