Sean Hannity Was Secretly Divorced When His Romance With Ainsley Earhardt Began

Sean Hannity announced he had divorced Jill Rhodes in June 2020. But the couple had actually finalized the dissolution of their decades-long marriage in early 2019 before he was first linked to Ainsley Earhardt. By that time, Hannity and Rhodes had been apart for several years. "Amicable agreements were entered into over four years ago," they said in a statement to USA Today. Hannity and Rhodes tied the knot in 1993, two years after they met in Alabama.

Rhodes worked as a political columnist for the Huntsville Times when Hannity snagged his first job in journalism at WVNN radio. In fact, Hannity used to reach out to her to pick her brain. She finally fell for him after watching him at a mayoral debate in 1992. "I looked at his face and I said, 'That is the man I'm going to marry,'" she told People in 2002. The former couple shares two children, Patrick and Merri, born in 1998 and 2001, whom they prioritized upon their separation.

"They maintain a close relationship as parents to their children," their statement to USA Today read. After getting together, Hannity and Earhardt blended their families. The "Fox & Friends" co-host's only child, Hayden, was a toddler when her relationship with Hannity is said to have started, while Patrick and Merri were teenagers. As such, Hannity has reportedly become a father figure in the little girl's life. "Sean adores Ainsley's daughter Hayden," a source told the Daily Mail. 

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