Leeann Tweeden

Leeann Tweeden is an American radio broadcaster, model and sports commentator.

She is co-host of Dr. Drew Midday Live on Radio 790 KABC in Los Angeles.

Tweeden was born in Manassas, Virginia, to Bill Tweeden, a retired Air Force Chief Mechanic, and his wife Catherine.

She is of Filipino descent on her mother's side.

After graduating from Osbourn Park High School in 1991, Tweeden moved to Hollywood to pursue a career in modeling.

In 1992, while working as a hostess at a Hooters restaurant in Colorado Springs, Colorado, she won first place in the Venus International Model Search.

This break led to national exposure, including a regular role as a fitness model on the TV show Fitness Beach.

Tweeden modeled for promotional work for Hooters (which included an appearance in the restaurant's 1994 calendar), Venus International, and Frederick's of Hollywood.

In August 1996, Tweeden appeared on the cover of Playboy magazine and as part of a fitness model pictorial for that issue.

She did not appear nude.

In the early 2000s, Tweeden hosted many segments of the Fox Sports Net show, Bluetorch TV.

Tweeden was a correspondent for Fox Sports Networks' The Best Damn Sports Show Period from 2001 to 2007.

In 2002, she was a guest character in the motocross video game Freekstyle as a motocross rider.

Since 2002, Tweeden has participated in 16 tours with the USO including 12 to Afghanistan and Iraq.

Franken denied writing the skit solely to kiss Tweeden; he had performed similar skits involving kissing in 2004 and 2005.

According to Tweeden, Franken kissed her on a 2006 USO tour during a rehearsal for a comedy skit in which they kissed.

She wrote that he "came at me, put his hand on the back of my head, mashed his lips against mine and aggressively stuck his tongue in my mouth."

She said she pushed him away, feeling "disgusted and violated".

Tweeden's post alleged that Franken "wrote that sketch just to kiss me".

Tweeden wrote that Franken also posed for a photograph with her while she was asleep on the C-17 cargo plane flying home.

According to The Washington Post, the photograph "shows Franken looking into a camera, his hands either over or on Tweeden’s chest as she slept".

Franken disputed Tweeden's version.

In a long-form article covering the allegations for The New Yorker, Jane Mayer wrote that, according to Franken, Tweeden's "accusations appropriated jokes from comic routines that they’d performed together".

The March 2007 issue of FHM (the final U.S. issue ever printed) featured Tweeden as the cover girl.

In 2008, Tweeden became the third hostess of the NBC late night television series Poker After Dark.

As part of Hooters' 25th anniversary in 2008, she was named among "The Top Hooters Girls of all time".

She has also appeared on the political discussion series Hannity in 2011 and 2012.

She was a member of the "Great American Panel" and also occasionally appeared on the panel of Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld.

Tweeden was seen in pre- and post-game coverage of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on Fox Sports West and on Fox Sports 1's UFC Tonight, with Kenny Florian and Ariel Helwani.

In December 2011, at 38 years old, she again appeared on the cover of Playboy, and in that issue was featured in a nude pictorial.

On February 7, 2017, Tweeden joined the cast of the Los Angeles morning radio show McIntyre in the Morning on KABC, 790 AM as the news anchor.

On October 30, 2017, California Congresswoman Jackie Speier was interviewed by the McIntyre show about a sexual assault that occurred when she was in her 20s and was a congressional staffer for Representative Leo Ryan.

She alleged that Ryan's chief of staff "kissed me and stuck his tongue in my mouth".

According to the show's host Doug McIntyre, that led to a conversation with Tweeden about an alleged incident of sexual harassment between her and Minnesota U.S. Senator Al Franken.

With McIntyre's assistance, Tweeden prepared to make a public statement about her allegations.

Ahead of Tweeden's public statements, a Fox news executive tipped off conservative political consultant Roger Stone.

Stone circulated news of the allegations to right-wing media and made Twitter posts referring to the allegations, including a statement that "It’s Al Franken's 'time in the barrel.. Following the posting of Tweeden's story, far-right radio show host and prominent conspiracy theorist Alex Jones broadcast that Stone had told him, in advance, "Get ready.

Franken’s next".

On November 16, 2017, Tweeden went public with the allegations in a blog post and radio interview.

On January 7, 2019, Tweeden became the co-host of Dr. Drew Midday on KABC, 790 AM.