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Fox News hosts and are engaged. After years of quietly dating long distance, Hannity, 62, proposed to Earhardt, 48, on Christmas Day at a church in . "We are overjoyed and so thankful to our families for all of their love and support during this wonderful time in our lives," .
Ainsley Earhardt/Instagram The two added that they had the blessing and support from their children, who "couldn't be happier." Hannity shares two children, Patrick and Merri, with , whom he wed in 1993 and divorced from in 2019. Meanwhile, Earhardt has a daughter, Hayden, with ex-husband Will Proctor.
The former couple got married in 2012, in 2018 and in 2019. Earhardt, who is based in New York, was also previously married to Kevin McKinney from 2005 to 2009. The couple told Fox News that they "still get along well" with their ex-spouses and that they "made them aware this was happening ahead of time.
" Related: Hannity and Earhardt said they bonded over their shared religious beliefs, and described the church as "the perfect place" to propose, according to the outlet. They met with their minister shortly after the engagement. Roy Rochlin/Getty ; Gary Gershoff/Getty Back in June 2020, a source in Hannity and Earhardt's circle that they had been "been seeing each other very secretively for years," despite the pair publicly denying so.
"He's very private because he's very famous and he's very controversial," the source said at the time, "but it's been an open secret that they have been seeing each other." "They're together all the time, but in private ..
. for years, not just months," the source continued. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Earhardt hosted her program from a studio in the basement of Hannity's Long Island mansion.
In October 2019, she was ready to date again and open to having more kids. "I would love to find love again and I want to demonstrate a loving relationship for Hayden one day," she said. "But I'm not sure when that will be.
I know that God will put the right man in my life if that's his will and he'll do it in his time." Read the original article on.
