Lisa Kennedy Montgomery (born September 8, 1972),[2] referred to mononymouslyasKennedy, is an American libertarian political commentator, radio personality, author, and former MTVVJ. She is a commentator on Fox News Channel, a primary guest host of Fox's Outnumbered and The Five, host of the podcast Kennedy Saves The WorldonFox News Radio and a columnist for The Daily Mail. Kennedy was the host of MTV's now-defunct daily late-night alternative-rock program Alternative Nation throughout much of the 1990s.[3] She hosted Kennedy on the Fox Business Network from 2015 to 2023.[4]
Kennedy began her career as a VJ on MTV in 1992.[2][3] She hosted Alternative Nation from 1992 to 1997.[13] By 1995, she had become such a recognizable cultural figure that the sitcom Murphy Brown introduced a new character named McGovern, modeled after her.[14]
In 1999, Kennedy published her book Hey Ladies! Tales and Tips for Curious Girls, in which she incorporated a multitude of personal experiences.[15] That same year, she moved to Seattle to host The BuzzonKQBZ radio; the show was a mix of news, local issues, and comedy.[16] Montgomery left Seattle in 2001 to cohost a morning radio show with Ahmet Zappa on the Comedy World Radio Network, The Future with Ahmet & Kennedy, a similar mix of current events and comedy.[3] She later co-hosted a morning show with Malibu Dan, The Big House.[3]
Beginning June 3, 2002, Kennedy hosted Game Show Network's Friend or Foe?,[17] which ran for two seasons. On April 1, 2003, she guest-hosted the GSN show WinTuition as part of GSN's April Fools prank where hosts swap places, while the original hosts usually appear as cameos, and play as contestants in Lingo for charity. She also hosted GSN's Who Wants to Be Governor of California?,[17] a televised debate among fringe candidates in the 2003 California gubernatorial recall election, such as actors Gary Coleman and Mary Carey.
In December 2007, she guest-hosted the evening show several times on Los Angelestalk-radio station KFI,[18] before being hired by the station for a regular Sunday-afternoon show.[19] In April 2008, she joined Bryan Suits as cohost of the Kennedy & Suits Show at that station through September 30, 2009. She hosted Music in the MorningsonKYSR in Los Angeles from 2009 until March 2014.[20]
Kennedy in July 2018
On January 18, 2011, she began appearing as Anthony Sullivan's assistant on PitchMen, looking for new inventions to promote in infomercials.
Kennedy joined Fox Business Network as a contributor in 2012. She co-hosted The Independents, a current-events and political discussion show, from its debut on December 9, 2013.[21] The show was cancelled in January 2015, but she continued as host of her own program, Kennedy.[22][23]Kennedy was put on hiatus March 13, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[24] On October 19, 2020, the program ended its seven-month hiatus.[25] On May 31, 2023, Fox Business announced that it would be ending Kennedy after 8 years.[4] She continues to serve as a regular guest/host on Fox News.
Following the cancellation of Kennedy on FBN, Kennedy announced that her podcast Kennedy Saves The World would be putting out episodes Monday-Friday at 7 p.m. EST beginning on June 26, 2023.[26]
She is also a contributor to Reason.com and Reason.tv, and occasionally serves as guest host for Bill Carroll, John and Ken, and Tim Conway Jr. on KFI. She was a correspondent on the Fox Business talk show Stossel, and made occasional appearances as a panelist and guest host on Fox News' Red Eye. She makes appearances on other Fox talk shows, such as Outnumbered, The Five, and Gutfeld!.
[edit]Kennedy speaking with attendees at the 2019 Young Americans for Liberty Convention at the Philadelphia Airport Marriott in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
She has the Romanian flag tattooed on her left ankle,[47][33] and a pink Republican elephant tattooed on her upper left thigh.[38]
In September 2012, during an appearance on Red Eye, Kennedy said she had been diagnosed with celiac disease,[48] leading her to change to a more meat-based diet.
Excerpts from Kennedy's segment on Fox were featured in the "Now this" segment of the 13th episode of season 11 of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. [50]
Kennedy (1999). Hey Ladies!: Tales and Tips for Curious Girls (1 ed.). New York City: Main Street Books. ISBN9780385490948.
Kennedy (2013). The Kennedy Chronicles: The Golden Age of MTV through Rose-Colored Glasses (1 ed.). New York City, New York: Thomas Dunne Books. ISBN978-1250017475.