The Truth behind the Surprise Gift for GMA Hosts Robin Roberts, Michael Strahan, and George Stephanopoulos that Touched viewers’ Hearts!

Robin Roberts, Michael Strahan, and George Stephanopoulos are a morning TV staple, but they looked very different on Tuesday’s Good Morning America.

The GMA hosts were transformed from the screen to paper after Notre Dame graduate Sofia Nielsen surprised them with a hand-drawn portrait.

The graduating senior did a remarkable job capturing Robin, Michael, and George’s likeness in the pencil drawing that featured them all with beaming smiles sitting in their news anchor chairs.

Sam Champion unveiled the drawing after speaking about Sofia during a segment on the show, which revealed how she sketched portraits of all 110 of her classmates, presenting them with their gifts during her commencement speech.

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Michael, Robin, and George as you’ve never seen them before

Sofia wanted to “honor each classmate for their uniqueness” and spent two months working on the drawings using photos from last year’s yearbook, only finishing the project two days before graduation.

Following the segment, Sam told his co-hosts: “Talk about gifts, this busy young woman created something last night.”

Sofia’s drawing of Robin, Michael, and George then appeared on screen, and they were all blown away by her kind efforts.

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Michael, Robin, and George loved Sofia’s drawing

“Thank you, Sofia,” Robin gushed, while George admitted her gift was “so nice” and Michael called it “great”.

Sam was also in awe, saying: “The thought process of someone who’s that busy doing something that nice for everybody.”

Meanwhile, the trio appears to be settling into their new home after the GMA crew moved from Times Square downtown to their “sparkly new headquarters” this week.

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GMA’s new headquarters in 7 Hudson Square

On Monday, they appeared in their new studios in Hudson Square, an increasingly popular neighborhood west of SoHo, not far from TriBeCa.

GMA kicked off their Monday broadcast with Robin declaring: “It’s a big day, welcome to our new home,” as George later added: “New day, new week, new home,” and Michael then quipped: “It’s a beautiful location in the city.”

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Disney’s new headquarters are home to the ABC Television Network

The studios are in Disney’s new headquarters and also house fellow ABC mainstays The View, LIVE with Kelly & Mark, 20/20, World News Tonight, and the

The new complex was designed by renowned architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, and “serves as a collaborative town square in the bustling city”, according to Disney’s website.

GMA has left its Times Square home

It “has already started welcoming employees, and by next summer will officially be home to news, editorial, live productions, streaming, technology, advertising, corporate, business support functions, and more.”

Named after current Disney CEO Bob Iger, who began his career at ABC in 1974, “7 Hudson Square is also a testament to Disney’s commitment to NYC, its economy, and its people. The state-of-the-art building encompasses an entire city block and will be a collaborative hub for the company’s media, production, and innovation.”

Famed host Tamron Hall opens up about her son Moses – the lingering Sadness, yet fans continue to uplift her with encouragement!

Tamron Hall has shared a message from the heart in a new unfiltered video on social media – and fans have had a lot to say!

The Tamron Hall Show star took to Instagram on Monday to post footage of herself standing on the balcony of what appeared to be her vacation home, with a stunning swimming pool in the backdrop.

Dressed in a bright red kaftan, Tamron opened up to her followers about the importance of remaining positive, even when things don’t seem like they will work out, before going on to announce an exciting new chapter, which can be watched below.

She said: “I planned this video and full disclosure, I thought it was going to be a beautiful sunny backdrop, and that it would just be glowing, but I came outside to clouds and a little chill in the air and I thought to myself that it’s a sign. That is exactly the point that I am about to share with you.”

She continued: “You don’t need to worry about what tomorrow’s going to bring, it will be all over in the morning. Sometimes I think we forget that those days don’t last forever and our next chapters are beautiful chapters.

A preview of Tamron Hall’s new website

“I’m preparing for something that I’ve been laboring over and I want to share it with you, Tamron Hall the Next Chapter.”

She shared a link in her Instagram bio to a new website called Tamron Hall Bet on Yourself, and while there isn’t a lot of information yet, it appears to be an empowering lifestyle website.

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Tamron Hall shared a message from the heart as she stood in front of a swimming pool

The current info on it reads: “Find the flame inside of you. We have built a movement with the TamFam. The next chapter is fast approaching.”

Fans were delighted to hear about the new initiative, with one writing: “This is so exciting!” while another wrote: “I simply adore you!” A third added: “Congrats on your next chapter!”

Tamron Hall’s children’s book

It’s been a big year for Tamron, who released her debut children’s book in honor of her son Moses earlier in 2025. The book, Harlem Honey, The Adventures of a Curious Kid, even got recognized this month with a special accolade from Amazon’s editors.

Sharing the news on social media, Tamron wrote: “What a sweet honor! Harlem Honey is the perfect graduation gift for summer read with the kids and Amazon agrees! Get your copy now.”

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Tamron Hall with son Moses

Appearing on The Deja Vu Show on March 25, Tamron explained that the book – which focuses on a shy young boy – had been written after she noticed how shy her own son was in social situations outside of the home, due to spending his early years inside during the pandemic.

Tamron and her husband Steven Greener are raising Moses in Harlem, Manhattan, and the proud mom occasionally shares updates on her son on social media and her chat show.

BREAKING NEWS: Fox News host Jesse Watters Officially APOLOGIZES for False Statement!

Plenty of people have been fooled by fake viral news, but most don’t host a national television show.

On Monday night’s episode of Fox News’ The Five, co-host Jesse Watters was describing some of the nuttier scenes he’s witnessed in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in Houston.

