Shawn Killinger is one of the most popular hosts on QVC, who’s been serving the channel for quite a long time. She has made herself famous for her quirky and witty personality.
Where is Shawn Killinger on QVC?
Shawn has been working for QVC as a program host for more than a decade now. Before this, she has worked on various television networks and local TV news and has done various jobs from running scripts for Dan Rather on Evening News with Dan Rather to seating audience members at the Late Show with David Letterman.
She worked her way up to become an assistant producer on the CBS news show, CBS Foreign Desk. She ultimately got her first on-camera job as an anchor/reporter for the Fox-affiliate, WUHF-TV, in Rochester, New York, and a CBS station in Florida.
In 2005, Shawn appeared on NBC’s reality game show, The Apprentice: Martha Stewart. She was the third member to be fired from the show. Then finally in 2007, she debuted on the QVC network. Since then, she has been hosting various programs on the network.
She appears alongside Isaac Mizrahi on Isaac Mizrahi Live! every Monday at 10 PM ET. On Tuesdays, she first appears on Tuesday Night Beauty at 9 PM ET, followed by Anything Goes with Rick & Shawn. And, on Fridays, she appears on Isaac Mizrahi Live! at 1 PM ET and on Shawn Says Accessorize at 2 PM ET.
Shawn Killinger adopted a daughter in 2017
Shawn has been married to Joe Carretta for more than five years. The couple is parents to a daughter named Jagger Jude, whom they adopted in June 2017. Joe, on the other hand, has two sons from his previous marriage.
On April 14, 2018, Shawn shared a loving post on her Instagram to wish her husband a happy fifth wedding anniversary. “4.13.13♥️Five years ago today I married my best friend, the tallest man I ever dated, the first (and last) I ever met on [eharmony]...” Eharmony is an online dating site.
Shawn and Joe decided to adopt the baby girl as they could not have their own. Shawn was once pregnant with Joe’s baby in 2014. Unfortunately, she suffered a miscarriage while she was five months pregnant. Reportedly, she was pregnant with a baby girl at that time. The miscarriage left her unable to conceive a baby again.
In early 2018, rumors started swirling that she was suffering from kidney cancer but the rumor was never confirmed. Considering the fact that Shawn has always been candid with her fans on social media platforms, her never mentioning about any kind of cancer has us assured that her health is in good condition.
Shawn Killinger Short Bio
She was born on November 2, 1972, in Michigan. She moved to Mexico at age 11 and there she attended the International American School Foundation.
At age 18, she enrolled at Pennsylvania State University, from where she graduated with a degree in Marketing. She has also studied in Geneva, Switzerland, under a university program which allows the students to study abroad.
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