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Sean Patrick Hannity (born December 30, 1961) is an American talk show host and conservative political commentator. 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. Hannity worked as a general contractor and volunteered as ...
In May 2017, Hannity became a prominent promoter of the conspiracy theory that Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party had a DNC staffer killed. Shortly afterward, he faced backlash from both left- and right-wing sources and lost several advertisers, including Crowne Plaza Hotels, Cars.com, Leesa Mattress, USAA, Peloton and Casper Sleep deciding to pull their marketing from his program on Fox News. However, USAA decided to return to the show shortly after following a negative outcry against its decision to pull out. Conservative magazine National Review compared the story to a flat earth video, called it a "disgrace" that Hannity and other conspiracy theorists were hyping the story, and called for them to stop.
In September 2017, several months after Bill O'Reilly was fired from Fox News in the wake of a number of women's alleging that he had sexually harassed them, Hannity hosted O'Reilly on his show.
Hannity has had cameo appearances in film and television, having a brief voiceover in The Siege as an unseen reporter, and appearing in Atlas Shrugged: Part II and the second season of House of Cards as himself. He executive produced and appeared in the 2017 film Let There Be Light, which also stars Kevin Sorbo.
Hannity was born in New York City, New York, the son of Lillian (née Flynn) and Hugh Hannity. 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.
Hannity was a co-host of Hannity & Colmes, an American political "point-counterpoint"-style television program on the Fox News Channel featuring Hannity and Alan Colmes as co-hosts. Hannity presented the conservative point of view with Colmes providing the liberal viewpoint.
However, he has said that as he has aged, his Christian faith has "gotten stronger" and that he needs and wants God in his life.
Just before Monday's hearing, Mr Cohen said in a statement that he had only provided advice to three clients in the past year.
Also in the Manhattan federal court was Ms Daniels, whose appearance triggered a scrum by photographers outside.
According to Forbes, he rakes in an estimated $36 million per year as the 77th highest paid celeb — but this wasn't always the case.
A pastor told Hannity his wife was 'crazy' for marrying him. Getty Images. Hannity's marriage to Jill Rhodes is an anomaly in the world of celebrity relationships. While most Hollywood marriages don't even last an entire movie PR cycle, this high-profile couple has been married since 1993.
Since the 2016 election, Hannity has carved a name for himself as Trump's fiercest advocate on television, defending everything from the president's illegal travel ban to his ill-advised tweet storms. He even panders to the president's base by peppering his segments with far-right conspiracy theories.
Until Rachel Maddow narrowly beat out his ratings in April 2018, he was was the most-watched nightly cable news host, amassing more than 3 million viewers monthly.
Hannity attended Catholic school at Sacred Heart Seminary, where he reportedly clashed with the nuns. As a teenager, he frequently cut class to smoke. "I just wasn't that interested in school. It bored me to tears," he admitted to The New York Times. Hannity didn't fare much better in the world of higher education.
Hannity applied for a volunteer position at UC-Santa Barbara's KCSB radio station in 1989. He landed the gig and got his own show where he began to develop his patented pundit persona, entertaining conspiracy theories and questioning the mainstream media.
In April 2018, FBI agents raided the home, office, and hotel room of Trump's private lawyer, Michael Cohen, as part of an ongoing criminal investigation. Later in court, Cohen was forced to admit that his third, secret client (alongside Trump and Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy) was Sean Hannity.
Sean Hannity has reportedly been dating fellow Fox News host Ainsley Earhardt since 2019 (via Distractify ). The couple started their relationship after Hannity's 25-year marriage to Jill Rhodes came to an end. Earhardt has been married twice. She married Kevin McKinney in 2005 and they divorced in 2010.
Both of Ainsley Earhardt's marriages ended amid reports of infidelity. She wed her college sweetheart Kevin McKinney in 2005 and they divorced in 2009 amid rumors that McKinney was unfaithful (via Heavy ). In 2012, Earhardt married Will Proctor, a former starting quarterback for Clemson, and their daughter Hayden was born in 2015.
While Ainsley Earhardt is enjoying a thriving career on Fox News, her biggest priority is her 5-year-old daughter Hayden, whom she shares with ex-husband Will Proctor.
Before getting involved with Aisley Earhardt, Sean Hannity was married for more than 20 years to former journalist Jill Rhodes. The couple met in 1991 in Alabama. He was working for a local radio station and she was a reporter for the Huntsville Times.
Despite their divorce, Sean Hannity and Jill Rhodes are reportedly still close. One source told Page Six that the split "is very amicable. Sean and Jill remain on very good terms and still have family dinners, and attend tennis tournaments for their children. Sean is still close with members of Jill's family."
Sean Hannity has been subjected to a number of controversies. His ideas and ideologies have clashed with those of his show guests. He had floated voter fraud theories in the 2016 elections. He was over-enthusiastic about the Republican Presidential candidate, Donald Trump.
Later he took up his career as the job of a contractor. He was fired from his first radio host job on a college station in Santa Barbara, CA for allegedly encouraging the guest to utter inflammatory racist remarks.
There was a show named after him where he was the host named, The Sean Hannity Show which started in 2001. The show was such a hit that in 2009 with ABC channel, he received a $25 million five-year contract for the extension of his show.
He has penned three books on politics. This host has shown his talent as a host on Television in Fox News, Hannity & Colmes program. He co-hosted this show with Alan Colmes. Sean also worked on the radio where he used to talk about opinions and ideology related to current issues and politicians.
According to The Washington Post, Hannity "repeatedly embraces storylines that prove to be inaccurate" and takes positions that change over time. In the opinion of The New York Times, Hannity is "barreling headfirst into the murky territory between opinion and out-and-out conspiracy theorism". Hannity often promotes conspiracy theories without explicitly endorsing them, unlike Alex Jon…
Hannity was born in New York City, New York, the son of Lillian (née Flynn) and Hugh Hannity. 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.
Hannity met Jill Rhodes in 1991 when he worked at WVNN in Huntsville, Alabama and she was a political columnist for the Huntsville Times. The two married in 1993. In June 2020, the couple announced that they had divorced the previous year but had separated years prior.
Hannity has since dated Fox News colleague Ainsley Earhardt. In August 2019, Hannity and Earhardt arrived together as guests for a wedding at Trump National Golf Course in Colt's Neck, …
• Hannity, Sean (2002). Let Freedom Ring: Winning the War of Liberty over Liberalism, New York: ReganBooks, ISBN 0-06-051455-8.
• Hannity, Sean (2004). Deliver Us from Evil: Defeating Terrorism, Despotism, and Liberalism, New York: ReganBooks, ISBN 0-06-058251-0.
• Hannity, Sean (2010). Conservative Victory: Defeating Obama's Radical Agenda, New York: Harper Paperbacks, ISBN 0-06-200305-4.
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• Kurtz, Howard (January 14, 2002). "Radio's New Right-Fielder". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on June 3, 2020. Retrieved November 4, 2006.