| Layla Kayleigh | |
|---|---|
| Born | 26 January 1984 London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Television host, Correspondent |
| Website | |
| LaylaKayleigh.com | |
Zara "Layla" Kayleigh (born 26 January 1984) is a British-American TV personality who used to host The Feed segment of G4's Attack of the Show! and co-hosts MTV's America's Best Dance Crew where she is the backstage correspondent. She has modeled for Maxim Magazine and King Magazine. Kayleigh currently resides in Hollywood, California. She is of African, European and Middle Eastern descent.[1]
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Kayleigh lived in South London. Her birth name was Zara, but she urged her parents to call her Layla after the Derek and the Dominos song.[2] When Layla was 12, her single mother traveled to America in a bid to get U.S. citizenship for Layla and herself, but Layla opted to stay behind. She "never told a soul" about being alone for fear that social services would come for her.[1]
On September 12, 2008, Layla Kayleigh became a naturalized United States citizen.[3]
In addition to once hosting MTV2 in Britain and ABC's football halftime show, Kayleigh was once a correspondent for Al Gore's Current TV but was fired promptly after doing an interview and photoshoot with Maxim Magazine.[4] She has appeared on the MTV show Punk'd. She was the main host of "The Feed" segment of Attack of the Show! on G4, as well as shortened versions of "The Feed" during the network's commercial breaks. Kayleigh has been on The Best Damn Sports Show Period on Fox Sports Net, and also reporting on all the entertainment/sports news on the Vegas Insider. Kayleigh was also a guest on the Fox News Channel show "Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld". Kayleigh has started a video blog, with each entry posted onto her MySpace page and official website.
On May 23, 2007, the World Poker Tour announced that she would be their hostess for Season Six.[5] Kayleigh is featured on the cover of the July–August 2007 issue of Gambling.com, and the August issue of Bluff Magazine.
Kayleigh is a co-host on America's Best Dance Crew on MTV as their on the road correspondent looking for talent in the different cities.[6] The show, which features Mario Lopez as host premiered on January 26, 2008 with a live casting special and began its first season on February 7, 2008 with Kayleigh as backstage correspondent interviewing the bottom two crews. Season 2 of America's Best Dance Crew started on June 19 on MTV. Season 3 of America's Best Dance Crew premiered on January 15, 2009 on MTV.
On the March 16, 2009, episode of "Attack of the Show!", Kayleigh announced that she would be leaving G4 to pursue other opportunities and that the episode would be her last; it was a mutual decision for her to leave G4.[7]
On May 7 and May 27, 2010, Kayleigh appeared as a member of the Great American Panel on Hannity. She is now a correspondent for the TV Guide Network.
She was listed number 33[8] and number 88[9] on AskMen.com's top 99 women in 2008 and 2011 edition, respectively.
She played Madison Lane in the romance/drama movie titled A Simple Promise, which came out on DVD on May 27, 2008.
Kayleigh and her boyfriend, Steve Covino, had a daughter, Melody Rain Covino, on November 2, 2009.[10] They celebrated their daughter's christening in Union, New Jersey, Covino's hometown.[11]
On October 9, 2011, Kayleigh and Covino married in Las Vegas, Nevada. Melody served as flower girl. [12]