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Facts of Kyra Phillips

Date of Birth: 1968 , August-8
Birth Nation: United States
Height: 5 Feet 6 Inch
Name Kyra Phillips
Birth Name Kyra Phillips
Nationality American
Birth Place/City Illinois
Ethnicity White
Profession News anchor
Working For Television
Net Worth N/A
Eye Color Brown
Hair Color Brown
Face Color White
Famous for News anchor, reporter
Affair with John Roberts (2009–)
Boyfriend John Roberts (2009–)
Married Yes
Married to John Assad (m. 2000–2008)
Children 2
Divorce Yes
Education University of Southern California
Awards News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story – Long Form
TV Show CNN Newsroom, Anderson Cooper 360°

Quick Timeline of Kyra Phillips

1968 Born in San Diego, California
1994 Joined WLUK-TV
1999 Joined CNN
2003 Involved in a Controversy
2000 Married to John Assad
2010 Engaged with John Roberts
2011 Gave birth to twins
1997 Was named Reporter of the Year
2006 Flew in the last F-14 Tomcat
2012 Left CNN
2006 Her personal conversation were broadcast live

Detail Timeline of Kyra Phillips

August 8 , 1968

Born in San Diego, California

Kyra Phillips born as Kyra June Phillips in San Diego, California, the United States of America to highly educated parents, Kyra was raised in the city of Jacksonville. She is an American and is of white ethnicity. She is five feet and six inches tall.

1994

Joined WLUK-TV

After graduating from University of Southern California, Kyra Phillips began her professional career as an anchor and reporter for WLUK-TV. She then joined WDSU-TV. She also joined KAMC-TV in Lubbock; there she anchored the one of their morning show.

1999

Joined CNN

After being in WLUK-TV and WDSU-TV for about half a decade, Kyra Phillips joined CNN. From her early days in CNN, she has access to U.S. Navy Air Wing CVW-9. In 2003, she reported the sensational show USS Abraham Lincoln.

April 16 , 2003

Involved in a Controversy

Besides her frivolous anchoring and reporting career, Kyra Phillips has also been involved in criticism several times and one of them was for her insensitivity interview with Dr Imad al-Najada. She was criticized for her for being humorless with the 12 years old boy.

2000

Married to John Assad

In 2000, Kyra Phillips got married to John Assad. As a married couple they lived together for about eight years and they got divorced in 2008. The actual reason for their divorce was not revealed in the media.

2010

Engaged with John Roberts

In 2009, Kyra Phillips was seen having romantic love affairs with John Roberts. John Roberts is a Fox News correspondent. They got engaged the following year and they also promised to get married soon but they have not fulfilled this promise yet. 

March 15 , 2011

Gave birth to twins

After being engaged with Fox News correspondent John Roberts, Kyra Phillips announced that she is pregnant with her first child with the start of 2011 and finally on 15th of March 2011, she gave birth to twins.

1997

Was named Reporter of the Year

Till now, Kyra Phillips has been nominated in lots of prestigious awards and she has also won several of them. In 1997, she was honored as the Reporter of the Year. She was given this name by the Associated Press.

2006

Flew in the last F-14 Tomcat

Since the beginning of her career at the CNN, Kyra Phillips was given access to the U.S. Navy Air Wing CVW-9. Most of her stories were also mainly about the US Navy's. She also gained some popularity after she was named the last journalist to fly in an F-14 Tomcat before it officially retired.

June 26 , 2012

Left CNN

Kyra Phillips spends most of her professional life in CNN. She joined them in 1999 and from that time on she served them being their news anchor and reporter but on 26th of June 2012, she announced that she will be leaving CNN. 

August 29 , 2006

Her personal conversation were broadcast live

On the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's landfall, Kyra Phillips had some conservation with President George W. Bush. That day, she also offered advice on men, criticized her sister-in-law and she also praised her ex-husband and all of this conservation were broadcast live after she left her microphone in the washroom. 

Content

American news reporter and anchor, Kyra Phillips is currently associated with HLN and there she is serving them as a news reporter. However, spend most of her professional life on CNN. She also gained some popularity after she was named the last journalist to fly in an F-14 Tomcat before it officially retired.

Kyra Phillips' early life and married life

Kyra Phillips was born as Kyra June Phillips on 8th August 1968 in San Diego, California, the United States of America to highly educated parents, Kyra was raised in the city of Jacksonville.

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Her nationality is American and she is of white ethnicity.

Kura gained her primary education from Helix High School and she also graduated from there. Then she joined the University of Southern California and graduated from there with a bachelor's degree in journalism.

Kyra Phillips' married life

In 2000, Kyra got married to her long-term girlfriend John Assad and they were reportedly dating and having a romantic love affair before they held their wedding ceremony.

As a married couple they lived together for about eight years and unfortunately, they ended their marital relationship with a divorce in 2008.

In 2009, Kyra was seen having romantic love affairs with John Roberts. John Roberts is a Fox News correspondent. They got engaged the following year and they welcomed twins children on the 15th of March 2011.

Kyra Phillips' career and net worth

After that, she began her professional career as an anchor and reporter for WLUK-TV.

After being there for about half a decade, she joined CNN. In 2003, she reported the sensational show USS Abraham Lincoln.

Besides her frivolous anchoring and reporting career, she has also been involved in criticism several times and one of them was for her insensitivity interview with Dr. Imad al-Najada.

Kyra Phillips' net worth

She has been earning a lucrative amount of salary annually and her net worth is $5.2 Million Dollars.