CBS Sports anchor Kate Abdo has announced she’s changing her name.
The popular host married retired boxer Malik Scott in an intimate ceremony earlier this month.
Abdo joined pundits Thierry Henry, Jamie Carragher, and Micah Richards for the first Champions League action of the new season.
Moments into the show, the 43-year-old revealed she had signed an “exclusive contract” over the summer.
To cheers from her colleagues, Abdo said: “Yes, with my new husband!”
“Allow me to reintroduce myself. Last name, Abdo. It has to go.
“We’re going to do this. S-C-O-T-T. Kate Scott.”
The show went on to show snaps from the couple’s wedding before the panel each gave Kate a hug.
As Henry finished his embrace with the glamourous anchor, Carragher quipped: “Malik’s not here, is he?”
Richards almost toppled off his chair laughing at the comment, before easing the tension by asking: “Did we not get an invite?”
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Earlier this year, Liverpool legend Carragher made an “ill-timed” comment to Abdo which missed the mark during a live broadcast.
In a skit involving an Arsenal shirt, Abdo stated she wouldn’t wear it on TV because she is “loyal” to her team Man Utd.
Carragher quipped back, saying: “Not to Malik”.
A visibly rattled Abdo responded: “Why would you even ask that?”
Kate took the comment in good spirits but revealed she had been left “hurt” in the studio.
She told iFLTV: “What Jamie said came from nowhere.
“It was just a quick line, it was meant to be funny, sometimes they hit, sometimes they don’t. That one went a little bit sideways.
“I felt a little bit hurt but it is what it is. You move on. We talked about it, we’re all good, nothing really to talk about.”
Abdo got hitched to the ex-boxer in Malibu, California, in front of a small group of family and friends.
“Our wedding was intimate – just the two of us, really,” Scott revealed.
“We focused on each other and the commitment we were making.
“It was a godly ceremony on the Malibu hills, just how we wanted it.
“My kids were there, and it was important for them to see this meaningful, godly moment.
“Watching her walk down the aisle was so emotional for me. Every day I fall deeper in love with her.”