 

“I’ve seen some amazing things out there just looking at television over the weekend,” Watters said. “Alligators on people’s back door steps. I saw a shark on a highway swimming in the water.” (He also referenced seeing a hawk sitting in a taxi cab.)

 

 

The alligator and hawk anecdotes are real, but the shark one — which Watters said was “like Sharknado” — was a photoshopped image perpetrated by a Twitter user who wanted to make a point about the importance of verifying breaking news. The fact-checking publication Politifact rated the claim “pants on fire” and the image is several years old.

On Tuesday afternoon, Watters apologized for the mix-up on Twitter. “Yesterday, I made a comment about a shark in the floodwaters in Texas,” he wrote. “I sincerely apologize if I caused concern or alarm to anyone. The folks there and beyond are suffering unimaginable hardships. My heart goes out to them.”

The segment on The Five seems to be the only instance of a cable news program falling for the shark hoax, according to a search of television broadcasts using the Critical Mention monitoring service.

Fox News has not yet said whether Watters will correct the record on air tonight. The comment arrives after the 12:30 mark in the below clip.

 

 

 

 

Jesse Watters Slammed for Bizarre “5 Rules for Men” Live on Fox News!

Jesse Watters has been widely ridiculed after listing his five “rules for men,” – a list that includes no milkshakes and no soup.

The Fox News host was responding to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s claim on Gavin Newsom’s podcast that MG focused on his m@scul1nity “obsessively” during the 2024 presidential election.

“I have rules for men,” Watters began on Wednesday’sThe Five. “They’re just funny, they’re not that serious. Like, you don’t eat soup in public. You don’t cross your legs. And you don’t drink from a straw. And one of the reasons you don’t drink from a straw is the way your lips purse. It’s very effeminate.”

Referring to Walz, he said: “His excuse was, ‘well I was drinking a milkshake.’ Again, you shouldn’t be drinking a milkshake. Milkshakes are for kids.”

Watters also claimed that real men “don’t wave simultaneously with two hands.”

“We wave with one hand, not both hands at the same time,” he said.

Jesse Watters set out his list of rules for ‘real mean’ on Fox News show The Five. The list, prompted by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, includes no drinking from a straw and no eating soup in public. A photo of Watters drinking from a straw resurfaced on social media as viewers mocked the Fox News host (Fox News)

Viewers made fun of Watters on social media and a photo of the MG host drinking from a straw also resurfaced. Others suggested that his list for men represented a deeper “insecurity” within the Fox presenter.

“The insecurity LMAO,” one person commented on X. “Just drink the milkshake, Jesse. Nobody cares.”

“Watters’ m@scul1nity is so fragile, even a milkshake threatens it. Maybe he should focus less on straws and more on growing a spine,” another added.

“Can Watters be any more insecure?” a poster asked on X. “If I want a god**** milkshake, I’m buying a milkshake.”

Others also shared a photo of President Donald Trp, who Watters often backs, drinking from a straw in 2016.

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People shared photos of President Donald Trp, who Watters greatly admires, drinking from a straw. Watters said that ‘one of the reasons you don’t drink from a straw is the way your lips purse.’ (AFP via Getty Images)

Watters was triggered after Walz appeared on theThis is Gavin Newsom podcast his week, where he claimed that MG voters are “scared” of his m@scul1nity.

“No, I’m serious, because they know I can fix a truck, they know I’m not bull****ing on this,” Walz told Newsom, who laughed initially.

“It just baffled me how much time they spent trying to attack me, that I was not masculine enough in their vision,” Walz added.

The former Democratic vice presidential candidate was often attacked by Watters during the election campaign.

Watters was outraged when Walz had a milkshake at a campaign stop in September and railed about it on his show.

“Women love m@scul1nity, and women do not love Tim Walz, so that should just tell you about how masculine Tim Walz is. The other day you saw him with a vanilla ice cream shake. Had a straw in it,” Watters said. “Again, that tells you everything.”

“I Prepared Myself for a Wheelchair” – Fox News’ Janice Dean Deeply Moves viewers with her Confession about nearly Losing her Ability to WALK!

Since her MS diagnosis 13 years ago, meteorologist Janice Dean has learned to embrace her body.

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Janice Dean is the senior meteorologist at Fox News Channel. 

I had my first (MS) episode in 2005. I remember it well. We had just come off the most active hurricane season in history. It was the year of hurricanes: Dennis, Emily, Katrina, Rita, and Wilma.

I was working long hours and was feeling overwhelmingly tired, stressed, and depressed from all the devastation we were seeing on television.

Little did I know my body was dealing with its own neurological storm, one that had been forming for years.

I decided to take some time off and get some rest. The first day of my vacation, I woke up to numbness in my feet and parts of my legs. I felt like I couldn’t get out of bed. I had no idea what was wrong.

The first doctor I went to was blunt and honest. “This could be anything from a slipped disc to MS. You need to see a neurologist,” he said.

“MS? Isn’t that the wheelchair disease?” I thought. So I did as I was told and got in to see a neurologist who gave me MRIs and a most unpleasant spinal tap.

The result: I had lesions on both my brain and spine. The spinal tap fluid had also shown the protein they look for in MS patients.

The doctor gave me steroids to help with the numbness and tingling and told me I more than likely had MS: an unpredictable, chronic, incurable, and possibly disabling disease of the central nervous system that interrupts the flow of information within the brain and between the brain and the body.

At that moment I thought my life was over. My career would be finished. The man that I was dating would probably leave me. How would I support myself?

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I began researching and reading as much as I could on MS while trying to remain optimistic. I was able to find a wonderful, kind MS doctor, and his nurse Jennifer was an angel in a white coat. She would calm my fears while holding my hand—sharing stories of perseverance and how one day we would find a cure for this illness. Jen was a bright light in a diagnosis that seemed so dark.

