Loni Love
About Loni Love
Loni Love (born July 14, 1971 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American comedian, television host, actress, author and former electrical engineer. She grew up in the Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects, graduated from Cass Technical High School in 1989, and received her bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Prairie View A&M University in Texas, where she discovered stand-up comedy after winning a $50 competition. After finding work as an engineer at Xerox in California, she continued to do stand-up in clubs and became a regular at the Laugh Factory before resigning after eight years to pursue comedy.
Love started her comedic career in 2003, appearing on Star Search and reaching the finals before losing to winner John Roy. She was awarded the Jury Prize for best stand-up at the 2003 US Comedy Arts Festival and was named one of the "Top 10 Comics to Watch" in both Variety and Comedy Central in 2009. In 2008 she became the CNN correspondent for D. L. Hughley Breaks the News, covering the inauguration of President Barack Obama, and in late 2009 she recorded her first one-hour Comedy Central special, America's Sister, which aired on 8 May 2010. She released her first comedy advice book, Love Him Or Leave Him But Don't Get Stuck With The Tab, in July 2013.
From 15 July 2013 to 3 June 2022, Love served as one of the co-hosts of the syndicated daytime talk show The Real, originally alongside Adrienne Bailon, Tamar Braxton, Jeannie Mai and Tamera Mowry. She appeared in the films Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (2015) and Bad Asses on the Bayou (2015), and won the ninth season of Worst Cooks in America in 2016, taking $50,000 for her chosen charity. In 2018 she and her Real co-hosts won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host. Since 2022 she has co-hosted Squirrel Friends: The Official RuPaul's Drag Race Podcast alongside Alec Mapa.
Videos (86)
Videos 25 to 48 of 86.
0:40Prince Harry is Outta Here!!!
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0:49Pvamu homecoming alumni show hosted by
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0:28Loni’s Take: Boo boo in Salad
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0:14Loni’s Take: In Detroit for When we all Vote Party at The Polls
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1:38Loni’’s Take : Tamron Hall Show
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1:04Loni’s Take: Lon’s message to Jasmine Guy
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16:42Loni Love Recaps with RuPaul Secret Celebrity Drag Race Mentor Trinity The Tuck
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0:50Loni’s Take:
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11:27Loni’s Take: Why Did Soul Plane Crash & Burn?
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28:44Sinqua Walls Discuss Portraying Don Cornelius on 'BET's American Soul'"
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0:22Loni’s Take:
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6:46Loni Love w/ fellow PVAMU Terry Ellis of En Vogue
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32:11A Candid Chat w/ Thomas Q. Jones on
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18:56Dr. Dorinda Clark Cole Give Contestants Critiques & Talk About The Return of The Clark Sisters
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12:05Loni’s Take: Could Oprah help more Black Women?
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2:25Loni’s Take: when folks diss you
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8:27Loni’s Take: Don’t Mistake our Joy for Not Caring
900 views
9:34Loni’s Take: Terrence Howard-You Can't Tame This Lion!
853 views
27:18An Inspiring Conversation with Ledisi on
788 views
11:10Loni Love 2020 Cass Tech H.S. Commencement Address
775 views
5:28Loni’s Take: The Dolly Interview
762 views
41:13Loni Love 1st Quarantine Talent Show Feat. Jonathan McReynolds
757 views
0:58August 7, 2026
717 views
1:59Loni Love Talks About Growing in Same Detroit Projects as Diana Ross
642 viewsGuest appearances (16)
Videos on other comedians' channels featuring Loni Love.
Guest appearances 1 to 16 of 16.
6:47Loni Love Talks About Amanda Seales' Departure From “The Real” | RSMS
Broderick Dornell Smiley
169.3K views
4:24Gary's Tea About Loni Love, Tamar Braxton & Amber Rose
Broderick Dornell Smiley
141K views
6:38Was It Wrong For Loni Love To FaceTime Garcelle Beauvais Without Asking First? | RSMS
Broderick Dornell Smiley
54.1K views
2:30Loni Love On Being Accused Of Getting Tamar Braxton Fired | RSMS
Broderick Dornell Smiley
42.8K views
4:03Gary’s Tea About Loni Love & Oprah Winfrey | RSMS
Broderick Dornell Smiley
29.2K views
6:18If Loni Love Replaces Aunt Jemima… | RSMS
Broderick Dornell Smiley
21.9K views
8:09Loni Love's Suggestion For Tyler Perry
Broderick Dornell Smiley
9.9K views
0:16Loni Love & I At The Stellar Awards
Broderick Dornell Smiley
9.4K views
5:04THE ANT COLONY - LONI LOVE
Ant
7.5K views
3:22Rickey Smiley Onstage With Bill Bellamy & Loni Love!
Broderick Dornell Smiley
3K views
0:57Why do so many soul singers cover country songs? Loni Love on Al Green
Josh Adam Meyers
2.2K views
1:06:00Loni Love and Bob Discuss the Beauty in Comedy and the Importance of Sharing Our Stories
Bob Saget
1.7K views
41:33Loni Love (Fitzdog Radio ) | Greg Fitzsimmons
Gregory Sebastian Fitzsimmons
1.4K views
0:46Who did Al Green pass the torch to? Loni Love on Al Green, Michael Jackson, Luther Vandross
Josh Adam Meyers
1.2K views
32:09Ep. 19 | Loni Love Keeps It Real | Understand This Podcast
Finesse Mitchell
553 views
1:17:40Album 121 | Sly & The Family Stone - Stand! - Loni Love
Josh Adam Meyers
64 viewsChannels on this page: Broderick Dornell Smiley, Ant, Josh Adam Meyers, Bob Saget, Gregory Sebastian Fitzsimmons, Finesse Mitchell
Frequently asked questions
Who is Loni Love?
Loni Love (born July 14, 1971) is an American comedian, television host, actress, author and former electrical engineer from Detroit, Michigan.
What did Loni Love do before comedy?
She was an electrical engineer, earning a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Prairie View A&M University and working as an engineer at Xerox for eight years before pursuing comedy full-time.
What talk show did Loni Love co-host?
She was one of the co-hosts of the syndicated daytime talk show The Real from 15 July 2013 to 3 June 2022.
Has Loni Love won an Emmy?
Yes, in 2018 she and her Real co-hosts won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host.
What was Loni Love's first Comedy Central special?
Her first one-hour Comedy Central special, America's Sister, was recorded in late 2009 and aired on 8 May 2010.
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