Fox News’ Sean Hannity and Ainsley Earhardt celebrate with Trump at Mar-a-Lago ahead of wedding

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Fox News stars Sean Hannity and Ainsley Earhardt are getting married on Saturday. The couple wanted to celebrate with President Donald Trump, so on Friday evening they held a pre-wedding rehearsal dinner at Mar-a-Lago.

Both the president and first lady Melania Trump were present at the celebration, sources confirmed to CNN. Top administration officials and familiar Fox faces were also in attendance. The president is not expected to attend Saturday’s wedding ceremony, which will take place at a separate location.

Trump was overheard discussing the wedding weekend with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis earlier in the day. The president then said to reporters, “We’re gonna go over and celebrate with Sean Hannity and Ainsley at Mar-a-Lago. They’re doing a big, beautiful thing.”

Hannity, the longtime 9 p.m. host on Fox News, and Earhardt, a co-host of the “Fox & Friends” morning show, were dubbed the “first couple of Fox News” when they started dating.

The relationship was first reported in 2020, not long after Hannity confirmed that his first marriage had ended in divorce. Earhardt has been married twice.

Hannity and Earhardt have tried to keep their relationship private, but they did announce in December 2024 that Hannity had proposed to her over Christmas.

“Great news about Sean and Ainsley,” Trump wrote on Truth Social at the time. “They are officially engaged to be married! There are no finer people than these, and there will be no finer couple.”

Both Hannity and Earhardt are vocal supporters of the president on-air and personal friends with him off-air.

“I’ve had a personal relationship with President Trump for over 30 years,” Hannity said in a statement published by Fox on Friday night. “When Ainsley and I began planning this celebration, it was important to us that he could be part of this special time in our lives.”

Thus, they chose Mar-a-Lago as the party venue. Hannity said they “paid fair market value for the venue,” seemingly getting ahead of any questions about the financial arrangement.

CNN has reached out to the Trump Organization for comment on the arrangement.

Attendees at the rehearsal dinner included Secretary of State Marco Rubio; Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.; Sens. Tim Scott and Darline Graham; Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott; Fox News president and executive editor Jay Wallace; and Earhardt’s fellow morning show co-hosts.

“To celebrate this beautiful season of our lives surrounded by the people we love most is truly a dream come true,” Earhardt said in a statement published by Fox.

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福克斯新闻明星肖恩·汉尼提和艾恩斯利·厄哈特将于周六结婚。这对新人希望与唐纳德·特朗普总统共同庆祝，因此在周五晚上于海湖庄园举行了婚前彩排晚宴。

据CNN消息人士证实，总统和第一夫人梅拉尼娅·特朗普都出席了庆祝活动。政府高级官员和福克斯新闻的几位知名人士也到场祝贺。预计总统不会出席周六在另一个地点举行的婚礼仪式。

当天早些时候，有人听到特朗普与佛罗里达州州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯讨论了婚礼周末的事宜。随后，总统对记者说：“我们要去海湖庄园和肖恩·汉尼提以及艾恩斯利一起庆祝。他们正在筹办一场盛大而美好的婚礼。”

福克斯新闻频道晚间 9 点档节目的长期主持人汉尼提和“福克斯与朋友们”晨间节目的联合主持人厄哈特在开始约会时被誉为“福克斯新闻的第一对情侣”。

这段恋情最早于2020年被曝光，当时距离汉尼提证实他的第一次婚姻以离婚告终不久。厄哈特曾有过两次婚姻。

汉尼提和厄哈特一直试图保持恋情的私密性，但他们在 2024 年 12 月宣布，汉尼提在圣诞节期间向她求婚了。

“肖恩和艾恩斯利的好消息！”特朗普当时在Truth Social上写道，“他们正式订婚了！世上再也没有比他们更优秀的人了，也再也不会有比他们更般配的一对了。”

汉尼提和厄哈特都在电视上公开支持总统，并且在电视之外与总统私交甚笃。

“我与特朗普总统的私人关系已经超过30年了，”汉尼提在周五晚间福克斯新闻发布的一份声明中说。“当我和艾恩斯利开始筹划这场庆祝活动时，我们觉得让他参与到我们生命中的这个特殊时刻非常重要。”

因此，他们选择了海湖庄园作为派对场地。汉尼提说，他们“支付了场地的公平市场价格”，似乎是为了避免被问及财务安排的问题。

CNN已联系特朗普集团，就此事寻求置评。

出席彩排晚宴的嘉宾包括国务卿马可·卢比奥；卫生与公众服务部长小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪；参议员蒂姆·斯科特和达琳·格雷厄姆；福克斯新闻媒体首席执行官苏珊娜·斯科特；福克斯新闻总裁兼执行主编杰伊·华莱士；以及厄哈特的晨间节目同事们。

“能和我们最爱的人一起庆祝生命中这个美好的阶段，真是梦想成真了，”厄哈特在福克斯电视台发布的一份声明中说道。