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‘The View’s Sunny Hostin Says She Changed Her Spanish Name After Nancy Grace Asked Her To: “She Struggled, Every Take”


Sunny Hostin, co-host on The View, was born Asunción Cummings, and during an appearance on Finding Your Roots on PBS, she revealed that she changed her Spanish name after Nancy Grace had trouble pronouncing it on TV.

Sunny Hostin, co-host on The View, was born Asunción Cummings, and during an appearance on Finding Your Roots on PBS, she revealed that she changed her Spanish name after Nancy Grace had trouble pronouncing it on TV. Hostin brought her legal expertise to television after being invited to share her knowledge on Court TV with Grace. Later on in the episode, Hostin found out that her Puerto Rican heritage on her mother’s side was predominantly Spanish, who were slaveholders.

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