Shannon Lanier

Shannon LaNier is not only an actor, but also an Emmy Award winning TV show host and news anchor with the nationally syndicated TV network, Cheddar News & News 12. As a fatherhood & family influencer under the handle @MrShannonLanier on social media, he has more than a half a million followers. Watch his hilarious journey as a positively present dad to his 3 #LittleLaniers & husband to his college sweetheart, Chandra. Shannon's also the co-author of the Random House Inc. book "Jefferson's Children: The Story of One American Family" along with photojournalist Jane Feldman. As the 6th great-grandson of President Thomas Jefferson & Sally Hemings, the book follows his journey to unite with other Jefferson descendants... Black, white and everyone in between. While you may remember Shannon as co-host of BET's celebrity talk show Arise Entertainment 360 and Black Enterprise Magazine's nationally-syndicated shows: Black Enterprise Business Report, you can also watch/listen to him as host of the celebrity fathers podcast, Daddy Duty 365.