Reese Waters

Reese Waters (born October 22, 1980) is an American comedian, commentator and writer. He was the host of Get Up DC! on WUSA, the CBS affiliate in Washington, District of Columbia.

Early life and education

Waters was born in

In 2010, Waters became co-host of The Daily Line on the Versus Network.^[2] Waters’ list of celebrity and sports interviews include Dwyane Wade, Common^[3] and Queen Latifah to NBA MVP Derrick Rose and UFC President Dana White. Waters also wrote articles on sports and comedy in a section of ESPN.com titled Reese's Piece.^[4] Perhaps his best known interview was heavyweight champion Mike Tyson over tea, where Waters learned of Tyson's love of pigeons and hatred for the Italian pastry, cannoli.^[5]

In 2011, Waters accomplished a scheduling feature of making back-to-back appearances on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson^[6] and Late Show with David Letterman.^[7]

In 2014, Waters joined The Weather Channel's AMHQ: America's Morning Headquarters, as a weather and sports correspondent. He worked alongside Sam Champion.^[8]

In January 2015, ESPN named Waters a SportsCenter correspondent. He joined the network's team in Bristol, Connecticut,^[9] working alongside Will Reeve and Sarina Morales. Waters was a guest speaker at The Friars Club Super Bowl Roast where he poked fun at Terry Bradshaw.^[10]

In January 2018 Reese Waters returned to his Washington, D.C. roots and joined WUSA9 as the host of Get Up DC!.^[11] One year later, Waters left Get Up DC! and transferred to WUSA9's 7:00 p.m. program The Q&A, where he will replace Bruce Johnson.^[12]

He currently hosts a YouTube channel.

Influences

Waters' list of influencers include his grandmother, Dave Chappelle, Larry David, and Garry Shandling.

References

External links

• Official Website
• Reese Waters at
  IMDb
• Facebook
• Reese Waters on
  Twitter