Carnie Wilson
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Carnie Wilson (born April 29 1968) is an American singer and television host, best known as a member of the singing group Wilson Phillips. She is the daughter of American 1960s pop icon Brian Wilson and his first wife Marilyn Rovell, a Jewish American singer from girl group The Honeys.
In 1990, along with her sister Wendy and Chynna Phillips, she co-founded the group Wilson Phillips, which had an extremely popular debut album, Wilson Phillips, which launched 5 top 20 hits. Their sophomore album achieved notably less success and the group eventually broke up.
Sisters Carnie and Wendy continued to perform together, producing a modestly popular Christmas album, and a little-noticed album on Mercury Records that also included singing by their father, Brian.
In the mid 1990s Carnie hosted the short-lived Carnie!, her own talk show on television. She went on to record two albums with younger sister Wendy, and toured with Al Jardine's band after the effective break-up of the Beach Boys.
Wilson has had trouble with obesity most of her adult life. Dieting was ineffective: she would lose weight only to regain it later. She eventually underwent gastric bypass surgery which she felt was a life-saving decision. Due to the surgery and regular exercise, her weight is now under control. She has toured TV talk shows publicising her success with the procedure.
In 1997, she and younger sister Wendy released an album with their father, titled "The Wilsons".
Wilson married Rob Bonfiglio in 2000. In April 2005 they welcomed their first daughter, Lola Sophia Bonfiglio.
In 2004 Carnie, her sister Wendy, and Chynna Phillips regrouped to release their third album, California, which appeared on the Sony Music's record label. The album was a collection of covers primarily from the 1960s and 1970s covering the musical glory days highlighted by groups such their parents': The Mamas & The Papas and the Beach Boys.