Lea Gabrielle Joins Fox News

IceMan · **Joined:** Wed Aug 04, 2004 11:10 pm **Posts:** 12313

By Merrill Knox on December 12, 2013 5:11 PM
Lea Gabrielle is joining Fox News as a general assignment reporter for “Shepard Smith Reporting,” TVNewser has learned. Gabrielle will make her Fox News debut December 16.
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/lea ... ws_b207207

johnkay · **Joined:** Sun Nov 25, 2012 12:23 am **Posts:** 6403

She used to be known as Lea Sutton in NBC San Diego:
https://twitter.com/LeaNBCSD

Nice addition.

blm489 · **Joined:** Thu Feb 15, 2007 10:35 pm **Posts:** 1907

Saw the pic of her on TVNewser. Looks nice.

Ninja · **Posted:** Thu Dec 12, 2013 9:20 pm

Navy Babe

johnkay · **Joined:** Sun Nov 25, 2012 12:23 am **Posts:** 6403

Watch out for Lea, she's a badass. Here's her debut:

Kevin77 · **Posted:** Mon Dec 16, 2013 6:29 pm

I never knew special ops & fighter pilots could look like that. :shock:

pacificRT · **Posted:** Tue Dec 17, 2013 7:12 am

Kevin77 wrote:

I never knew special ops & fighter pilots could look like that. :shock:

And even more impressive is that she's not the typical sweet-young-thing new hire
either -- Lea's 38.

I do wonder though why Fox forced her to "dumb down" her name like that.
She's formally Lea Gabrielle Potts-Sutton.
Potts by birth, Sutton possibly a current or former married name - but neither name
is really unpronounceable or what you'd call "TV unfriendly".

If Fox didn't insist on it, then she might have chosen to chop off the surnames, but it
comes off as something a younger model or actress would do -- not a serious journalist with a military background.

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Laker · **Posted:** Tue Dec 17, 2013 6:47 pm

newsguy · **Joined:** Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:58 pm **Posts:** 2462

pacificRT wrote:

Kevin77 wrote:

I never knew special ops & fighter pilots could look like that. :shock:

And even more impressive is that she's not the typical sweet-young-thing new hire
either -- Lea's 38.

Well DUH, she was a 12 year vet in the Navy. Anybody know her rank when she left? I think the biggest surprise was they hired her with only three years experience in the TV news biz. There's probably those who spent their entire careers for a shot at national news network.

Kevin77 · **Posted:** Wed Dec 18, 2013 9:28 pm

Laker wrote:

Wearing a dress on a bike...she really is brave. :shock:

pacificRT · **Posted:** Wed Dec 18, 2013 11:14 pm

newsguy wrote:

pacificRT wrote:

Kevin77 wrote:

I never knew special ops & fighter pilots could look like that. :shock:

And even more impressive is that she's not the typical sweet-young-thing new hire
either -- Lea's 38.

Well DUH, she was a 12 year vet in the Navy.

Precisely what I was getting at... It's very rare hiring for someone over 35, especially
where Fox is concerned.

And I still don't get the "dumbing-down" of her name like that.
She's an accomplished, professional former military personnel...not a preteen popstar.

She was already known by her real name in San Diego - a major market station.
Altering her ID at this point in her career and life... It's just strange.

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newsguy · **Joined:** Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:58 pm **Posts:** 2462

Was it her decision? Prime example, anyone remember Linda Stouffer formerly off HLN? She had five years before getting the National spot but she change her name from Cinnamon to Linda. Allegedly to please her CNN bosses because I heard on another board I don't think it was this one that she wanted to be called Cinnamon. Honestly if they hired her, they should have realize that. Anyway we don't know if it was Lea's choice, Fox choice, or maybe she had a divorce. Anyone know?

Ninja · **Posted:** Thu Dec 19, 2013 4:07 am

Kevin77 wrote:

Laker wrote:

Wearing a dress on a bike...she really is brave. :shock:

She's my hero. :gaga

sparty · **Posted:** Mon Aug 25, 2014 12:49 pm

newsguy wrote:

Anyway we don't know if it was Lea's choice, Fox choice, or maybe she had a divorce. Anyone know?

Still married

newsguy wrote:

I think the biggest surprise was they hired her with only three years experience in the TV news biz. There's probably those who spent their entire careers for a shot at national news network.

Are you kidding?
Look at her :Tasty

Plus Fox has others who were hired after changing professions who didn't have a lot of TV experience
Shannon Bream and Megyn Kelly, to name two
And which network would be most likely to hire a Navy babe :Attention

MelvinMoogleman · **Posted:** Mon Aug 25, 2014 5:34 pm

Kevin77 wrote:

I never knew special ops & fighter pilots could look like that. :shock:

Not Special Ops.
Ferry pilot.
I know a guy who served with her. She wasn't known for her smooth landings on carrier decks, but I couldn't even do a smooth landing on a paved runway so she'd fly circles around me.
HOWEVER --- you're right in that she's a total MILF babe.
More of her would be a good thing.

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