Fox News host Ainsley Earhardt's engagement to Sean Hannity: Everything we know
Sean Hannity and Ainsley Earhardt, Fox News anchors, confirmed their engagement after dating privately for several years, becoming the latest Fox News couple to take their romance to the next level.
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According to an official statement from the network, the two got engaged at their local church over Christmas, with the permission and support of their families, including their children from previous marriages.
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Hannity, 62, and Earhardt, 48, are well-known conservative pundits due to their long careers on Fox News. Hannity runs his own evening show, Hannity, while Earhardt co-hosts the morning show Fox & Friends.
Earhardt joined the network in 2007 to lead the overnight newscast. Hannity had been with Fox News for 11 years before she came.
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Soon after joining Fox, Earhardt began anchoring her own Hannity program, "Ainsley Across America." At the time, Earhardt was married to her first husband, Kevin McKinney. The couple will finally split in 2009.
In 2012, Earhardt was hired to anchor a new show called Fox & Friends First as a result of her dedication to the network. That same year, she married her second husband, Will Proctor, a Clemson University quarterback.
In 2015, the couple welcomed a daughter named Hayden.
While returning from maternity leave in 2016, Earhardt was hired to co-host the popular morning show Fox & Friends, which is a favorite of President-elect Donald Trump.
Despite knowing "nothing" about politics before she joined Fox News, Earhardt has gained a reputation for defending Christianity and advocating conventional conservative beliefs.
During a 2015 episode of Outnumbered, Earhardt said with frustration that "the majority" should be protected when addressing a Missouri sheriff who was chastised for placing a "In God We Trust" bumper sticker on the back of police cars.
What about the majority? I'm so weary of protecting the minority! "How about the rest of the country?" Earhardt stated at the time, as if the majority of Americans agreed with her.
Earhardt has never been bashful about sharing her religious convictions. She told Decision Magazine that while in college, she read Henry Blackaby's "Experiencing God" and was moved to commit her life to Jesus Christ.
When asked about her ideal interview, Earhardt stated she looked forward to "sitting down with Jesus Christ" in a 2016 interview with The Hill.
She told The Conservateur earlier this year that "the first thing" she would grab during a home fire is her black leather Bible, which is imprinted with her name.
Fox News reports that her faith ultimately led her to Hannity.
Earhardt and her second spouse got divorced in 2019. Hannity and his first wife of more than 20 years, Jill Rhodes, divorced the same year, despite the fact that they claimed to have split years before.
Hannity and his ex-wife have two children: Patrick and Merri.
It's unknown when Hannity and Earhardt began dating. In 2020, sources told Vanity Fair and People magazine that the two had been dating discreetly for "years," but the Fox News hosts disputed the claim.
Hannity and Earhardt reportedly attended the wedding of former Fox & Friends presenter Pete Hegseth and producer Jennifer Rauchet in August 2019. Hegseth had a kid with Rauchet while married to his second wife.
Hannity and Earhardt have maintained a long-distance relationship between Florida and New York, respectively, regardless of when they began dating. The couple told Fox News that they made their prior marriages "aware" of their engagement and have a nice connection with their co-parents.