During that time, I also found people to talk to who were living with MS, and who were not just functioning, but thriving.

In the 13 years since my first MS episode, I’ve tried not to stress about things that used to bother me throughout my life. Weight and body-image issues are something I have had since a very young age. I was teased about my “curvy” figure in my teenage years and throughout my career on television.

But since my diagnosis, I’ve tried to remind myself to be appreciative of the body that has supported me for 47 years. It allowed me to walk down the aisle with the love of my life who stood by me when I was first diagnosed. This incredible body that delivered two beautiful children and has taken me to so many places.

But when I was looking through my Facebook page last week for no particular reason, I stumbled on a comment that made me pause:

“Dear Janice please stop allowing fox to dress you in those short skirts. They are not flattering on you. Your an attractive lady, love the 80’s hair, but your legs are distracting every time you walk on screen.”

I was shocked at how cruel it was. This person who had never met me, but felt compelled to comment on my body. I decided to respond:

“Hi JoAnn,

Fox doesn’t dress me. I dress myself. I’m sorry if you don’t like my legs. I’m grateful I have them to walk with. You’re right. I don’t look like the typical person on TV, and I’m proud to be a size 10. Imagine that! You can always turn the channel if you’re offended by my huge legs. Hope you don’t mind. I may share your post with everyone on my FB page. All the best, Janice”

About 15 minutes later a familiar name came up on my Facebook page. It was from my MS nurse Jen. The angel in a white coat. She wrote:

“Dear Janice, I LOVE those strong legs. I LOVE that you stand tall, walk, run, squat, lunge, skip, jump and hop on those legs. You are blessed and a blessing to have STRONG legs!!! Wear skirts proudly and show your STRONG legs!!! Love you!”

You won’t believe these photos were taken 60 seconds apart:

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You’ll Never Believe These Photos Were Taken 60 Seconds Apart

That’s when tears started falling down my face.

Living with MS there will always be are reminders that my immune system isn’t the greatest, and this illness remains unpredictable (much like the weather I forecast), striking when you least expect it.

But my MS has also given me strength in ways I never imagined. So this too is a reminder. Be proud of this body. There’s so much more I want to do with it. And I will. With my head held high. On my big strong legs.

Fox News’ Janice Dean Heartbroken over In-Laws’ D3aths, leaves viewers in Tears!

“And once the storm is over you won’t remember you how made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, in fact, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what the storm’s all about.”

— Haruki Murakami, “Kafka on the Shore”

I have this quote printed out and posted on my wall. I have read it every day and I realized my family has lived through that storm.

April 14 was the one-year anniversary of my mother-in-law Dolores “Dee” Newman’s d3ath.  We remembered my father-in-law Mickey’s passing at the end of March. As many of you know, we lost them both to CVD in long-term care facilities.

Janice Dean, husband Sean Newman and mother-in-law Dee Newman (Courtesy of Janice Dean)

This week has felt like the toughest I’ve had in a year. It’s as if my body and mind have been in a constant state of survival mode. Finally, on the anniversary of my mother-in-law’s d3ath, I fell apart.

 

I cried all day. I couldn’t stop. I would distract myself for a little bit with work and chores around the house and then the levees holding back the water would break.

I couldn’t stop thinking of my husband Sean’s mom. Even though Easter is such a beautiful holiday with tremendous meaning, it was a reminder this year that the last thing Dee wanted us to do before she di3d was to write her name on some gifts for our children.

Janice Dean with sister- in-law Donna, her husband Sean, her niece Danielle and Danielle’s boyfriend Chris at the “We Care” Memorial Wall in Brooklyn, N.Y. on March 21, 2021.

My husband still reaches for his phone to check in with her and hear her voice. They shared such a special bond between mother and her son, and I feel it with my own boys.  There is nothing quite like it, and perhaps that’s why the grief came in such a tremendous wave.

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For the first time in a year, after fighting for accountability for Dee’s d3ath and my father-in-law’s, I felt like giving up.  I wanted to let go and stop screaming.

I felt so tired and overwhelmingly sad. The storm was beating me down and finally winning.

The governor who wronged us, lied, and never apologized continues to be in office. He’s not going to be punished even though there are multiple investigations, ethical violations and enough evidence to kick him out of office for good.

I’ve written thousands of words, attended countless rallies, spoken with grieving families and tried with all my might to raise attention to the atrocities that happened in nursing homes after CVD came to them.

 

I blame our governor for being reckless and irresponsible for the d3aths of thousands of seniors in New York.

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He celebrated himself, with the help of complacent media, selling a $4 million memoir to the highest bidder filled with lies and inaccuracies.

High-profile news anchors and hosts fawned over him, never asking about his tragic decisions, and whispered about him as a future president all while we were unable to see our loved ones before they di3d and have wakes or funerals afterward to help us get through our grief.

 

We watched in horror as our governor promoted himself and his disgusting book while profiting off the d3aths of tens of thousands, including our loved ones, as he thanked the academy for his Emmy award.

And after all of this, going into another spring, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is still in charge.

The headlines telling of his malfeasance are becoming fewer with the spotlight on his misdeeds dimming.

Our elected leaders are too spineless to impeach him.

He still stands there during closed press events pretending that everything is fine without reporters there to ask the questions we desperately want answers to.

 

He stages these daily events claiming he’s getting things done. CVD is not over. And we must remain New York Tough.

And for the thousands of families who still have to hear him speak and see his unremorseful face on a daily basis, it is, for us truly one of the toughest things we have to endure. It’s a constant reminder that our absr still goes unpunished. Our open wounds will never heal as long as the man who caused us so much harm is still in power.

