Kennedy

Early life Lisa Kennedy Montgomery was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, and raised in Lake Oswego, Oregon, a suburb of Portland. Kennedy and her two brothers were raised by her mother. Her mother is an immigrant from Romania and her father is of Scottish descent. She attended Lakeridge High School. She attended Santa Monica College before transferring to the University of California, Los Angeles; she later completed a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 2005.

Kennedy interned as a DJ at KROQ radio in Los Angeles as a teenager. She was known on KROQ as "the Virgin Kennedy".

Career Kennedy began her career as a VJ on MTV in 1992. By 1995, she had become such a recognizable cultural figure that the sitcom Murphy Brown introduced a new character named McGovern, modeled after her. She appeared uncredited as a crew member in an episode in the series Star Trek: Voyager, titled "Persistence of Vision, which aired on October 30, 1995.

In 1999, Kennedy published her book Hey Ladies! Tales and Tips for Curious Girls, in which she incorporated a multitude of personal experiences. That same year, she moved to Seattle to host The Buzz on KQBZ radio; the show was a mix of news, local issues, and comedy. Kennedy left Seattle in 2001 to cohost a morning radio show with Ahmet Zappa on the Comedy World Radio Network, The Future with Ahmet & Kennedy, a similar mix of current events and comedy. which ran for two seasons. On April 1, 2003, she guest-hosted the GSN show WinTuition as part of GSN's April Fools prank where hosts swap places, while the original hosts usually appear as cameos, and play as contestants in Lingo for charity.

She also hosted GSN's Who Wants to Be Governor of California?,

Beginning September 23, 2005, Kennedy appeared as an occasional panelist on VH1's Best Week Ever and MSNBC's Scarborough Country. In October 2005, she became host of Fox Reality's Reality Remix until that series ended in June 2008.

In December 2007, she guest-hosted the evening show several times on Los Angeles talk-radio station KFI, before being hired by the station for a regular Sunday-afternoon show. In April 2008, she joined Bryan Suits as cohost of the Kennedy & Suits Show at that station through September 30, 2009. She hosted Music in the Mornings on KYSR in Los Angeles from 2009 until March 2014.

On January 18, 2011, she began appearing as Anthony Sullivan's assistant on PitchMen, looking for new inventions to promote in infomercials.

Kennedy joined Fox Business Network as a contributor in 2012. She co-hosted The Independents, a current-events and political discussion show, from its debut on December 9, 2013. The show was cancelled in January 2015, but she continued as host of her own program, Kennedy. Kennedy was put on hiatus March 13, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On October 19, 2020, the program ended its seven-month hiatus. On May 31, 2023, Fox Business announced that it would be ending Kennedy after 8 years.

She is also a contributor to Reason.com and Reason.tv, and occasionally serves as guest host for Bill Carroll, John and Ken, and Tim Conway Jr. on KFI. She was a correspondent on the Fox Business talk show Stossel, and made occasional appearances as a panelist and guest host on Fox News' Red Eye. She makes appearances on other Fox talk shows, such as Outnumbered, and The Five, and on the conservative news and political satire talk show Gutfeld!.

Kennedy served as a regular host of Fox News Saturday Night from June 2023 through January 2024.

Kennedy was interviewed at length for Greg Prato's 2025 book, Alternative for the Masses: The '90s Alt-Rock Revolution - An Oral History, during which she discussed her career in the '90s and the alternative rock music scene at the time.

Politics

Kennedy is registered as unaffiliated. She is a supporter of same-sex marriage, and officiated at the wedding of fellow Fox contributor Guy Benson to husband Adam Wise. She also supports privatization of Social Security. She opposes the "war on drugs" and bureaucratic regulation. At MTV's 1993 Rock 'n' Roll Inaugural Ball for Bill Clinton, she chanted, "Nixon now! Nixon now!" whenever the Clintons went on stage. Along with being a fan of Richard Nixon, she supported Dan Quayle and Bob Dole. She was a speaker at the 1996 Republican National Convention. She was first introduced to libertarianism when Kurt Loder suggested she read Ayn Rand's Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology. She actively supported Gary Johnson in both the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections.

In March 2012, Reason published an article by Kennedy saying atheism is a religion on par with theistic religions. In 2014, according to Robert Draper, her show is not pro-Republican; it "bash[es] not only 'Obamacare' but also the NSA, neoconservatives and social scolds."

Personal life Kennedy is divorced from former professional snowboarder Dave Lee; the couple has two daughters. The song "Name" was written about her.

She has the Romanian flag tattooed on her left ankle,

In September 2012, during an appearance on Red Eye, Kennedy said she had been diagnosed with celiac disease, leading her to change to a more meat-based diet.

Kennedy is a triathlete.

Excerpts from Kennedy's segment on Fox were featured in the "Now this" segment of the first episode of season 7 of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.

During a discussion on Kennedy Saves the World in 2025, Kennedy listed Beastie Boys, No Doubt, Rocket from the Crypt, Drive Like Jehu, Olivelawn, and Pitchfork as her favorite rock bands.

On December 10, 2025, Kennedy announced her engagement to a man named Fred. In August 2026, she married Fred in Lanai, Hawaii.

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