She struggled, every take, Hostin said.
It was just so crazy.
She couldnt get it.
Sunny Hostin on ‘Finding Your Roots’ ; Nancy Grace.PBS; Gary Gershoff/Getty Images
Then she said, at the break, Can I say something to you?
I was like, Sure.
She was like, Do you have another name?
And she just kept at it.
you oughta just go by a nickname.
I said, ‘Some friends in school who couldnt pronounce my name call me Sunny.
But, no one in my family calls me Sunny, I dont use it professionally.’
The next segment, I was Sunny Hostin."
EW has reached out to a representative for Grace for comment.
The series found that Hostin’s mother’s family were predominantly Spanish, and were slaveholders.
“Wow, Im a little bit in shock.
Finding Your Rootsairs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. on PBS.
