Loni Love

Loni Love is a two-time Emmy, two-time NAACP Image & three-time Gracie Award-winning host, comedian, actress, author, and philanthropist. She has performed comedy all over the world and loves to make people laugh.

Love is one of the co-hosts of the GRACIE Award-winning weekend radio show Café Mocha. The show is broadcast on over 45 stations including SiriusXM Channel 141. She currently is a correspondent for the "Live from E! Red Carpet" shows as well as a touring comedian on tour with Martin Lawrence, Dave Koz and her own self titled “Time To Laugh” Tour. From 2015-2022, she was the cohost for the nationally syndicated daytime talk show “The Real" on Fox and from 2020-2022, was the co-host for "E! Daily Pop" and guest co-host for "E! Nightly Pop."

In 2019, Love became the first female host on the main stage of the Essence Music Festival in the Superdome in New Orleans. In 2020, she also hosted the first-ever virtual Essence festival celebrating the magazine’s 50th anniversary.

Love’s second book, "I Tried To Change So You Don't Have To: True Life Lessons" debuted in June 2020 and received a glowing review from the New York Times. The book is an inspiring, hilarious memoir about learning to resist the pressures of conformity, love yourself for who you are, embrace your flaws, and unlock your true potential available.