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Joumana Kidd, (Sept 16, 1972) is an actress and journalist and former wife of NBA Basket Ball Star Jason Kidd. Joumana was born at the American Embassy Medical Clinic in Beirut Lebanon where her father was stationed with the US State Department. She moved to northern California in 1976 when her father retired from US Government service. The family decided to settle in Foster City, CA where she attended school obtaining a BS Degree in Communications from San Francisco State University until Marrying Jason Kidd shortly after graduation and moving initially to Phoenix, AZ then to Saddle River, NJ.

She initially was a stay at home mother to their new born son T.J. (Tray Jason) but after a break into hosting for NBA television, decided to pursue a career in TV hosting working briefly for entertainment television show "Extra", and went on to cover the Grammy's and Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame ceremonies. Most recently she was cast in the VH1 Reality Series "Let's Talk About Pep".

In Decenmber of 2007, Jason Kidd filed a petition for divorce from Joumana, and shortly after she also filed a counter petition both claiming emotional and physical abuse. Their divorce was initially very public and there was a lot of accusation in the press and media by both her and Jason that played out before they both decided it was best to keep the matter more private both for their own good and for the good of their children.

Joumana also was in the spot light when sports commentator Bob Ryan claimed that he wanted to "smack" her for her parading her son TJ in front of the media.

Other Links

USAToday Article and Bio http://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/nba/nets/2003-06-04-joumana-kidd_x.htm

Unofficial Bio http://www.whosdatedwho.com/celebrity/biography/joumana-samaha.htm

Official Website http://www.joumanakidd.com