Debbie Matenopoulos is the daughter of Efrosini, a hair stylist, and Nicolaos T Matenopoulos, a furniture maker, Debbie Matenopoulos has an older sister, Maria, and older brother, Ike.
15 Facts About Debbie Matenopoulos
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Debbie Matenopoulos was a member of the women's fraternity Alpha Omicron Pi.
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Debbie Matenopoulos quickly moved up the ranks, soon becoming story coordinator for MTV News: Unfiltered.
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In 1997, Debbie Matenopoulos was an MTV production assistant and, after a chance meeting with Barbara Walters was invited to audition and was cast, at age 22, as the youngest co-host on Walters's new talk show, The View.
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Debbie Matenopoulos was parodied on Saturday Night Live by Ana Gasteyer, Claire Danes, Cameron Diaz, and Sarah Michelle Gellar as being an uninformed ditz and eventually invited to appear on SNL as a guest, where she played herself.
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Debbie Matenopoulos starred in the claymation show Celebrity Deathmatch as herself.
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In 2004, Debbie Matenopoulos served as a panel judge on the TBS series He's a Lady.
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Debbie Matenopoulos landed incorrectly on an airbag and was rushed to the hospital for a possible head injury.
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Debbie Matenopoulos has been a frequent contributor to VH1 specials, including I Love the 90s and I Love Toys.
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Debbie Matenopoulos has been a guest judge on RuPaul's Drag Race 3.
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On July 6,2015, Debbie Matenopoulos was named the co-host of The Insider, a position she held until the show's cancellation on September 9,2017.
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Debbie Matenopoulos was named as a Special Correspondent for Entertainment Tonight.
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On July 5,2003, Debbie Matenopoulos married Jay Faires, the president of Music at Lions Gate Entertainment and founder of Mammoth Records.
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Debbie Matenopoulos eloped with Jon Falcone in Greece in the summer of 2013.
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Debbie Matenopoulos gave birth to their daughter, Alexandra Kalliope Falcone, on October 29,2014.