Andrew Levy

At 57 years old, Andrew Levy has this physical status:

Andrew "Andy" Levy is an American commentator and humorist, and was part of S.E.

Cupp's HLN show "S.E.

Cupp Unfiltered" as a panelist and senior producer until the show moved to CNN.

He appeared on the Fox News Channel late night show Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld, where he served as the show's "ombudsman" from its debut on February 5, 2007, until 2013 when he became a regular panelist, and then, when Tom Shillue became host of Red Eye in June 2015, Levy returned to his role as half-time ombudsman.

He is known for his deadpan delivery and libertarian politics.

His personal catch-phrase is "I apologize for nothing."

Early years

Levy grew up in Long Island, New York. He attended Columbia University, where he was a member of the fraternity St. Anthony Hall and co-founded a newspaper, The Fed, with Neil Gorsuch and P. T. Waters. The Fed was a response to campus liberals. “It had no campus visibility. It was sort of like shouting into the wind,” Levy said.

Eleven credits short of his degree, Levy served in the U.S. Army from 1990 to 1993 as a combat signaler. He was motivated to enlist for Operation Desert Storm. However, Levy spent a year in the Korean Demilitarized Zone and also served at Fort Lewis in Tacoma, Washington.

After he left the army, Levy returned to Columbia University and completed his B.A. in political science.

Personal life

Levy is a libertarian and occasionally takes positions that differ from conservatives and Republicans. In 2011, he defended liberal comedian and television host Bill Maher. In 2016, he said that conservatives "shouldn’t be so quick to dismiss the African American community’s frustration" with the #OscarsSoWhite campaign. That same year after Michelle Obama made a speech he wrote, "“Seriously republicans are very lucky Michelle Obama says she has no interest in running for office."

Levy has also been described as a "level-headed Trump skeptic" who is "comfortable calling out the president on his numerous mistakes." In 2017, Levy took on his former employer Fox News and President Donald Trump, saying, "Fox News…have backed themselves into this corner, and now they're the Trump News Network and that's their lifeblood." He continued, "The press is not supposed to be on the side of people in power ever. The press is supposed to be adversarial, the press is supposed to question, the press is not supposed to curry favor with authority."

Levy has two cats, Pixel and Stormy. He has never been married. He has said, "Living your life in public is distasteful to me."

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Career

Levy received a fellowship for a year-long internship at NBC News in Washington, D.C., after the internship ended, he was hired by NBC and spent two years there. Levy loved the work and coworkers, but not fond of Washington, D.C., and politics.

He migrated to Los Angeles for ten years. Levy served as the Academy Awards' publicist for five months while he was there. He spent six years as the deputy communications director for the Directors Guild of America.

Levy, a Los Angeles musician, played keyboards in the band Dalton Grant for three years. He was also in a cover band, Suite 69, fronted by Dalton Grant bass player Aaron Britt and that included Dalton Grant drummer Joey Ponchetti.

In addition, Levy was known as the Cranky Insomniac on Levy's blog.

Levy appeared on Red Eye, the Fox News Channel late night talk show hosted by Greg Gutfeld, beginning on February 7, 2007. Levy served as the show's ombudsman, a fact-checking libertarian who came out for "Halftime Report" and the "Postgame Wrap-up" to inform the panel what they did wrong and what they missed discussing. Levy began fabricating news reports and later became a regular panelist and co-host of the show. Andy Levy, the television presenter, was known for his deathpan delivery and a catch-phase "I apologize for nothing."

"There was no one more uncomfortable in front of a camera than I was when the show first began," Levy said. "I mean in the 400-year history of television." "Because I was on air, my hands were literally trembling."

In April 2017, Red Eye came to an end. However, Levy stayed at Fox News."

Levy joined S.E. in August 2017. Unfiltered, a panelist and senior producer, is on HLN. After a switch to CNN in 2018, he stayed until the show changed its appearance.

Levy appeared on The New Abnormal podcast in 2021 as a co-host with Molly Jong-Fast.

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