CARSON DALY

'Carson Jones Daly' (born June 22, 1973 in Santa Monica, California) is an American television personality. He became known for being a VJ on MTV's ''Total Request Live''. He currently hosts ''Last Call with Carson Daly'' on NBC.

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Personal life

In popular culture

References

External links

Personal life

Daly's father died of cancer when he was six. Daly attended Santa Monica High School and studied theology at Loyola Marymount University where he had received a golf scholarship. He attended university for one year, and received an internship at a Palm Springs, California radio station, as well as a disc jockey slot at a station in San Diego, California.
His mother, Pattie Daly Caruso, is a breast cancer survivor who was honored at Lifetime’s Breast Cancer Heroes Luncheon in 2004. She and Carson have become breast cancer activists.^[1] He has been spotted wearing Livestrong bracelets on numerous occasions.
In early to mid 2005 he lost a significant amount of weight. ^[2] Tabloids claimed that Daly had "manorexia" which is a play on words for a man with an eating disorder and that he is addicted to exercise.

In popular culture

★ During his stint on ''Saturday Night Live'', Jimmy Fallon gained a following through his impression of Daly speaking in a monotone and using the catch phrase "I'm a massive tool".

★ The main character on the TV series ''My Name is Earl'' found out about karma from ''Last Call with Carson Daly'', and believes that it is a creation of Daly.

★ He has dated Jennifer Love Hewitt and been engaged to Tara Reid.

★ Referenced in the Eminem song 'The Real Slim Shady'

★ Carson often jokes about how low the ratings of his talk show are but NBC has made no plans of canceling the show.

★ Daly often mentions how much he hates the huge hit show American Idol.

★ Daly is a huge fan of the sports boxing and cycling.

References

1. http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-794568/Lifetime-Television-Honors-Courageous-Breast.html
2. http://www.starling-fitness.com/archives/2006/07/25/carson-daly-weight-loss/

External links

★ Last Call with Carson Daly Official Site

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★ Carson Daly's Official MySpace

★ Carson Daly's Official Website