Here are some sad facts about CNN’s Laura Coates.

Laura Coates has worked for CNN since 2016, and in 2023, she started her own show on the network, “Laura Coates Live.” Six years earlier, she started her own show on SiriusXM, “Laura Coates Show.” Before she became a media star, Coates had a successful legal career, working on a diverse caseload.

Even though she loves storytelling, she had to overcome challenges when she decided to switch from working for the U.S. Justice Department to a radio and TV job.

Unfortunately, Coates has had to deal with difficulties that weren’t as quickly surmountable, including health scares, grief, and traumatic experiences, both personal and professional. On 20 November 2012, Laura Coates gave birth to her first child, Adrian. Unfortunately, the birth was complicated. “I almost died,” Coates said on CNN. She had a lot of bleeding. Luckily, blood transfusions saved her life. 

She was devastated when her daughter expressed self-image concerns. Laura Coates and Dale Gordon also have a daughter, Sydney.

Unfortunately, being a journalist can sometimes mean reporters seeing unfortunate things, and Laura Coates saw this in April 2024. While she was reporting on Donald Trump’s “hush money” case in New York, Coates witnessed a disturbing incident. As people started to panic, Coates told CNN, “At first, we thought it was an active shooter.” But Coates saw a person set themselves on fire and watched as people tried to put out the flames. 

This wasn’t the only time Coates’ job has required her to act as an intermediary. That same month, Coates warned her CNN viewers about disturbing footage of a man fatally shooting a woman he mistakenly believed was involved in an extortion scheme. 

In addition to the sad events she has seen as a TV journalist, things that happened a long time ago in Laura Coates’s job as a lawyer still affect her life. Even some of the most ordinary situations can remind her of cases that happened years ago. 

After dealing with many cases of children being harmed by caregivers, Coates has sometimes questioned her own decisions as a parent. 

She also said that this connection between her kids and her cases happened when she was a prosecutor. She also found it hard to separate her work and home lives.