When does it end? I’m not sure.

But after I had my day of sadness this week, crying thousands of tears of loss and frustration, I prayed to God for the strength to keep going.

Because our storm is not over.  And I’m not the same person who walked into it last year.  But I will continue to weather it as long as it takes. I’ll adjust my sails and carry on.

 

And in the end, perhaps the reason the storm has lasted this long

Is because the storm all along has been inside

Of me.

“Jesse, STOP talking nonsense” – Fox News viewers sh0cked as host Jesse Watters gets scolded live on air by his own Mom!

A Liberal Mom’s Critical Texts to Her Son, a Fox News Host

Jesse Watters regularly reads messages from his mother aloud on air, exemplifying a political rift present in many American households.

The Fox News host Jesse Watters and his mother, Anne Bailey Watters (Courtesy of Jesse Watters)

Last February, on a Tuesday-evening television broadcast, the conservative political commentator Jesse Watters opined on several topics that reliably hold his attention and that of the other four panelists on the Fox News roundtable talk show The Five. He challenged a co-host who was questioning the usefulness of a border wall, called Brett Kavanaugh’s alibis when faced with s3xual-ass@ult allegati0ns “@irtight,” and belittled Democratic presidential hopefuls.

As the episode aired, Watters’s phone lit up with a series of text messages from an apparently incensed viewer: “I’m offended by a great many of your comments!” read one. “STOP YELLING AT JUAN,” read another, referring to Juan Williams, who is on the left side of the show’s political spectrum.

The sender was Watters’s mother, and it turned out that she had more feedback. After Watters referred to Elizabeth Warren as “Pocahontas” (something Donald Trump has often done), his mom admonished, “Do not name call and parrot Trump’s insults. That is beneath you.” The barrage of criticism ultimately took a loving turn, though: “One positive! Your tie knot looks better and you are buttoning your top button!”

Anne Bailey Watters’s motherly blend of reprimand and encouragement has inspired a sporadically recurring segment on The Five called “Mom Texts,” in which Jesse gleefully reads aloud (mostly critical) text messages from his very liberal mom. The segment, which first appeared two years ago, is hardly a model of measured political discourse, but it has provided a glimpse into how one man and his mother have navigated the ideological rift that has opened up in so many American families during the Trump era.

Read: The art of navigating a family political discussion, peacefully

Jesse started receiving these text-message reviews of his performance after he joined The Five in the spring of 2017. “I used to read them to my co-hosts, and everyone just got a kick out of it,” he told me. He doesn’t remember if it was his idea or a producer’s to read them on air, but, he said, “I always thought they were gold.”

Jesse Watters reads aloud a recent text from his mom on air. (Fox News Channel)

They are indeed amusing. “Please pronounce your ‘ings.’ The word is ‘putting’ not ‘puttin’,’” Anne advised her son two years ago. And after Jesse wore a salmon-pink blazer on the show in spring 2018, she texted him saying that he looked like a “ferris wheel operator.”

Anne also routinely addresses their serious differences head-on. One Mom Text was “Do your research about border security—you don’t sound like you have any facts!” Another was “I hope your Squad criticism can be just a tad more measured today … Please don’t sound like an old white guy who lacks any understanding of otherness.” A media personality might hear similar statements from any online commenter. But the thing that distinguished those two messages was the parental warmth of their final beats: The first ended with “You look tired—after a vacation?” and the second with “Love you so.” Even as Anne has taken issue with her son’s commentary on the House impeachment hearings, she has sprinkled some affection into her messages: “Please be assured that despite your WRETCHED political orientation I love you forever!” read a text broadcast last week.

“I always laugh,” Jesse said of how he reacts when the texts come in. Sometimes he sees them during commercial breaks, and usually his responses are acknowledgements of her messages: “I’ll [send a] thumbs-up or a ‘Hahaha’ or an emoji—laughing, crying, something like that.” The messages don’t have any effect on his political beliefs, though, he said. “She’s always telling me two things that are constant in these texts: One, stop screaming. And two, don’t be too much of a Trump supporter. I don’t really listen to either.”

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“By pressing send, I actually find the action clarifying and clearing,” Anne, a child psychologist in Long Island, wrote to me in an email. “Next I pause, quietly hoping that he heeds just a moment of my perspective (and ire). And then, more times than not, I shake my head in disbelief and remark to my husband, ‘Can you believe that boy!!! Can you believe he said that! That’s typical. That’s my Jesse! Look at that grin and those sparkly eyes!’ Despite my degree of outrage, I have to laugh.” (Anne declined a phone interview but agreed to respond to written questions.)

Jesse thinks that “Mom Texts” makes for good TV because it “humanizes” him: “It’s even funnier that it’s my mom—everybody can relate to it … It’s just another layer to getting to know, or feeling like you know, the host.”

While conservative viewers likely enjoy laughing along with Jesse, the appeal of “Mom Texts” seems to be broader than the appeal of The Five itself, judging by the online haters the segment attracts; one recent tweet commenting on a “Mom Texts” clip read in part, “Imagine taking concerned texts from your mom asking you to be more human and less racist and… mocking them on national tv.”

Jesse is aware of the attention “Mom Texts” gets from those outside Fox News’ usual viewer base. Seeing him being scolded by his mother on television “seems to be the only thing the liberals enjoy about me,” Jesse said.

Many American families are in the political situation that the Watterses find themselves in, even if most families don’t work out their differences on TV. According to a survey conducted a year ago by the Public Religion Research Institute and The Atlantic, 39 percent of Americans said some political diversity exists within their family. And an ABC News survey found that the 2016 campaign made family relationships and friendships more tense for a roughly similar percentage of Americans.

