Ananda Lewis

Ananda Lewis was an American broadcast journalist, television host, model, carpenter, and social activist. She was a staple MTV veejay in the late '90s, hosting Total Request Live and video countdown show Hot Zone until 2001, when she left the network to host her own broadcast syndicated television talk show, The Ananda Lewis Show. She was a correspondent for The Insider from 2004 to 2005. She then became a carpenter. She hosted the 2019 revival of While You Were Out on TLC.