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

Sean Hannity and Ainsley Earhardt Mark Wedding Weekend at Mar-a-Lago

Earthguardiansonline.com – Sean Hannity and Ainsley Earhardt began their wedding celebrations Friday night with a rehearsal dinner at Mar-a-Lago, joined by President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, administration officials and prominent figures from Fox News.

The event came one day before Hannity and Earhardt were set to marry in a ceremony at another venue. Trump was not expected to attend Saturday’s ceremony, but the couple chose to include him in their pre-wedding gathering at the Florida club.

Earlier Friday, Trump was heard speaking with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis about the wedding weekend. He later told reporters that he planned to join the celebration.

“We’re gonna go over and celebrate with Sean Hannity and Ainsley at Mar-a-Lago. They’re doing a big, beautiful thing.”

A Longstanding Personal and Professional Connection

Hannity, Fox News’ longtime 9 p.m. host, and Earhardt, a co-host of the morning program “Fox & Friends,” have maintained close ties with Trump both publicly and personally. Their relationship has placed them among the network’s most recognizable personalities, and they have often been described as Fox News’ “first couple.”

The pair’s relationship first became public in 2020, after Hannity confirmed that his first marriage had ended in divorce. Earhardt has previously been married twice. Though they generally kept their relationship out of the spotlight, they made their engagement public in December 2024 after Hannity proposed during the Christmas season.

Trump welcomed the engagement news at the time in a Truth Social post, praising the couple in unusually warm terms.

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

The rehearsal dinner offered a smaller but high-profile opening to a wedding weekend that brought together the couple’s overlapping worlds of television, politics and longtime personal relationships. Mar-a-Lago has frequently served as a setting for political gatherings and private celebrations involving Trump and people in his circle.

Why Mar-a-Lago Was Chosen

Hannity said the venue was selected because it allowed Trump to take part in an important personal milestone for the couple. He described his friendship with the president as one that stretches back decades.

“I’ve had a personal relationship with President Trump for over 30 years,” Hannity said in a statement released 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.”

He also said the couple paid fair market value to use Mar-a-Lago, addressing the financial terms of the event as attention focused on the decision to hold the gathering at Trump’s club.

The dinner was attended by 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, and Fox News president and executive editor Jay Wallace. Earhardt’s fellow “Fox & Friends” co-hosts were also among the guests.

The guest list reflected the unusual visibility of the couple’s public roles. Hannity has been a defining figure in conservative television for years, while Earhardt is a familiar face to morning-news viewers. Both have used their platforms to express support for Trump, and both have developed friendships with him away from television.

A Celebration Before the Ceremony

For Earhardt, the evening centered on sharing the occasion with the people closest to the couple. Her statement emphasized the personal meaning of celebrating before the formal wedding ceremony.

“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 released by Fox.

The Friday dinner was separate from Saturday’s wedding service, allowing the couple to welcome a broad mix of guests before moving to the ceremony itself. Trump’s appearance at the rehearsal dinner underscored the closeness between the president and the two broadcasters, even as he was not planning to attend the wedding.

For Hannity and Earhardt, the weekend represents the next chapter in a relationship they have largely kept private despite their prominent careers. Their decision to celebrate first at Mar-a-Lago placed that personal moment within a gathering shaped by longtime friendships, television colleagues and influential political guests.