Michele Mahone
{{Short description|American television host}}
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{{Infobox comedian
| name = Michele Mahone
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| birth_name = Michele Rae Mahone
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| birth_place = Ashland, Kentucky
| medium = Television, stand up comedy
| active = 2005–present
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| genre = Observational comedy, stand up comedy, southern humor, self-deprecating comedy, improvisational comedy, entertainment reporting
| subject = Popular culture
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| website = {{URL|michelemahone.com}}
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Michele Mahone is an American television entertainment reporter and comedian.{{cite web|last1=Gordon|first1=Tracy Lee|title=15 Minutes with Michele Mahone|url=http://successbusinessmag.com.au/michele-mahone/|website=successbusinessmag.com.au/|publisher=Success Business Magazine|accessdate=February 28, 2015|date=July 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150304222832/http://successbusinessmag.com.au/michele-mahone/|archive-date=March 4, 2015|url-status=dead}}
Early life
Mahone was born in Ashland, Kentucky{{cite journal|last1=Hayhoe|first1=Brett|title=Nine's Michele Mahone|journal=Q Magazine|date=September 2012|issue=94|url=http://www.qmagazine.com.au/images/issue/complete%20issues/qissue%2094.pdf|accessdate=February 28, 2015}} and currently resides in Los Angeles.{{cite news|title=Michele Mahone|url=http://www.foxnews.com/archive/michele-mahone/index.html|accessdate=February 28, 2015|work=Fox News.com|agency=Fox News|publisher=Fox}} 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 Hollywood 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.{{cite web|title=Direct Shopping Network|url=http://www.yatedo.com/s/companyname%3A(Direct+Shopping+Network)|website=yatedo.com|publisher=Yatedo|accessdate=February 28, 2015}} She got a break when she was hired as an entertainment reporter for Weekend Today on Australia's Nine Network. She became known for her Kentucky accent, her catchphrase "How Do!", and her no-nonsense humorous reporting of Hollywood gossip.{{cite web|last1=Knox|first1=David|title=Weekend Today show fans fuming over change in entertainment correspondents|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2013/09/weekend-today-show-fans-fuming-over-change-in-entertainment-correspondents.html|website=tvtonight.com.au/|publisher=TV Tonight|accessdate=February 28, 2015|date=September 10, 2013}}{{cite web|last1=Gutfield|first1=Greg|title=Kentucky's Finest: Michele Mahone Coming to 'Red Eye' With Greg Gutfield|url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/kentuckys-finest-michele-mahone-on-red-eye-with-greg-gutfeld-august-19-videos/|website=monstersandcritics.com/|publisher=Monsters and Critics|accessdate=February 28, 2015|date=August 1, 2014}} Mahone was also an entertainment and lifestyle reporter on Nine Network's show, Mornings with Kerri-Anne.
In 2014, Mahone was hired as an entertainment reporter for Network Ten's morning show Wake Up where she conducted red carpet interviews with Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban, Harry Connick Jr. and Randy Jackson.{{cite web|title=Funny American Idol Red Carpet|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeiQQhMa90E|website=YouTube|publisher=Michele Mahone|accessdate=February 28, 2015}}
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 hosted overnights at Shop LC from November 2019 to February 2024.
Stand-up comedy
Mahone has appeared on the YouTube channel's show, "Comedy Time,";{{cite web|title=Stand Up Comedy by Michele Mahone – Redneck Prohibition|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq2JmxiawY8&list=PLqh8GWtBKbgKwKmK16mqkc09cItEtl7Rl&index=1|website=youtube.com|publisher=ChickComedy|accessdate=March 2, 2015|date=October 24, 2014}} she continues to perform live at several California clubs including The Comedy Store,{{cite web|title=Michele Mahone at the Comedy Store|url=http://www.eventbrite.com/e/michele-mahone-at-the-comedy-store-one-night-only-tickets-8886101569|website=eventbrite.com|publisher=Event Brite|accessdate=March 2, 2015|date=October 22, 2013}} The Ice House, Laugh Factory, 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 Australian radio with Brisbane's 4BC breakfast show, Jamie and Ian.{{cite web|title=Michele Mahone – Entertainment!|url=http://www.4bc.com.au/radio/michelle-mahone--entertainment-20101022-16xju.html|website=4bc.com.au|publisher=4BC 1116 News Talk|accessdate=March 2, 2015|date=October 22, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402141009/http://www.4bc.com.au/radio/michelle-mahone--entertainment-20101022-16xju.html|archive-date=April 2, 2015|url-status=dead}} She has made guest appearances on numerous radio shows throughout Australia, Canada and the United States.{{cite web|title=Michele Mahone|url=http://www.kofm.com.au/shows/david-and-tanya/team/michelle-mahone/|website=kofm.com.au|publisher=KOFM|accessdate=March 2, 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20150309100930/http://www.kofm.com.au/shows/david-and-tanya/team/michelle-mahone/|archivedate=March 9, 2015|df=mdy-all}}
Personal life
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|1371342}}
- {{Official website|michelemahone.com}}
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Category:American television hosts
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:People from Ashland, Kentucky
Category:American stand-up comedians
Category:American women comedians
Category:Artists from Kentucky
Category:American women television hosts
Category:21st-century American women