Who is Ainsley Earhardt, the Fox News host tying the knot with Sean Hannity?
Who is Ainsley Earhardt, the Fox News host tying the knot with Sean Hannity?
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Fox News hosts Sean Hannity and Ainsley Earhardt announced their engagement after privately dating for several years, the latest Fox News couple to take their relationship to the next level.
In an official statement from the network, the two said they got engaged at their home church over Christmas with the blessing and support of their families – including their children from previous marriages.
Hannity, 62, and Earhardt, 48, have become well-known conservative commentators due to their longtime careers on Fox News. Hannity hosts his own primetime show, Hannity, while Earhardt co-hosts the morning show, Fox & Friends.
Sean Hannity and Ainsley Earhardt attended FOX Nation’s Patriot Awards together earlier this month (Getty Images)
Earhardt first joined the network in 2007, anchoring the news overnight. By the time she joined Fox News, Hannity had been working there for 11 years.
Soon after joining Fox, Earhardt began hosting her own segment on Hannity called “Ainsley Across America.” At the time, Earhardt was married to her first husband, Kevin McKinney. The two would eventually divorce in 2009.
Earhardt’s commitment to the network eventually landed her a job hosting a new show called Fox & Friends First in 2012. That same year she married her second husband, Clemson University quarterback Will Proctor.
The two had one daughter together in 2015 named Hayden.
While returning from maternity leave in 2016, Earhardt landed the job co-hosting the well-known morning show Fox & Friends – a favorite of President-elect Donald Trump.
Ainsley Earhardt joined Fox News in 2007, working as an anchor for overnight news (Getty Images)
Though she knew “nothing” about politics when she joined Fox News, Earhardt has developed a reputation for defending Christianity and espousing traditional conservative views.
Memorably, during a 2015 episode of Outnumbered, Earhardt suggested with exasperation that “the majority” should be protected while discussing a Missouri sheriff being criticized for putting an “In God we Trust” bumper sticker on the back of police cruisers.
“What about the majority? I’m so tired of protecting the minority! What about the rest of the country?” Earhardt said at the time, assuming the majority of Americans agreed with her.
Earhardt has never been shy about her religious beliefs. She told Decision Magazine that reading “Experiencing God” by Henry Blackaby during her college years inspired her to devote her life to Jesus Christ.
In a 2016 interview with The Hill, Earhardt said she looks forward to “sitting down with Jesus Christ” when asked about her dream interview.
