Money Talks! 'The Talk' Hosts Ranked by Net Worth
The Talk hosts Akbar Gbajabiamila, Amanda Kloots, Sheryl Underwood, Jerry O'Connell and Natalie Morales
The Talk has seen a lot of changes in recent years, most famously with the exits of Julie Chen-Moonves and Sharon Osbourne.
The current lineup of hosts is one of the most beloved yet, anchored by longtime panelist Sheryl Underwood. Jerry O'Connell became the first man on the panel in 2021 after Osbourne's ouster, and Akbar Gbajabiamila followed. While the gentlemen are still outnumbered, it's a decidedly different take on the panel discussion from ABC's The View, which remains an all-women show.
One thing the programs do have in common? Their hosts are quite wealthy. Find out The Talk hosts net worths and who has the most money in the bank.
Related: Everyone Who's Ever Hosted The Talk—and Why They Left
The Talk Hosts Ranked By Net Worth
Amanda Kloots
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Amanda Kloots joined The Talk in 2021. She worked in the entertainment industry prior to getting a seat at the hosts' table, but was never actually famous for it: Kloots was a dancer (including being a Rockette in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular) and served as an ensemble cast member in several Broadway productions. However, it wasn't until the tragic death of her husband, actor and performer Nick Cordero, from COVID-19, that she gained any real notoriety, including writing a book about the experience.
In addition to her work on The Talk, Kloots is also a fitness influencer and launched her own exercise app in 2020. She released a children's book, Tell Me Your Dreams, in 2022.
Amanda Kloots' net worth in 2023 is estimated to be in the $1 million to $3 million range, though there are few legitimate reports to actually substantiate those figures. Either way, she's moving on up.
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Akbar Gbajabiamila
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Akbar Gbajabiamila's net worth in 2023 is estimated at $7 million, according to CNBC—and part of why he's wealthy is because he's smart about his spending.
Gbajabiamila, who played in the NFL for the then-Oakland Raiders, San Diego Chargers and Miami Dolphins, hosts American Ninja Warrior in addition to serving as a co-host of The Talk. He's also a published author.
Gbajabiamila told CNBC that lifestyle creep can make a lot of newly wealthy people, especially young people, unable to manage their money, and said he made his own mistakes when he was a football star with his finances.
How does he manage his cash flow now? "Planned spending: How much money is coming in? How much money is going out?"
As it turns out, sometimes the simplest answer (and the simplest math) is the right one.
Related: Akbar Gbajabiamila on Why He Wants to "Cancel Cancel Culture'"
Sheryl Underwood
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Sheryl Underwood broke barriers as a comedian for decades before joining The Talk. After serving in the Air Force, she became the first female finalist in Miller Lite Comedy Search in 1989, then followed by winning several other comedy contests. She went on to host Comic View and was a fixture on radio before joining The Talk in 2011—and currently serves as the show's longest-running host.
Sheryl Underwood's net worth in 2023 is estimated to be roughly $8 million. That sum is thanks to The Talk, as well as endorsements, including Metamucil.
Natalie Morales
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Natalie Morales' net worth in 2023 is estimated at $18 million.
After graduating from Rutgers University, Morales began her career as a broadcast news journalist, first for News 12 The Bronx in New York, then as a co-anchor of WVIT-TV Hartford's morning news, covering events including the Sept. 11 terror attacks, the Columbine High School shooting and the heavily contested 2000 presidential election and more.
In the following years, Morales served as a correspondent and anchor on MSNBC, then joined TODAY as a national correspondent in 2006, eventually becoming co-anchor of the third hour in 2008, then co-anchor of the show overall in 2011.
In 2016, Morales moved to Los Angeles, where she served as a West Coast anchor for TODAY and co-host of Access; in 2019 she left Access. Morales left NBC in 2021 to take her seat at the table for The Talk, and a year later also became a correspondent for CBS News.
Related: TODAY Hosts Ranked by Net Worth
Jerry O'Connell
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Jerry O'Connell's net worth in 2023 is estimated at a cool $20 million. This comes not just from The Talk (starting in 2021), but also from a long and storied acting career.
As a child, he starred in Stand By Me, and when he was 14, starred in My Secret Identity as a teenager who became superhuman. While at New York University, he was cast in Sliders, and later Carter. His movie credits include the criminally underrated Joe's Apartment, Jerry Maguire, Scream 2, Kangaroo Jack, Obsessed and more. He also does quite a bit of voice work, including as Superman and Clark Kent—which is pretty perfect casting.
He joined The Talk in 2021 after Osbourne left, and it was a complete love-fest from the get-go.
"You guys are amazing," he told the panel when he was first announced as a co-host. "There's also a lot of people behind the cameras here, who really helped out a lot—our whole crew, everybody, the producers. It's a really special feeling around here."
