Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I te Oketopa, 2016, i uiui a Shamlian ki a Arianne Zucker, te kaiwhakaari i korerohia e Donald Trump i roto i te riipene ataata Access Hollywood i tuhia i te tau 2005. I te tau 2016, i ripoata ia mai i te waahi o te tirotirohanga o te karapu po o Orlando me te France, i etahi haora i muri o te whakaeke taraka o Nice i te tau 2016
, kei reira ia e hararei ana me tōna whānau. I mua, kua ripoatahia e ia nga huihuinga a-motu me te ao mo NBC, tae atu ki te Deepwater Horizon hinu hinu me te Hurricane Katrina. I te tau 2007, i whakahaerehia e Shamlian te uiui tuatahi mo te pouaka whakaata i te ahiahi me Michelle Obama, te wahine a te kaitono perehitini o tera wa a Barack Obama, i runga i te NBC Nightly News.