Michelle Beadle

Michelle Beadle had been in a long-term relationship with Grammy-Award-winning singer and actor Steve Kazee. In December 2016, in an interview with ‘My San Antonio,’ she broke the news of their split.

Michelle Beadle was born on October 23, 1975 in Italy to an American father and Italian mother. Bob Beadle and Serenella Paladino could not have been more different from each other; he was a politically conservative former executive of Valero Energy while she was the archetypal 1970s’ “super-hippie,” who once handcuffed herself to the American embassy in Rome during a protest. Michelle has a younger brother, Robert and also a younger sister.

She grew up in Roanoke, Texas, outside Dallas and later moved to Boerne, a small town near San Antonio. Of all the family members, she was especially close to her mother, who, having just relocated to America, did not know English The mother and daughter duo learned the language together. Paladino influenced Beadle’s political views as well. In the 1990s, Beadle was involved in Bill Clinton’s presidential campaign.

After leaving Boerne High School, she enrolled at the University of Texas at Austin to study law and political science in 1994. Joining a law group, she even began to work at the capitol in Austin. The experience, however, brought nothing but disillusionment; she left the university three years after enrolment.

She spent the next three years doing odd jobs, including breeding greyhounds in Canada, and waiting tables in Austin when she got back. Beadle eventually returned to school to study Communications at the University of Texas at San Antonio. In 2001, she graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in the subject.

Besides interning for the San Antonio Spurs, Michelle Beadle began hosting ‘Big Game Hunters’ on Fox Sports Net as well. In 2002, she joined TNN as a “behind-the-chutes” side-line reporter and covered Professional Bull Riders' (PBR) ‘Bud Light Cup’ tour. Initially hired for two weeks’ work, she was upgraded to be a full-timer. During this period, she also free-lanced for CBS Sports, covering the PBR and ESPN's Titan Games.

Her next gig was with the Travel Channel, hosting ‘Get Packing’. She then served as the host for one season of ‘Cathedrals of the Game’ at MLB Network.

Moving to YES Network, she was involved in the ‘Ultimate Road Trip’ for three consecutive seasons where they would take a die-hard New York Yankees fan and give him or her tickets to all 162 games in a season.

She also did interviews and reports on New Jersey Nets’ regular season, preseason and post-season for the network. She co-hosted Kids on Deck and Sportslife NYC and was a reporter for ‘NFL Under the Helmet’, a syndicated show by NFL Films.

Michelle Beadle has been equally prominent as an entertainment journalist. She has reported from the Red Carpet for events such as Golden Globes, Grammy, SAG, and Tony Awards.

Michelle Beadle interviewed Manny Pacquiao on HBO’s ‘The Fight Game’ prior to his fight with Floyd Mayweather on May 2, 2015. In the hours leading up to the match, CNN’s Rachel Nichols tweeted that she and Beadle, two of the most outspoken critics of Mayweather, have been banned from the fight. Beadle later confirmed it in a tweet of her own.

However, Kelly Swanson of Swanson Communications, the company that handled the public relations for the fight, wrote back that no one, including her, had banned either journalist from the event.