Spouse: Jill Rhodes (m. 1993–2019). Children: Merri Kelly Hannity, Sean Patrick Hannity
Sean Hannity’s current partner is fellow Fox News host, Ainsley Earhardt. He was previously married to his ex-wife Jill Rhodes. Who are his children? Let’s meet the TV host’s kids, and family.
Television veteran Geraldo Rivera announced on Thursday that he was leaving Fox News after being fired from the program “The Five.” “I’m not going to be on ‘The Five,’” Rivera said of the network’s 5 p.m. talk show in a video posted to Twitter. “I’ve been fired from ‘The Five.’”
In the wake of Rivera’s exit, Sean Hannity, a conservative radio and television host, is among the other journalists that remain working with the network.
Hannity signed new and more lucrative deals with Premiere Networks and Fox News in 2019. In 2020, Hannity dropped from the number one rated show on Fox News for the first time in two years, falling behind Tucker Carlson.
Forbes reports Sean remains one of the highest-paid stars on Fox, making a salary of $25 million each year from the network. He doubles as an author and made more than a million dollars from his book “‘Live Free Or Die: America (and the World) on the Brink,” which came out in August 2020.
Away from his work and busy life every day, he comes home to a beautiful family as he is a father and a husband. So, who is Sean Hannity in a relationship and how many kids does he have? Read on for more.
Who is Sean Hannity married to?
The television talk show host (real name: Sean Patrick Hannity) is also an American conservative political commentator and author. He is the host of The Sean Hannity Show, a nationally syndicated talk radio show, and has also hosted a commentary program, Hannity, on Fox News, since 2009.
Fox News’ Hannity was born on December 30, 1961, in New York, New York, United States to parents Hugh J. Hanity, and Lillian F. Hannity. His mother Lillian worked as a stenographer and a corrections officer at a county jail, while Hugh was a World War II veteran and family-court officer.
He was the youngest of four siblings and the only boy. All his grandparents immigrated to the United States from Ireland. He grew up in Franklin Square, New York on Long Island.
In his youth, Hannity worked as a paperboy delivering issues of the New York Daily News and the Long Island Daily Press. His parents were initially supporters of President John F. Kennedy, eventually growing more Republican in their views as time went on, though they resisted being overtly political at home.
Hannity attended Sacred Heart Seminary in Hempstead, New York, and St. Pius X Preparatory Seminary in Uniondale, New York. He attended New York University and Adelphi University but did not graduate from either.
In 1982, Hannity started a house-painting business and a few years later, worked as a building contractor in Santa Barbara, California. He hosted his first talk radio show in 1989 at the volunteer college station at UC Santa Barbara, KCSB-FM, while working as a general contractor. The show aired for 40 hours of air time. Regarding his first show, he said, “I wasn’t good at it. I was terrible.”
Since 1989 when he made his debut as a talk show host, he has had an impressive career, and this time, he has added being an author, and television to his resume in a career spanning over decades.
But, what is known about his personal life, especially regarding his love life and family? Is he married with children?
Who is Sean Hannity’s wife? Conservative political commentator Sean Hannity is currently rumored to be engaged to his fellow Fox News host, Ainsley Earhardt. He was previously married to Jill Rhodes for over two decades from 1993 to 2019.
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Who is Jill Rhodes?
Jill Rhodes became famous as the wife of Fox News talk show host, Sean Hannity. They were married for more than two decades.
Jill Rhodes, born on August 27, 1962, hails from Alabama. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from Alabama University.
In 1991, while working as a political columnist for the Huntsville Times, she received a call from conservative radio talk show host Sean Hannity, who asked her to advise him on interesting story ideas. Hannity was hosting a talk show for a Huntsville, Alabama radio station at the time.
The couple met later that year and married in January 1993.
Jill Rhodes worked as a book editor in New York before the couple started their family. She would later move to work as an editor on his Fox show “The Hannity Show.”
Jill Rhodes has always been her husband’s closest advisor. He dedicated his first book, “Let Freedom Ring: Winning the War of Liberty Over Liberalism,” to his wife.
Jill Rhodes continued to support her husband during accusations of sexual harassment. Beginning in 2013, rumors circulated that Sean Hannity and major contributors to Fox had sexually harassed women working at the station. Fox chief Roger Ailes and commentator Bill O’Reilly left the station over revelations of sexual harassment. Hannity was accused by Debbie Schlussel, a conservative blogger, of inviting her to his hotel room and, when she refused, blacklisting her from the cable television station. Rumors that Rhodes and Hannity were headed for divorce proved to be unfounded.
Fans were shocked when Sean Hannity announced in 2019 that he had split from his wife, Jill Rhodes, after more than 20 years of marriage.
A source told DailyMail that “Personally the reason for the divorce, Sean does three hours of radio each day in the city followed by TV in primetime, his workload created a lot of time away and it was tough on the marriage. Sean’s a huge family man, this was hard on him”.
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Currently, Sean Hannity is in a serious relationship with his co-worker Ainsley Earhardt after divorcing his wife.
The same year Hannity and his ex-wife Rhodes divorced, he was dating Fox News colleague Ainsley Earhardt.
In August 2019, Hannity and Earhardt arrived together as guests for a wedding at Trump National Golf Course in Colts Neck, New Jersey. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she hosted her Fox & Friends program from a remote studio in the basement of Hannity’s Long Island mansion.
Although Hannity and Earhardt have not officially confirmed their relationship, they stepped out in June 2023 as a couple with a blended family. Sources close to the couple told DailyMail.com the two ‘are extremely happy and have been for a while but admit it’s ‘not a surprise to anyone who knows them’
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Born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, Ainsley Earhardt is an American television host and author.
Earhardt’s first marriage to Kevin McKinney in April 2005 ended in divorce in 2009. In October 2012, Earhardt married former Clemson University quarterback Will Proctor. They have one child. They divorced in 2019.
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How many children does Sean Hannity have?
The Fox News journalist and host is a father of two children. He shares all of his kids; a son and a daughter with his ex-wife Jill Rhodes.
The names of his babies are Merri Kelly Hannity, and Sean Patrick Hannity, and reside in Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York, with a second home in Naples, Florida.
Both children graduated from Cold Spring Harbor High School. Patrick (born in 1998) attended Wake Forest University where he played tennis. Merri (born in 2001) attended The University of Michigan where she also plays tennis. In high school, Merri was the fourth highest-ranked tennis player in New York State.
Soon, Hannity will be a father of three as his new partner Earhardt has a seven-year-old daughter, Hayden.