Jillian Barberie

Jillian Marie Barberie (née Warry; born September 26, 1966) is a Canadian-born American television hostess, sportscaster, radio personality and actress.

From 1995 to 2012, she was a co-host on the Los Angeles television morning news and entertainment program Good Day L.A. on Fox owned-and-operated station KTTV.

Barberie was married to former Major League Baseball player Bret Barberie from 1996 to 2002.

From 2000 to 2005, she appeared on Fox Sports as the weather host for Fox NFL Sunday.

In 2000, she was hired to present the national weather segment of Fox Sports Fox NFL Sunday pre-game show, working alongside James Brown, Howie Long, and Terry Bradshaw.

She became a national figure and earned significant fan interest in the male-dominated sports demographic, and several spots for Prestone antifreeze that aired during NFL game broadcasts.

In addition to Barberie's work on Good Day L.A., she worked on the national version of the show Good Day Live.

She served as a weather and entertainment reporter for Fox Sports during the 2002 Super Bowl, the 2005 Super Bowl, and the 2008 Super Bowl.

In 2003, Barberie announced that she is bisexual.

However, she was ultimately fired from that show, ending her tenure on June 4, 2004.

In 2005, she was Regis Philbin's co-host for his New Year's Eve special on Fox.

She has appeared on the cover of Maxim magazine twice.

From 2006 to 2013, she was known as Jillian Reynolds, from her second marriage.

Barberie was born Jillian Warry in Burlington, Ontario, and was adopted soon after her birth.

Later in life after finding her biological parents, she learned they had later married and raised two daughters.

Barberie suffered some kind of abuse as a child.

She graduated from Mohawk College in Hamilton, Ontario, with a diploma from its two-year program in broadcast journalism.

After completing her diploma, she worked for several television stations, including The Weather Network in Montreal, Quebec, WSVN in Miami, Florida, and KTTV in Los Angeles, California.

Barberie has appeared on several television series including Clueless, V.I.P., and Melrose Place, as well as several comedies in the CBS comedy series Yes, Dear and the Fox sketch comedy series MADtv.

She hosted the syndicated reality series EX-treme Dating.

In 2006, she participated as a contestant on the Fox reality television series Skating with Celebrities, partnered with professional skater John Zimmerman and came in second place.

She was an ice skater in her childhood.

Beginning in November 2006, she became the co-host of KTTV's That's So Hollywood with fellow KTTV/KCOP-TV personality, Mark Thompson.

Barberie is a former NutriSystem spokesperson appearing in commercials alongside former NFL players Dan Marino and Terry Bradshaw.

She married former Marine sniper turned actor Grant Reynolds in a private ceremony on July 8, 2006.

She initially stated that she was legally changing her name to Jillian Reynolds, but keeping Barberie as her professional surname.

In December 2006, People magazine said Reynolds was pregnant with her first child, due July 7.

She officially announced her pregnancy the morning of December 18, 2006, during the broadcast of Good Day L.A. Barberie took a three-month maternity leave from the show beginning on June 22, 2007.

On July 9, an announcement on Good Day L.A. stated that she had given birth to a girl, Ruby Raven Reynolds, on July 6, 2007.

In March 2009, Barberie was also the host of American Idol Extra on Fox Reality Channel.

She interviewed the eliminated participant each week and other guests who appear on the show.

She has appeared alongside her then-husband, Grant Reynolds, in the Fox Reality Channel original series, Househusbands of Hollywood.

On July 6, 2009, she announced on Good Day LA that she was pregnant with her second child.

She gave birth to a boy, Rocco Rio Reynolds, on January 11, 2010.

In 2011, Barberie became a naturalized citizen of the United States.

On March 15, 2013, Barberie announced that she and her husband Grant Reynolds were divorcing.

Beginning in February 2014, she co-hosted Midday Live with John Phillips on 790 KABC in Los Angeles.

The divorce was finalized on February 14, 2014.

In December 2019 KABC moved Phillips back to middays but did not renew Barberie's contract.

She has also hosted the short-lived entertainment program Hollywood Mix on KTLA.