Natalie Morales Biography
Natalie Morales is a journalist from the United States who presently co-hosts and moderates the CBS Daytime talk show The Talk. Previous to that, Morales spent 22 years at NBC News in different positions, including West Coast host of Today and appearances on Dateline NBC and NBC Nightly News.
How old is Natalie Morales? – Age
She is 51 years old as of 6 June 2023. She was born in 1972 in Taipei City, Taipei, Taiwan. Her real name is Natalie Morales-Rhodes.
Natalie Morales Family – Education
Morales was born in Puerto Rico to a Puerto Rican mother, Penelope, and a Brazilian father, Lieutenant Colonel Mario Morales, Jr. She speaks Spanish and Portuguese and spent the first eighteen years of her life as a “US Air Force brat” in the United States and abroad in Panama, Brazil, and Spain. She graduated from Caesar Rodney High School in Camden, Delaware in 1990. Morales graduated from Rutgers University with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism & Media Studies and Latin American Studies. She was a Phi Beta Kappa member who graduated with honors.
How long has Natalie Morales been married? – Does Morales have children?
On August 22, 1998, Morales married Joseph Rhodes. Morales gave birth to her son, Josh, through a C-section at Hoboken’s St. Mary Hospital in November 2003. Luke Hudson, their second son, was born in late 2008.
Natalie Morales House
They bought a $1 million home in Hoboken, New Jersey, in 2002, then enlarged it to 3,600 square feet in 2008. Once Morales was named Today’s West Coast anchor in June 2016, the family listed their Hoboken townhouse and moved to Brentwood, California, the following month. The townhouse was sold for $3.1 million by October.
Natalie Morales The Talk
Morales announced her departure from NBC News after 22 years in October 2021, and it was reported that she will join the CBS Daytime talk show The Talk as a permanent co-host and moderator. Morales will join CBS News as a reporter in October 2022, it was revealed.
Natalie Morales NBC News – MSNBC
She also co-hosted and reported on the Emmy-nominated documentary Preserve Our Sound, a collaboration with WNBC on Long Island Sound preservation. The Spanish daily newspaper El Diario La Prensa named her one of the 50 Most Important Latinas in 1999 for her news coverage and reporting. Morales previously worked behind the scenes at Court TV for two years.
From 2002 through 2006, Morales worked as an anchor and correspondent for MSNBC. She covered the 2004 Presidential election, the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, Iraqi prisoner torture, Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Space Shuttle Columbia accident, the 2003 Blackout, the 2002 D.C. sniper assaults, and the investigation and prosecution of Scott Peterson. She was also named one of Hispanic Magazine’s Leading Trendsetters in 2003.
Morales joined the Today Show as a national correspondent in 2006 and was designated co-anchor of the show’s third hour in March 2008. On May 9, 2011, it was reported that Morales will follow Ann Curry as Today’s News anchor when she succeeded Meredith Vieira as host in June 2011. Morales stated in 2016 that he will be traveling west to host Access and become the West Coast anchor of Today. Morales stepped down from hosting Access in 2019 and stayed on Today.
Natalie Morales Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $18 Million.
How much is Natalie Morales paid? – Salary
She earns an annual salary of $6 Million.