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Lauren Susan Green (born June 30, 1958) is the Chief Religion Correspondent for the Fox News Channel.[3][4] Previous to holding this position she was a headline anchor giving weekday updates at the top and bottom of the hour during morning television show Fox & Friends. She has also appeared as a guest panelist on Fox's late-night satire show Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld.
Green was born to Robert and Bessie Grissam Green in Minneapolis. She has two sisters named Barbara and Lois and two brothers named Leslie and Kenneth.[1] In an interview with Bill O'reilly she admitted that when she was in the sixth grade, Prince had a crush on her, called her to say "I like you", and she hung up on him.[5] She won the Miss Minnesota pageant in 1984, and was third runner-up in the Miss America 1985 pageant.
Green earned her Bachelor of Music in piano performance from the University of Minnesota, then attended graduate school at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.[4][6]
Green is a practicing Christian and member of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.[2]
After a 2013 interview with Iranian-American scholar Reza Aslan, Green received criticism from Daniel Politi of Slate for her line of questions. Aslan was promoting his new scholarly book, Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth, on television. Green questioned the idea of a Muslim writing on the historical figure of Jesus Christ and implied that Aslan could not be objective on this subject because he is not a Christian, and because he is a Muslim. Green's first question to Aslan was "You're a Muslim, so why did you write a book about the founder of Christianity?"[7] Aslan defended his credentials, including a doctorate in the subject matter, and argued that his interest was scholarly.[8] Matthew J. Franck criticized Aslan for his claim of a degree in the history of religions, as he teaches creative writing and holds a PhD in Sociology of Religion rather than a degree in history.[9] However, not only does Aslan have those credentials, he also has a master's degree in theological studies from Harvard University.[2] Green was criticized for apparently not having read the book before conducting the interview, which implicated the reputations of Fox News and Green as objective news reporters.[7] In 2011 she asked whether Islam "makes believers more susceptible to radicalization."[2] Aslan, in the interview, stated "anyone who thinks this book is an attack on Christianity has not read it yet."[2]
In 2004, Green released an album called Classic Beauty consisting of classical piano music.[10]
Green also plays keyboards for the Mike Huckabee's band "The Little Rockers" on the Fox News Channel program Huckabee.
In January 2014 Green performed in the 90th birthday concert for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who was also in attendance. She described this in an opinion piece written for Fox News as "the honor of a lifetime."[11]
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