President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump joined Sean Hannity and Ainsley Earhardt at Mar-a-Lago as the Fox News hosts celebrated ahead of their wedding. The couple welcomed relatives, friends and colleagues for an evening before exchanging vows. Guests included members of the Trump administration and familiar faces from television and sports. Both hosts spoke about their faith and the people who had supported their relationship.
The gathering took place Friday, October 23rd, in Palm Beach, Florida, ahead of the couple’s Saturday wedding ceremony. Hannity and Earhardt announced their engagement in December 2024 after he proposed over Christmas at their home church in Florida. Earhardt co-hosts “FOX & Friends,” while Hannity hosts his namesake evening program and the podcast “Hang Out with Sean Hannity.”
Eric and Lara Trump were among the guests joining the president and first lady. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attended with his wife, Jeanette, while Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attended with his wife, actress Cheryl Hines. The gathering also included Senator Tim Scott and U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro.
Hannity explained the choice of venue in remarks reported by Fox News. “I’ve had a personal relationship with President Trump for over 30 years,” he said. “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. We chose to host a party at Mar-a-Lago and paid fair market value for the venue. We are grateful that he and Melania could celebrate alongside our families and friends.”
Earhardt shared her own message about the celebration. “My heart is overflowing with gratitude and joy,” she said. “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. Our families, our children and our precious friends mean the world to us and sharing this moment with them makes it even more meaningful. We are so excited for this next chapter and know that the very best is yet to come.”
Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott and Fox News President and Executive Editor Jay Wallace attended the festivities. Earhardt’s fellow “FOX & Friends” hosts Steve Doocy, Lawrence Jones and Brian Kilmeade were also there. Earhardt joined the network in 2007 and became a co-host of the morning show in 2016, while Hannity has worked at Fox News since its launch in 1996.
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The guest list extended beyond their colleagues at the network. ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith and country music singer Lee Greenwood were among the couple’s longtime friends attending the celebration. Podcast host Sage Steele, television personality Jillian Michaels, and Steve and Andrea Wynn also joined the evening’s festivities.
Hannity also spoke about his future wife and their loved ones. “Ainsley is an incredible person and I couldn’t be happier or more grateful that God brought us together,” he said. “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. We are incredibly blessed and I can’t thank everyone enough for being part of such a special evening.”
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