Though casually dressed in Gap jeans, a University of Florida T-shirt and only a touch of makeup, Lisa Foronda still turns heads when she walks into a restaurant.Not so much of a private life with a newspaper profile!
"Aren't you a movie star?" one man asks after spotting her at Cafe Express on West Gray. No, she patiently explains. She used to co-anchor the Channel 11 news, but she recently quit to try something new.
In the ego-driven world of TV news, abandoning the spotlight while still in your prime rarely happens. So it was a shock when the 37-year-old newscaster walked away from her high-profile job last month.
She has heard many of the rumors over the abrupt end to her broadcasting career, including a rift with management (false), an affair with a co-worker (false) and a change in sexual orientation (false). "The most outrageous (rumor) is that I'm a kept woman and that my sugar daddy doesn't want me working," she said with a laugh.
The article says she now works for CenterPoint Energy.
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