Keltie Knight


Keltie Colleen Knight is a three-time Emmy Award-winning Canadian television personality, podcast host, author, and former professional dancer.
Formerly, she was the weekend co-host and correspondent for the syndicated show The Insider, and she was the fill-in anchor and correspondent for Entertainment Tonight. She is now the Co-Host of E! News.
Knight is the co-creator, co-executive producer, and co-host of music gameshow SUPERFAN. On August 9, 2023, the show premiered in primetime on CBS.
Knight danced professionally for The Radio City Rockettes and both the New Jersey Nets and the New York Knicks. She has also performed at award shows for several artists, including Taylor Swift. Knight has also been featured in music videos as a dancer before becoming a TV presenter.
In 2015 Knight co-founded The LadyGang podcast with co-hosts Becca Tobin and Jac Vanek which spawned the E! television series "LADYGANG TV".

Early life

Knight was born Keltie Colleen in Edmonton, Alberta, on January 28, 1982; she was raised in Sherwood Park. At an early age she took up dance lessons in a variety of different dance fields and competed throughout Canada in dance competitions. At the age of 8, she undertook her first worldwide competition.

Career

Knight started her dancing career in the United States as a specialist dancer and was featured on music videos and as part of a number of professional dance teams. In 2003, Knight became a professional cheerleader for the NBA team the New Jersey Nets for a period of two years. She remained as a cheerleader in the NBA and also was a cheerleader for the New York Knicks dancing with them until 2007. During this period, she also appeared on Saturday Night Live as a dancer in 2006.
She performed as a dancer in the movies Enchanted in 2007 and Footloose in 2011.
In 2010, Knight began to become more focused on presenting. She became the host of a Live Nation online music series, where she regularly interviewed musicians and attended music festivals across the US as a TV presenter. After working with Live Nation, Knight became an on-air correspondent in 2012 for the syndicated show, The Insider. As a correspondent, she covered numerous red carpet events.
After a number of years as a correspondent, Knight became a weekend co-host for The Insider show. At the Palm Springs International Film Festival in 2014, Knight interviewed Julia Roberts, Tom Hanks and also Bradley Cooper. In early 2014, Knight interviewed Jennifer Lawrence regarding her appearance in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. In early 2014, she also interviewed Miley Cyrus regarding her Bangerz Tour. After the release of Adam Levine's fragrance, Knight interviewed Levine on The Insider. In 2015, she had a cameo role in the movie Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! where she played a Times reporter. Since 2015 she has hosted the Thanksgiving Day Parade Live on CBS with Entertainment Tonight co-host Kevin Frazier Knight was a preliminary judge at the 2016 Miss USA Pageant. After The Insider ended production on September 8, 2017, she joined Entertainment Tonight.
Since December 2015, Knight has co-hosted the female-centric podcast series LadyGang with Becca Tobin and Jac Vanek. The podcast was nominated in the People's Choice Awards for Pop Podcast of 2018. On October 28, 2018, LadyGang TV premiered on E! with Knight, Jac Vanek, and Becca Tobin serving as hosts and executive producers. Guests on the show included Sabrina Carpenter and Ed Sheeran.
In 2023, it was announced that Superfan a primetime music gameshow, would premiere on CBS. Knight serves as co-creator, co-executive producer and co-host of the series with CBS Mornings anchor and former footballer Nate Burleson. The quiz searches America for the biggest fan of various artists.

Personal life

In 2013, Knight married Chris Knight, general manager of Roc Nation; they renewed their vows in December 2019.
Knight was injured in a car accident near her home in 2018, breaking her hand. In 2024 she underwent a hysterectomy after being diagnosed with microcytic anemia. Her book The F*** Them Theory: Self-help for Those Who Are Done Being the Bigger Person is forthcoming in 2026.