Ainsley Earhardt and Sean Hannity stunned fans by getting engaged over Christmas – and now the Fox News co-host has confirmed that the pair will continue to maintain a long-distance romance.
Despite their plans to tie the knot, Ainsley admitted on Monday’s Fox & Friends that she plans to continue living in New York with her daughter – while her partner, 63, will continue to reside in Florida after he ditched the Big Apple last year.
The TV anchor, 48, explained that the pair work to make time for each, and ‘don’t miss a weekend’ without being together.
‘I’m staying on the curvy couch,’ she began. ‘I’m going to continue to live in New York.
‘My daughter loves her school, I love my community, and obviously I love my job.’
She continued: ‘Sean is down in Florida, and we don’t miss a weekend without each other, so we see each other. We make it work. It’s easy.’
Opening up about how Sean pulled off his surprise proposal over the festive break, Ainsley recalled: ‘I thought we were going to a meeting, and we pulled up to the church instead.
‘I said, this is not the right turn. And he said, “We’re not going to the meeting.”‘
The pair then sat alongside each other on the front pew and reflected on their relationship before her partner walked her to the altar and got down on one knee.
Gushing about her fiancé, she added: ‘I respect him so much. I look up to him he’s been there for all of us in our careers.
‘We all love and adore him, and then we fell in love a few years ago, and it’s been a wonderful ride. I’m so grateful.’
The pair, who have been dubbed The First Couple of Fox, gushed that they ‘couldn’t be happier’ when they announced their engagement on December 27.
For Ainsley, it’s been a rough road to finding her happy ending, as she endured two failed marriages before meeting Sean – including one that was plagued by infidelity rumors .
Her first marriage to college sweetheart Kevin McKinney started off like a fairytale.
They met while attending the University of South Carolina together, and eventually tied the knot in a lavish ceremony at the governor’s mansion with 11 bridesmaids and 11 groomsmen in 2005.
They later moved to San Antonio, Texas , so Ainsley could work as a morning news anchor for KENS-TV, before the relocated to New York City in 2007 when she joined Fox News.
She quickly became a rising star at the network, not only co-hosting Fox & Friends Weekend, but also landing her own segment on future fiancé Hannity’s self-titled program.
After joining Fox in 2007 and with her career skyrocketing, she quietly divorced Kevin in 2009.
Neither have said much about the split, and the anchor went on to find love with former Clemson Tigers quarterback Will Proctor, who was eight years her junior, and they wed in 2012.
They tried for a baby for about a year and suffered a tragic miscarriage along the way, but eventually welcomed daughter Hayden in 2015.
Just three years after becoming parents, the couple split in 2018 amid rumors of infidelity.
Vanity Fair later revealed in 2020 that the author had found love again with Fox News royalty Hannity.
It’s unclear exactly how long they had been dating for at that time, but multiple sources told Vanity Fair that they had been together ‘for quite some time.’
DailyMail.com then exclusively shared the first photos of the couple in April 2023 .
In a statement after their engagement, the couple said: ‘We are overjoyed and so thankful to our families for all of their love and support during this wonderful time in our lives.’
The couple notified their ex-spouses ahead of their announcement and declared that ‘everyone is supportive of each other.’
They kept details of the proposal private, other than to say he proposed in their ‘home church’ and that this was the ‘perfect place,’ given they’ve bonded over their deep faith and ‘have placed God first in their relationship.’
FOX News Digital reported: ‘With a mutual respect for each other’s careers, both Hannity and Earhardt have long-term deals to remain at Fox News Media, where Earhardt will continue to co-host Fox & Friends from New York while the primetime star will continue to host his eponymous show “Hannity” from Florida.’
