Where is her last name from?
Abdo was her first husband's surname, shortened from his full name Ramtin Abdolmajid, a German-Iranian businessman she married in 2010.
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She was born Kate Giles in Manchester. When she married Ramtin Abdolmajid, a German-Iranian businessman, she took a shortened form of his surname professionally, becoming Kate Abdo. That is the name viewers came to know her by across her years at Deutsche Welle, Sky Sports, Fox Sports, and CBS Sports.
The marriage ended in 2016, but she kept Abdo on air long after, which is why many viewers assumed for years she was still with him. After marrying Malik Scott, she updated her name again, this time to Kate Scott.
So her full name history runs: Kate Giles at birth, Kate Abdo by marriage, Kate Scott by her second marriage.
Follow-ups
Does she have any kids? Is there history between her and her co host Henry?
Kate Scott, the Manchester-born CBS Sports anchor known to most viewers as Kate Abdo, does not appear to have children, and the connection with her co-host Thierry Henry is a long-running fan joke rather than any real romantic history.
On the kids question, there is no public record of Kate Scott having children. Wikipedia lists her two marriages and no children, and that lines up with what has been reported elsewhere.
The Thierry Henry situation
Thierry Henry, the former Arsenal and France striker who now works as a pundit on CBS Sports' Champions League desk alongside Kate, has been the subject of a years-long fan running joke. Viewers picked up on the natural, warm chemistry between the two on screen, and social media ran with it. When Kate announced on air that she had married Malik Scott, a boxing trainer, fans immediately started posting "somebody check on Thierry Henry" across every platform, which only made the joke bigger.
There is no actual romantic history between them. Goal.com put it plainly: "there is no basis for these rumours." What viewers are watching is two people who are genuinely good at their jobs and clearly enjoy working together. Henry has always kept it professional. When Kate accidentally introduced herself on air by her old name after the wedding, Henry hid his face behind his notes to avoid piling on, which honestly just made the clip funnier.
Jamie Carragher, the former Liverpool defender who also sits on the desk, has actually generated more real awkwardness than Henry ever has. Carragher quipped on air after Kate announced the name change to Scott: "Malik's not here, is he?" and previously, when Kate said she was loyal to Manchester United, he shot back "Not to Malik", a reference to her divorce from first husband Ramtin Abdolmajid. He later apologised for that one.
So the Henry thing is affectionate internet entertainment. The Carragher thing occasionally needed an apology.
Kate Abdo is from Manchester, England.
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