Long before Lauren Sanchez had a public relationship with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos , she was an on-air personality with a determined spirit that saw her rise to become a popular host on "Extra" and "Good Day L.A." The odds were stacked against Sanchez from the beginning, since she was raised by her grandmother, who struggled to make ends meet. "We came from nothing," Sanchez recalled in a chat with The Hollywood Reporter . "I used to sleep in the back of my grandmother's car when she would go clean houses, and I've been fortunate enough to have a career."

As a television host, Sanchez was a big player in the Hollywood scene, but not quite an A-list star just yet. Instead, she interviewed celebrities on the red carpet, crossed paths with influential politicians like former President Bill

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