Ashlan Gorse Cousteau

Ashlan Gorse was an American TV personality and journalist who started her career covering awards ceremonies, but soon found herself exploring the farthest reaches of the wild, often alongside her husband, Philippe Cousteau Jr. Born in Raleigh, NC, Gorse studied journalism and music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Soon afterwards, she moved to New York City, where she participated in NBC's elite page program. Gorse worked as a page on such shows as "Saturday Night Live" (NBC, 1975-), "The Today Show" (NBC, 1952-), and "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (NBC, 1993-2009). Gorse next worked at "Access Hollywood" (NBC, 1996-), where she started as a production assistant before becoming a field producer, before accepting a job at MSNBC as a weekend reporter and segment producer. After relocating to Los Angeles in 2006, Gorse became the editor at large for Life & Style magazine, making her an in demand pop culture and gossip TV personality on "The Today Show," "The Early Show" (CBS, 1999-2012), and "The Insider" (CBS, 2004-2017). She became the lead anchor for E! News Now in 2007, and was promoted to correspondent the next year, covering the Oscars, Emmys, Golden Globes and Grammys, while interviewing the likes of Meryl Streep, Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston, and more. In 2012, Gorse got engaged to adventurer and environmentalist Philippe Cousteau Jr., the grandson of legendary aquatic explorer Jacques Cousteau, after two years of dating. The pair were married in Paris in 2013, just three months after Gorse left her job at E! News. Gorse and Cousteau soon began trotting the globe, first embarking on a journey to San Juan Islands to raise awareness for the Southern Resident Orca Pod in 2014. The next year, they filmed wild Bengal tigers in Nepal in partnership with the World Wildlife Fund and the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, which lead to their first series, "Treasures of the Terai" (KTLA, 2015). Gorse then began her next correspondent job, for "Entertainment Tonight" (CBS, 1981-), a gig that would last for the next two years. She and Cousteau made a documentary for Shark Week 2016 entitled "Nuclear Sharks" (Discovery Channel, 2016), about radioactive sharks in Bikini Atoll. In 2017, Travel Channel gave Gorse and Cousteau their own series, "Carribbean Pirate Treasure" (Travel Channel, 2017-).