Read: These are the Americans who live in a bubble

The Watterses’ political differences predate the Trump era, though Jesse did not grow up disagreeing with his mother. “Although family and school philosophical underpinnings taught him to respect and value difference, his interests growing up were more evidently centered upon friendships, athletics, and fun and it really wasn’t until college where we recognized a pronounced and seismically different political identity,” Anne wrote to me.

She remembered noticing her son’s newfound conservatism on a family trip to Maine around that time, on a day when the family was planning to eat lunch on a boat. “We were told very clearly however, and with a commitment that was quite astonishing considering the breathtakingly blue-skied day, that he would not join us because he had to listen to Rush Limbaugh,” Anne said.

As Jesse leaned into his conservative views, he and his family had some strained conversations. Anne mentioned “dinners together where conversation went off the rails,” and said that her “fiercely smart, incredibly articulate” son often “easily left [her] in the dust” argumentatively. Jesse admitted to being more confrontational in his mid-20s and beyond. “When I was younger, and maybe when I didn’t have the opportunity to bloviate [on TV] five days a week … I definitely did not read the room,” he said. “I was all juiced up about politics and I’d come home and let it rip. It’s not always smart.”

But a couple of years ago—around the time Jesse became a panelist on The Five, and early on in the Trump presidency—he and his mom started having fewer heated discussions about politics. “I’ve learned that it’s not in either of our interest to have a cutthroat political debate at home during the weekends or during holidays,” Jesse said. “It just doesn’t get us anywhere.” (He noted that he’s “completely outnumbered” in these scenarios; he’s the only conservative among him, his mom, his dad, and his sister.)

Anne agreed. “He tempers some of his jubilation about all things Trump when he is with us,” she said. “He can quickly read the room, we laugh easily and we move onto other subjects. And, we have found with time that we have so much more about our lives to discuss and to process and to laugh about than living in an atmosphere of opposition.”

My colleague Ashley Fetters wrote earlier this year about how family members might discuss their conflicting political views. Suggestions included “abandon[ing] the idea of winning an argument or convincing other people of the wrongness of their positions” and “deliberately distanc[ing] themselves from the full platform of policy positions supported by their chosen political party and instead examin[ing] each issue individually.”

The Watterses practice a different model of interaction, in which they avoid having intense political conversations in person. But they aren’t just ignoring their differences entirely. “I know how she feels, because she’s constantly texting me,” Jesse said. “And then she knows how I feel, because I’m on TV every day for an hour.” Perhaps this indirect exchange of opinions—with Jesse sharing his views publicly, while his mother texts him knowing that her messages could become Fox News programming—acts as a release valve so that their most fraught disagreements don’t have to be worked out in person.

While Anne clearly disagrees with her son, she’s not upset that he’s on TV promoting beliefs she doesn’t share. “Jesse is enormously committed to his work and he loves what he does professionally and I deeply respect that,” she said.

When I asked both Anne and Jesse if they’d ever changed the other’s mind on anything, neither provided an example of a specific policy or issue. But Jesse did note that Anne has gotten him to reevaluate how he presents his opinions. “I will definitely, after hearing from her, try to be respectful and try to take a more respectful tone sometimes on certain subjects that can be very touchy,” he said.

Which calls to mind a recent Mom Text: “I don’t think you have any idea how strident and screaming you are! You are struggling honeybun!” It must have been the honeybun that convinced him.

OVER THE MOON – Fox News’ Carley Shimkus’ Baby Shower leaves fans Overjoyed!

FOX host Carley Shimkus is beaming in photos she has shared from her baby shower celebrating her first kid.

The co-host of Fox and Friends First shared pictures on her Instagram account of herself with friends and family honoring her and her husband who are getting ready to welcome a baby into the world.

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The co-host of Fox and Friends First shared pictures on her Instagram account of herself with friends and family as she celebrates her pregnancyCredit: Instagram

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Carley captioned the post, which also included additional photos of Carley with her baby shower guests, saying that she felt ‘so blessed’Credit: Getty
Carley made a post that featured a picture of her glowing and looking like a princess in a beautiful blue gown with her baby bump.

In the photo, the Fox star was smiling and admiring a light blue cake that seemed to indicate that the baby she’s carrying, and her loved ones got together to celebrate, is a boy.

She captioned the post, which also included additional photos of Carley with her baby shower guests, saying that she felt “so blessed.”

Carley stated that she “shared such a special day with some of the people who mean the very most to me.”

In her caption, she added: “Love you all so much! Baby B has a bunch of incredible ladies in his life already,” with a blue heart emoji representing the baby boy who’s still in her belly.

Her caption even included a “special thank you” to the person who planned her baby shower for her, which turned out beautifully including light blue decor, floral centerpieces and a bunny theme.

A fan of hers commented saying that they think Carley will make a good parent.

“I don’t know you, except for tv,” They said in the comments of her post.

The Instagram user added: “You seem like a genuine person, I believe you’ll make an outstanding MOM!”

Later on, Carley shared another photo in a post of its own that only showcased her and her husband, Peter Buchignani – and their unborn baby, of course.

Carley and Peter have been married since 2015 and she’s currently pregnant with their first child.

The Fox reporter captioned the picture of her and Peter at their baby shower saying: “I hope he has your… everything,” with a blue heart emoji.

A Fox colleague of Carley’s, Lisa Boothe, commented on the post of the beaming couple saying: “You guys are so stinking cute!”

She added: “So happy for your growing fam!”

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Carley made a post that featured a picture of her glowing and looking like a princess in a beautiful blue gown with her baby bump

Fox News’ Carley Shimkus starts her day at 1:15 AM with her Baby: An emotional motherhood journey balancing Career and Family!

