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Sunny Hostin wasn’t known as Sunny Hostin until the early stages of her successful career. Before making her mark on television, the 55-year-old had always been referred to by her birth name, Asunción Cummings, however, her whole public identity changed after working alongside Nancy Grace on Court TV (now truTV), where she made her television debut as a legal analyst, many years ago. “She struggled, every take,” Hostin explained during a recent episode of the PBS documentary series Finding Your Roots. “It was just so crazy. She couldn’t get it. Then she said, at the break, ‘Can I say something…