Ainsley Earhardt has shared new details about her marriage to Sean Hannity, revealing three days after their lavish wedding whether she plans to adopt her husband’s surname.
The Fox News personalities, Earhardt, 50, and Hannity, 64, were married Saturday at the Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea in Palm Beach, Florida. Photographs obtained first by the Daily Mail showed the couple looking visibly delighted.
On Tuesday, just days after the ceremony, Earhardt returned to Fox & Friends and spoke publicly about married life for the first time, smiling throughout the conversation.
When co-host Lawrence Jones asked whether she would take Hannity’s last name, Earhardt said she was “so proud to be Mrs Hannity.”
“We have talked about it, I will take his last name for my personal life. I am so proud to be Mrs Hannity,” she said.
She added that she had already been signing many of the messages she received with the new name: “I have pretty much signed every text people have sent me, love Mrs Hannity.”
For her professional career, however, Earhardt said viewers should expect her to keep using her maiden name.
“For TV, I think at Fox, there is room for only one Hannity,” she explained. “So I think I will be Ainsley Earhardt forever on TV.”
Inside Earhardt and Hannity’s wedding celebrations
Looking back on the wedding, Earhardt said the celebration was filled with people who have supported the couple throughout their relationship.
“We had a blast. Everyone in that room has supported us,” she said. “We were there with so many people from Fox, so many family members, so many friends, it was everyone in one room that we love most. It was just so special.”
The Fox News stars exchanged vows over the weekend at the historic Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea in Palm Beach, following an engagement that lasted nearly two years.
Earhardt made her way down the aisle in an Oscar de la Renta gown, surrounded by relatives, friends and prominent figures from the worlds of politics and entertainment.
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The festivities continued Saturday night with a lavish reception at the nearby Everglades Club. The exclusive members-only venue is so protective of its privacy that guests are not permitted to bring cell phones inside.
Among those attending were President Donald Trump’s chief of staff Susie Wiles, Eric and Lara Trump, casino mogul Steve Wynn, former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and country music star Lee Greenwood. Guests raised champagne and cocktails in honor of the newlyweds.
Fox News was strongly represented as well, with Earhardt’s Fox & Friends co-hosts Steve Doocy, Jones and Brian Kilmeade in attendance. Laura Ingraham, Bret Baier, newly appointed Fox News contributor Karoline Leavitt, CEO Suzanne Scott and network president and executive editor Jay Wallace also joined the celebration.
The wedding weekend began Friday evening with a VIP gathering at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump attended, along with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Earhardt and Hannity express gratitude
“My heart is overflowing with gratitude and joy,” Earhardt said in a statement released through Fox News.
“To celebrate this beautiful season of our lives surrounded by the people we love most is truly a dream come true.”
“God has blessed us in more ways than we could ever imagine, and I am so thankful that He brought Sean and me together.”
Hannity, a close ally of the president and a prominent conservative media personality, shared his own happiness in the statement. “Ainsley is an incredible person and I couldn’t be happier or more grateful that God brought us together.”
‘Faith, family and friendship are what matter most in life and having so many people we love and care about together to celebrate this moment means the world to us.’
The two broadcasters were Fox colleagues and best friends until the relationship blossomed, according to a network insider.
Hannity did his best to keep their budding romance off the front pages but the Daily Mail broke the news in a 2023 exclusive, publishing photos of the pair cuddling up in a Waffle House.
The loved-up TV host popped the question at his home church over Christmas 2024, describing it as the ‘perfect place’ to propose to Earhardt.