Fox host Carley Shimkus sets her alarm at 1.15am to get ready for her show.

And if you think that sounds like hard work, she’s also a busy mom to 10-month-old Brock and has written a cookbook this year to boot.

‘I drink so much coffee that sometimes I’m going to bed at night and I get excited about waking up and drinking coffee in the morning,’ she told DailyMail.com.

The 37-year-old New Jersey native greets American households at 5am every weekday alongside her Fox and Friends First co-host Todd Piro.

Known within the network as a foodie, Shimkus has now released a recipe book just in time for holiday cooking and has been giving baby Brock his first Christmas experience.

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Shimkus has been giving baby Brock his first Christmas experience (pictured at NYC’s Rockefeller Center). ‘Christmas coming up is really fun. We just did pictures with Santa and he is such a friendly baby and he will go with anybody and smile at anybody – but he had a full meltdown on Santa’s lap. I have some pretty cute pictures,’ she laughed.

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She and her financier husband Peter Buchignani gave birth to her first child, Brock, in February and the TV star says the highlight of motherhood has been watching Brock’s development as he grows up and changes

‘Christmas coming up is really fun. We just did pictures with Santa and he is such a friendly baby and he will go with anybody and smile at anybody – but he had a full meltdown on Santa’s lap. I have some pretty cute pictures,’ she laughed.

Cooking with Friends: Eat, Drink and Be Merry features more than 75 recipes straight out of the star’s culinary repertoire. The dishes range from easy-to-make appetizers, to budget-friendly mains, to indulgent desserts.

The adored host told Dailymail.com in an exclusive interview that Cooking with Friends began as a long-running segment on Fox and Friends in which anchors along with guests and reporters cook their favorite family meal – something that is ‘meaningful and special’ to them.

‘It’s just a cool way to see somebody that you usually seen in a serious role let their hair down and cook something fun that they like to make at home,’ she said.

Shimkus described the moment that Fox News Books, which published the book in partnership with Harper Collins, approached her with the book idea as ‘full-circle’ because she was pregnant with her first child at the time, so she was cooking at home more and getting ready to prepare home-cooked meals when the baby came.

She and her financier husband Peter Buchignani gave birth to her first child, Brock, in February and the TV star says the highlight of motherhood has been watching Brock’s development as he grows up and changes.

‘Even when I look back at pictures of him from four months ago – he’s changed so much. It’s cheesy but it is true when they say it goes by so fast even though it’s only been 10 months,’ she said.

Shimkus has to balance her busy work-life with being a new mother, which is why creating a recipe book with fun, easy and affordable meals was so important to her.

Shimkus shared that food has always been an especially important part of her life.

‘My parents definitely put a big emphasis on eating dinner together. When I was in High School it was an eye-roll because you know how high schoolers are. Now that I am past that stage it’s something I’m totally gonna be doing with my children,’ she said.

‘Meals were important and in terms of food in general I will eat anything and everything and have always been that way.’

Coming from a multicultural home – Shimkus also incorporates an array of global recipes that reflect her upbringing.

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The 37-year-old New Jersey native greets American households at 5am every weekday alongside her Fox and Friends First co-host Todd Piro (pictured together)

With a Puerto Rican mother and Polish-Lithuanian father – she was raised on international dishes like her mother’s ‘Arroz con Frijoles’ and her grandmother’s Apple Cake.

Her mother grew up in a Puerto Rican neighborhood in Ohio and raised her own children eating authentic recipes.

One frequent dish being served at the family’s dinner table was rice and beans and corned beef, which Shimkus said she got bored of as a kid but it ended up being a main pregnancy craving and earned a spot in the cookbook.

Her father cooked Polish and Lithuanian-inspired dishes, like pierogis, but decided that he wanted to include Linguine with Clam Sauce as his recipe for the book.

Shimkus featured fan-favorites and iconic dishes from her Fox colleagues – including Steve Doocy, Rachel Campos-Duffy, Pete Hegseth, Brian Kilmeade, Ainsley Earhardt, and Janice Dean.

She said it was hard to pick a favorite – but one of her own dishes was a stand-out.

‘My tater tot casserole is truly so good. The base is frozen tater tots so we’re not talking Michelin Stars by any means. And then it’s just eggs, breakfast sausage, cheese – you pop it in the oven and put dollops of sour cream on top. It’s so indulgent and so yummy,’ the mom said.

Shimkus also gave a special shout-out to her barbecue devilled eggs.

As far as her guests’ contributions – the Fox news star said her fellow host Rachel Campos-Duffy provided the recipe for her lemon ricotta pancakes which they made together on Fox and Friends.

Fox’s meteorologist Janice Dean also offered up one of Shimkus’s favorites – a ‘grilled donut’. The dish consists of a Krispy Kreme donut slathered in butter and put in the toaster oven, which Shimkus said ‘just kind of fits her personality’.

‘None of the people who contributed are expert chefs,’ Shimkus said. ‘They have that one recipe that they love and is meaningful to them. If you’re a Fox viewers you watch these people on TV all day around the clock so it’s kind of cool to see them in a different light.’

The Fox and Friends host joined the network in 2009 after graduating from Quinnipiac University where she earned a degree in Broadcast Journalism.

Shimkus worked as a production assistant on Fox Business Network – she was later promoted to associate producer.

She strongly suggests that anyone still looking to buy Christmas present gives the gift of her cookbook this holiday season.

Fox News host Carley Shimkus tearfully opens up about her Parents, leaving viewers deeply moved!

Delivering early morning news can be a challenging gig — that call time is no joke — but as far as Carley Shimkus is concerned, it’s a dream job. “I always knew I wanted to work in TV news,” she once told Fox News’ Dana Perino. “As a matter of fact, it was around-the-clock Fox News at our house growing up.”

