Greg Gutfeld

Greg Gutfeld
Born	September 12, 1964 (1964-09-12) San Mateo, California
Nationality	American
Occupation	Journalist, Television Personality
Religion	born Catholic now states he is Agnostic/Atheist
Spouse	Elena Moussa
Website
dailygut.com

Greg Gutfeld (born September 12, 1964(1964-09-12)) is an American television personality, political satirist, humorist, magazine editor and blogger. Gutfeld is the host of Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld on the Fox News Channel. He is also one of five co-hosts/panelists on Fox News political talk-show The Five, which debuted on July 11, 2011. Gutfeld identifies politically as libertarian. Gutfeld (2009): "I became a conservative by being around liberals and I became a libertarian by being around conservatives. You realize that there’s something distinctly in common between the two groups, the left and the right; the worst part of each of them is the moralizing."

Personal life

Gutfeld was born and raised in San Mateo, California. He attended Junípero Serra High School and the University of California, Berkeley, graduating in 1987. He currently resides in New York City with his wife, Elena Moussa, whom he met in London. He previously lived in Allentown, Pennsylvania for approximately ten years.

On the topic of religious and spiritual belief, Gutfeld identifies himself as Agnostic/Atheist.

Career

After graduating from UC Berkeley with a degree in English, he interned at The American Spectator, as an assistant to R. Emmett Tyrrell. He then got his first full-time job as a staff writer at Prevention magazine. In 1995, he became a staff writer at Men's Health.

He was promoted to editor-in-chief of Men's Health in 1999. In 2000, he was replaced by David Zinczenko and became editor-in-chief of Stuff. At Stuff, the circulation increased from 750,000 to 1.2 million during his tenure. In 2003, he hired several midgets to attend a conference of the "Magazine Publishers of America" on the topic of "buzz," with the instructions to be as loud and annoying as possible. The stunt did generate publicity for Stuff, but it led to Gutfeld being fired from the magazine soon afterward; he was then made head of "brand development" at Dennis Publishing.

He helmed Maxim magazine in the UK, from 2004 to 2006. However, Gutfeld's contract expired without renewal after losses in readership under his tenure. His final year at Maxim saw a loss of about 40,000 readers. On the December 16, 2009 episode of Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld, Gutfeld's former boss, Maxim owner Felix Dennis, stated that Gutfeld was fired as a result of a Maxim story entitled "The Ikea Sex Party", for which the publication was sued.

Gutfeld was one of the first posting contributors to the The Huffington Post from its launch in 2005 until October 2008; frequent targets of his sarcasm included his colleagues Deepak Chopra, Cenk Uygur and Arianna Huffington and Huffington Post bloggers. Many of his Huffington Post commentaries/blogs are still available on its website. He currently blogs at his own site, "The Daily Gut."

Since February 5, 2007, Gutfeld has been host of the hour-long Fox News Channel late-night program, Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld, which airs at 3 AM Eastern Time. Since the show began, Bill Schulz has been Gutfeld's sidekick and Andy Levy has been the show's ombudsman. Schulz is a former colleague of Gutfeld's from Stuff magazine and Andy Levy was a blogger at The Huffington Post who caught Gutfeld's attention with his funny postings.

In July 11, 2011 Gutfeld became a co-host/panelist, along with Juan Williams, Dana Perino, Andrew Napolitano and others, on the Fox News political-opinion program 'The Five'. The panel for the first four episodes consisted of Gutfeld, Andrea Tantaros, Bob Beckel, Dana Perino, and Eric Bolling. The program airs weekdays at 5 PM ET/2 PM PT.

He also appeared on the show Louie in the episode titled "Come On, God". He plays himself hosting a parody show called Real Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld. His show is hosting a debate between Louis C.K. & Ellen Farber (Liz Holtan). Ellen is the spokeswoman for an organization called Christians Against Masturbation, while Louie is the only person they could find to defend masturbation. The episode aired on August 11, 2011 on FX.

Controversial Remarks

In March 2009 Gutfeld faced a public outcry in Canada after he, Bill Schulz and guest panelists of Red Eye mocked a Canadian military official's remarks that Canada's military could take a year-long 'synchronized break' from its role in the War in Afghanistan. Canadian Minister of National Defence Peter MacKay demanded an apology from Fox News, which Gutfeld then provided a day later, saying in a statement that "It was not my intent to disrespect the brave men, women and families of the Canadian military, and for that I apologize."

In August 2010 Gutfeld made news by proposing to open a gay bar for Muslims next door to the planned Park51 Mosque in New York City, sometimes referred to as the "Ground Zero mosque".

Books

• Gutfeld, Greg (1997-11-15). The Scorecard: The Official Point System for Keeping Score in the Relationship Game. Henry Holt & Company. pp. 182. ISBN 9780805054507. 
• Gutfeld, Greg (1999-01-01). The Scorecard at Work: The Official Point System for Keeping Score on the Job. Henry Holt & Company. pp. 160. ISBN 9780805058659. 
• Gutfeld, Greg (2007-11-15). The New Millennium's Early Years: My Life as a Dark Brooding Vigilante and How the Lone Streets and the Thrill of Violence Became my Only Friends and Lovers. Henry Holt & Company. pp. 182. ISBN 9780805054507. 
• Gutfeld, Greg (2008-01-21). Lessons from the Land of Pork Scratchings. Simon & Schuster. pp. 224. ISBN 9781847370662. http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?tab=65&pid=592860. 
• Gutfeld, Greg (2010-05-25). The Bible of Unspeakable Truths. Grand Central Publishing. pp. 304. ISBN 9780446552301. http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/books_9780446552301.htm. 

Sources

• Robertson, Campbell (2007-04-10). "At 2 A.M., Dark Humor Meets the Lights". The New York Times (The New York Times Company). http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/10/arts/television/10gutf.html. Retrieved 2008-08-17. 
• Whitehouse, David (2007-06-16). "News crash!". The Guardian (Guardian Media Group). http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/jun/16/tvandradio.theguide1. Retrieved 2008-08-17. 

External links

• Greg Gutfeld archives at Huffington Post
• Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld at Foxnews.com
• The Daily Gut