1. Carnie Wilson was born on April 29,1968 and is an American singer and television personality.
26 Facts About Carnie Wilson
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Carnie Wilson is the daughter of Brian Wilson and in 1989 co-founded the pop music trio Wilson Phillips with her younger sister Wendy.
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Carnie Wilson was born in Los Angeles on April 29,1968, the daughter of Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys and of his first wife, former singer Marilyn Rovell of the Honeys.
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Carnie Wilson's mother is of Jewish heritage, while her father is of Dutch, Scottish, English, German, Irish, and Swedish ancestry.
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Carnie Wilson co-founded Wilson Phillips with her younger sister Wendy and childhood friend Chynna Phillips in 1989.
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Carnie Wilson sang "Our Time Has Come" with James Ingram for the 1997 animated film Cats Don't Dance.
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In 2003, Carnie Wilson attempted to launch a solo music career with the album For the First Time.
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However, the single failed to gain interest and the album was ultimately shelved when Carnie regrouped with Wendy and Chynna as Wilson Phillips in 2004.
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In 2006, Carnie Wilson released an album of lullabies, A Mother's Gift: Lullabies from the Heart, created shortly after the birth of her daughter, Lola.
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Carnie Wilson released her second solo effort in October 2007, a Christmas album entitled Christmas with Carnie, featuring a song written by her husband, "Warm Lovin' Christmastime".
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In 2011, Carnie Wilson had a career resurgence with a cameo in the film Bridesmaids singing the hit single "Hold On" with Wendy and Chynna at the wedding in the film's finale.
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Carnie Wilson found the experience a disappointment and a source of professional and personal frustration.
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Carnie Wilson later guest-starred on episodes of That 70s Show in 2001 and Sabrina the Teenage Witch, before joining the fourth season of VH1's Celebrity Fit Club in 2006.
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Carnie Wilson became a cast member of the CMT series Gone Country in January 2008.
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Carnie Wilson hosted GSN's new edition of The Newlywed Game, which premiered April 6,2009, until late 2010, when she was replaced by Sherri Shepherd.
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Carnie Wilson starred in the Chopped "All Stars: Celebrities" episode and got to second place.
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In 2013, Carnie Wilson became a member of "Team Rachael" on the second season of the Food Network's Rachael vs Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off.
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Carnie Wilson came in second to Dean McDermott and won $10,000 for her charity, an autism research foundation.
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Carnie Wilson frequently filled in as a guest host on CBS's The Talk.
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On January 2,2017, Carnie Wilson was the second contestant fired, finishing in fifteenth place, earning no money for her charity, The Weight Loss Surgery Foundation of America.
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In July 2016, Carnie Wilson Phillips reunited and performed on ABC's Greatest Hits.
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In February 2017, Carnie Wilson made a guest appearance on the reality show The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.
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Carnie Wilson is a cousin to Beach Boys co-founder Mike Love and his brother, former NBA player Stan Love, as well as Stan's son, Miami Heat player Kevin Love.
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In 2024, Carnie Wilson said she had considered suicide 20 years earlier, when she had been addicted to drugs and alcohol.
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Carnie Wilson has said she has an addiction to food, which led her to get gastric bypass surgery in 1999 and a follow-up lap-band surgery in 2012.
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On March 18,2013, Carnie Wilson disclosed, through Twitter, that she had been diagnosed with Bell's palsy.