Back in 2021, Fox announced the New Jersey native would be the new co-host of “Fox & Friends First” following the departure of Jillian Mele. Prior to taking on the role, Shimkus had already been a familiar face at Fox, having served as a fill-in anchor and reporter at Fox News. “Carley brings great experience to this role developed over nearly a decade at Fox News Media and we are excited to have her join ‘Fox & Friends First,’” Gavin Hadden, Fox News Channel’s then-senior vice president for morning programming (he has since been named the senior vice president of Fox Nation), said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter at the time.

In addition to being a fixture of the network’s morning news program, Shimkus is a doting mom, a published author, and a diehard coffee fan. Here’s what else you need to know about the “Fox & Friends” co-host.

Carley Shimkus grew up with her parents, Edward and Zulma Shimkus, and her sister, Margot Shimkus, in New Jersey. She was raised in Long Valley, a historic and picturesque community. “There’s sort of a negative perception to New Jersey — the (New Jersey) Turnpike and the more crowded areas — but it’s called the Garden State for a reason, and that reason is Long Valley,” Carley once told NJ Starz.

For the Shimkuses, there was no better place to raise a family. After all, in Long Valley, the family lived a home situated on a 100-acre plot of land that is entirely protected. Living in Long Valley, Carley and her sister also grew up surrounded by nature with the area known for its Electric Brook and South Branch River. “When I grew up and I moved to the city, and then I went back to my parents’ house, I was so appreciative of the area I grew up in because it’s just gorgeous,” she explained.

Carley also is grateful to her mom and dad, who have supported her every step of the way. “I’ve had so much help in my life, and the first two people who come to mind are my parents,” she said in NJ Starz. “They’re your heroes when you’re little, they’re the only people you know, and aside from God and him being such a big part of my life, they’re my shoulders to cry on.”

While a number of media personalities appear taller on TV, Carley Shimkus actually is rather statuesque on and off camera. The “Fox & Friends First” co-host is 5 feet, 10 inches — and that is without shoes. Before diving headfirst into the broadcast news world, she figured she might as well give modeling a shot. In the end, however, she decided not to pursue it. “It was a fun experience but not in the cards for me,” Shimkus once told Fox Insider (via Market Realist).

Before she gave up modeling altogether though, the reporter did book a memorable gig where she got made up goth style to promote a Halloween costume for retail chain Party City. “My family still gets a kick out of this picture and likes to pass it around from time to time,” Shimkus admitted. That said, she’s still glad she took the gig all those years ago, telling NJ Starz, “I think it’s pretty funny, and I will be forever grateful to Party City for hiring me.” And while modeling didn’t work out for Shimkus, the reporter has probably picked up some useful tips to looking good in front of the camera from that brief stint.

Carley Shimkus and her husband, Peter Buchignani, did not meet on the job or at school. Rather, their paths crossed while out on the town. “It was my 23rd birthday, we were out…and he was with one of his roommates at the time who was kind of a jerk…and he came and saved the day,” she said in an episode of Fox Nation’s “Ride to Work.” Evidently, sparks flew, and the two struck up a romance. Shimkus and Buchignani tied the knot in a wedding ceremony in New Jersey in 2015.

Since the couple are longtime fans of college football — Buchignani himself used to play football when he was at Princeton University, even earning an All-Ivy honorable mention at one point — they also figured out a way to showcase some team spirit at their wedding. Buchignani attended Princeton and Shimkus went to Quinnipiac University, but the University of Michigan is the school that rules their household. “My husband is a diehard fan,” she dished to Fox News’ Dana Perino. “We walked out to the Michigan fight song on our wedding day at his request!” In her aforementioned “Ride to Work” episode, she shared that they almost walked out to the “Game of Thrones” theme instead.

A long-distance marriage can be a tricky thing to navigate, but Carley Shimkus and husband Peter Buchignani make it work. Shimkus has to stay in New York for her “Fox & Friends” role, whereas Buchignani landed a job at Amherst Pierpont Securities, which is based in Chicago, in 2013.

“Our whole marriage has been between New York and Chicago. We’re both very career-minded people right now, and because my career is here and his is there, we make it work,” Shimkus further explained to NJ Starz back in 2020. Typically, Shimkus and Buchignani reunite every Friday (with Buchignani doing a lot of the traveling) and fly back to their respective cities again on Sundays. “It’s always exciting to see each other,” the “Fox & Friends First” co-host added. So long as things go as planned, the couple gets to see each other every week. “I would say it’s about a 70/30 split, with him doing a majority of the travel to here,” Shimkus shared. “One day it won’t be like that anymore.”

Carley Shimkus and her husband, Peter Buchignani, welcomed their first child, son Brock, in February 2023. Finding a work-life balance while raising a baby and keeping unconventional work hours certainly doesn’t sound easy, but Shimkus makes as much time for her son as possible. “More than anything, I wanted to be a present mom while maintaining a rigorous work schedule,” she said in First Time Parent Magazine.

Shimkus also soon discovered that raising a baby in a giant metropolis like the Big Apple can further complicate the life of any new mom. “My biggest frustration is something that anyone who currently or has ever lived in New York City will understand. We need more closet space for all of the gear!” Shimkus told the outlet.

By June 2023, Shimkus was back to work. “It feels like the first day of school,” she said of her return to “Fox & Friends First.” “I didn’t sleep last night because I was so excited to be here.” In her aforementioned chat with First Time Parent, she noted that hiring a nanny helped make this possible. What’s more, the media personality has also become quite the expert in packing the perfect diaper bag. “I have water wipes, Vaseline, diapers, baby hand sanitizing wipes, a changing pad, washcloth, sunglasses, three lip glosses, and gum in mine!” Shimkus shared.

