VIDEO : Former 'American Idol' Host Defends Job As Uber Driver

A former 'American Idol' co-host now drives for Uber and is not ashamed. Brian Dunkleman co-hosted the reality singing competition series in 2002. While reporting on Dunkleman's divorce and custody battle with his estranged wife, Kalea Dunkleman, TMZ revealed that the former TV personality is now an Uber driver. CNN reports Dunkleman has responded to TMZ, writing on Twitter, "I chose to stop doing standup comedy and started driving an Uber so I could be there for my son as much as he needed after our life as we knew it was destroyed. Print that.@TMZ"