“‘Nice and easy’: I’d like to do that for you….But we never, ever do nothing nice and easy: We always do it nice and rough!” Fox & Friends Weekend co-host Anna Kooiman may know how to give up a “booty-shaking” performance [vid] a la Tina Turner as a rocking fitness instructor: But, if she is ever going to rule the F&FW curvy couch, she needs to learn from the “Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll” not only to translate her youthful enthusiasm and sexy energy into her new FNC gig but also to find a way to infuse her Southern niceness with a little old-time Tina “roughness.”
Too often, on the set with her co-anchors Clayton Morris and Tucker Carlson (and/or Mike Jerrick), Anna seems to embody her beautiful, playful yellow lab Baxter–overly eager to please. She would do well to remember the success of past F&FW “alpha bitches” (e.g., Juliet Huddy, Alisyn Camerota (thrice), Kiran Chetry, and Page Hopkins) and the failure of another nice Carolinian F&FW anchor (Ainsley Earhardt). If Anna hopes ever to rival her predecessor Aly (to whom Clayton bid adieu, saying, “I have never worked with someone in a female capacity on the air who has been just as effortless and fantastic as you”), she must learn not to be cowed by Clayton’s cleverness and Tucker’s intellect (and/or Mike’s deftness).
In other words, don’t be afraid to be an F&FW “alpha bitch,” Anna: Dominate the boys with your smarts, wit, and sensuality.
[Author’s aside: The subtitle, supra, is a quote from Tina Turner’s introduction to her legendary Proud Mary (with her then husband, Ike Turner). As to the inclusion of Mike Jerrick, supra, he seems to be co-hosting F&FW with increasing frequency for the incorrigibly absent Tucker.]
Tags: alisyn camerota, Anna Kooiman, Clayton Morris, FNC, Fox News, Ike Turner, Juliet Huddy, Kiran Chetry, Mike Jerrick, Page Hopkins, Proud Mary, Tina Turner, Tucker Carlson
Carpe Diem 
October 26, 2013 at 4:09 pm
You can have Aly and Huddy, Jake. Give me Ainsley and Anna any day.
October 27, 2013 at 12:46 am
Can’t stand Juliet. Where the heck is Tucker? he misses every other week.
October 27, 2013 at 12:51 pm
Anna is sweet and she`s good at fluff pieces but she`s too much of a lightweight for F&F.Tucker`s heart has never been in this job, I was surprised they gave it to him in the first place.Time for him to go.
October 27, 2013 at 1:09 pm
Jake, what’s SO wrong about what you wrote, besides the fact Ainsley is not and never was a failure, is Anna has to be herself and not try to be someone else. And why is the hell would she want to emulate someone like HUDDY??!!??!
October 27, 2013 at 1:59 pm
Settle down, Motown. Everything’s gonna be alright.