When she was in college, she interned on a famous morning radio show

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As Carley Shimkus shared with Fox News’ Dana Perino, her family watched “Fox & Friends” every morning. “I thank God every day for allowing me to now work on the very show I used to watch,” she said. When Shimkus was still in school, she took a huge step that would turn her dream of being on Fox News a reality. While studying broadcast journalism at Quinnipiac University, Shimkus got the opportunity of a lifetime: an internship at Fox News in Washington D.C.

The experience was everything she ever wanted and more. “They really put me to work in such a positive way and taught me a lot about TV,” Shimkus recalled in the NJ Starz interview. Meanwhile, upon graduation, the veteran reporter also found her way back to Fox as she worked for the late Don Imus (the controversial radio personality who, among many other things, openly mocked former President Bill Clinton at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner) and his hit radio show “Imus in the Morning,” which had also been picked up for syndication by the Fox Business Network. Here, Shimkus started as a production assistant before eventually getting promoted to associate producer. She also became the field producer of the show’s “Man on the Street” segment. When Imus died in 2019, Shimkus posted a photo she took with her former boss on Facebook and wrote, “Rest in peace I-Man. Thank you for everything.”

At Fox Business, she started as a greenroom greeter

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From the start, Carley Shimkus was determined to get as much experience as possible while working at Fox News. Early on in her career, the media personality even jumped at the chance to work as a greenroom greeter for Fox Business after HR told her about the opening. “Your job is to coordinate with the producers and bring the guests from when they first come into the lobby to different greenrooms and let the producers know that they’re there,” Shimkus explained during an interview with Barrett News Media. “It’s an entry-level position, but a very good job’. I loved it, and I loved being a part of it.”

As the Fox Business greenroom greeter, she also got to meet some of the network’s most famous talents. Since then, Shimkus has become one of the recognizable faces in news television. The New Jersey native has also chosen to remain at Fox, which is where it all began for her. “I feel so blessed to have the career that Fox News has afforded me,” Shimkus gushed in her aforementioned NJ Starz interview.

Carley Shimkus is a morning person

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When Jillian Mele announced her final day at “Fox & Friends First” in October 2021, she told the audience she was looking forward to waking up at a decent hour for a change. “I’m going to … sleep past 1 a.m. for the first time in 15 years,” she quipped. Fortunately, Mele’s successor, Carley Shimkus, seems to be something of a morning person.

Shimkus got used to getting an extra early start on the day when she joined the Fox team. For instance, back when she was working for Don Imus, the New Jersey native typically reported to the Fox Business Network in Manhattan around 3:30 to 4 a.m. during her work days. At the same time, Shimkus also has to report early to work to do “Fox and Friends First,” which is why this co-host has to be up and at ’em around 1a.m. on most days.

And while some may struggle with that kind of schedule, Shimkus loves it. Er, she loves at least one part of it: the java. “I drink so much coffee that sometimes I’m going to bed at night and I get excited about waking up and drinking coffee in the morning,” the media personality once told Daily Mail. We don’t know how she takes her coffee, but if it makes waking up in the wee hours of the morning easier to digest, then it must be a good cup of coffee indeed.

At work, she’s known as The Foodie

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For Carley Shimkus, coffee isn’t enough to get her going throughout her long and busy day. At some point, the New Jersey native has to sit down and enjoy a good meal. Luckily for Shimkus, “Fox and Friends First” has a segment called “Cooking With Friends” where anchors and other reporters take turns sharing some of their favorite meals on air. Once they’re done taping the segment, everyone also gets to try the food, which is the part that Shimkus enjoys the most. “There’s all this leftover food, and it’s gonna go to waste if you don’t eat it,” she explained during an interview with The Sun. This is also how she earned her nickname, “The Foodie.” “Well, they call me ‘The Foodie’ because I just stuff my face all the time,” Shimkus remarked.

Aside from indulging in all kinds of food prepared for her show’s segment, Shimkus also enjoys going somewhere nearby and dining with the show’s meteorologist Janice Dean, who is also as much of a food lover as Shimkus. “Janice [Dean] and I are definitely big eaters,” Shimkus even revealed. Sometimes, the women like to go to the nearby Flame Diner at Fox. Shimkus also has a hilarious way of letting Dean know about her dining plans. “I’ll just text her like, three flame emojis,” the New Jersey native revealed. “And she’s like: ‘Oh, yeah, we’re getting food today.’”

Carley Shimkus has a cookbook out

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Over the years, the “Fox & Friends First” segment “Cooking with Friends” has featured so many incredible recipes. Evidently, Fox News Books recognized that this segment could work well on paper and approached Carley “The Foodie” Shimkus with a cookbook idea. She embraced the project, and “Cooking with Friends: Eat, Drink and Be Merry” hit shelves in October 2023.

The book features recipes from Shimkus, her fellow Fox reporters, and some of the show’s guests. One of the recipes is Shimkus’ tater tot casserole, which features a base made with frozen tater tots, breakfast sausage, cheese, egg, and sour cream. The book also includes a grilled donut recipe by Janice Dean, a linguine dish by Shimkus’ dad, and her family’s go-to corned beef plate. There are also recipes from Fox media personalities like Ainsley Earhardt, Rachel Campos-Duffy, Steve Doocy, Pete Hegseth, and Brian Kilmeade.

“None of the people who contributed are expert chefs,” Shimkus explained to the Daily Mail. “They have that one recipe that they love and is meaningful to them. If you’re a Fox viewers you watch these people on TV all day around the clock so it’s kind of cool to see them in a different light.”