What is Michael Medved's Net Worth?
Michael Medved is an American talk radio host, author, political commentator, and film critic. He has a net worth of $35 million. Born on October 3, 1948, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Medved's nationally syndicated talk show, The Michael Medved Show, airs on the Salem Radio Network in the United States. The network offers Christian talk, music, and secular news/talk programming. Talkers magazine has consistently recognized Medved as one of the "Heavy Hundred" most important American talk show hosts for ten consecutive years. He recently tied for eighth place in Talkers' ranking of talk hosts by audience size. Additionally, Medved has authored several books and continues to work in screenwriting, film, and television miniseries.

As a member of the Writers Guild of America, Medved collaborated with his brother Harry Medved on four satirical books about movies: The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (1979), The Golden Turkey Awards (1980), The Hollywood Hall of Shame (1984), and Son of the Golden Turkey Awards (1986). Medved, who is of Jewish descent, played a noteworthy role in the movie-related controversy surrounding Mel Gibson's film The Passion of the Christ (2004), defending the movie. However, after Gibson's arrest for a DUI in 2006, Medved expressed feeling "betrayed" by Gibson's anti-Semitic remarks and encouraged Gibson to seek reconciliation with the Jewish community. Medved is married to Diane Elvenstar, who converted to Orthodox Judaism, and they have three children.

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