It's hard to imagine that MTV's most recognizable personality grew up wanting to be a priest, especially considering his high-profile romances with hotties Jennifer Love Hewitt, Tara Reid and Jaime Pressly. Daly eventually abandoned his religious aspirations to pursue professional golfing. While training in California, he interned at a radio station and embarked on a DJ career, which eventually lead to his on-screen work. The good-looking host became a teen tastemaker on
Total Request Live and successfully attracted a more adult audience with his own late-late-night TV talk show
Last Call with Carson Daly.
Carson Daly Fast Facts:
- Played against Tiger Woods in the American Junior Golf Association, and won a partial golf scholarship to Loyola Marymount University, where he was a theology student.
- Credited as the first person in the U.S. to interview Canadian singer Alanis Morissette.
- Discovered by MTV while working as a DJ for KROQ.
- Learned his two-year romance with girlfriend Jennifer Love Hewitt was over when he heard it on the radio in 1999.
- Received the Lifetime Achievement Award at MTV's 2004 TRL Awards.
- Ranked No. 24 on TV GUIDE's 2005 list of TV's 25 Greatest Teen Idols.
- Carson Daly Relationships:
- Jackson James Daly - Son
- JD Daly - Father
- Jennifer Love Hewitt - Ex-significant Other
- Patty Caruso - Mother
- Quinn Daly - Sister
- Richard Caruso - Stepfather
- Siri Pinter - Significant Other
- Tara Reid - Ex-fiancée
- College:
- Attended Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA; attended College of the Desert, Palm Desert, CA
