Sean Hannity Bio (Wiki)

October 2024 · 4 minute read

Who is Sean Hannity?

Sean Hannity is an American popular radio and TV host, author, and actor. Also, Sean Hannity is a producer and political commentator.

His radio show titled ‘The Sean Hannity Show’ which airs on Fox News Channel is quite famous. He has also authored three books.

Sean Hannity: Age, Parents, Ethnicity, Education

He was born on 30 Dec 1961, in New York, Sean spent his early life and was raised in Franklin Square and studied at St. Pius X Preparatory Seminary. Hugh J. His ethnic background is Irish.

Hugh J. Hannity is his father, and his mother’s name is Lillian F. Hannity and they are of Irish ethnicity. He has three elder sisters with whom he spent his childhood.

Sean was interested in pistol marksmanship since 12 years of age.

Sean Hannity was enrolled at New York University and Adelphi University but left in between to start work.

He also attended the University of California.

Sean Hannity: Career, Profession

His first job was in a restaurant. Later he took up his career as the job of a contractor.

He was fired from his first radio host job on a college station in Santa Barbara, CA for allegedly encouraging the guest to utter inflammatory racist remarks.

Subsequently, he joined a radio station in Huntsville, Alabama.

In 1996, Sean Hannity joined Fox News and got a show with Alan Colmes. When Alan Colmes departed in 2008, the show was named Hannity. He has penned three books on politics.

This host has shown his talent as a host on Television in Fox News, Hannity & Colmes program. He co-hosted this show with Alan Colmes.

Sean Hannity also worked on the radio where he used to talk about opinions and ideology related to current issues and politicians.

There was a show named after him where he was the host named, The Sean Hannity Show which started in 2001.

The show was such a hit that in 2009 with ABC channel, he received a $25 million five-year contract for the extension of his show.

Awards, Honors

Hannity’s current position in Talker Magazine‘s Top 100 Talk Host in America is No. 2. Out of 100 Celebrity list 2013 on Forbes’, he was listed as No. 72.

Sean Hannity has received a number of awards and also an honorary degree from Liberty University.

Currently, in 2017 he has been awarded the William F. Buckley Award for Media Excellence.

Sean Hannity: Salary, Net Worth

Forbes listed Sean Hannity as one of the richest celebrities with an annual salary of around $45 million and a net worth of $250 million as of 2023.

Sean Hannity: Rumors, Controversy

Sean Hannity has been subjected to a number of controversies.

His ideas and ideologies have clashed with those of his show guests. He had floated voter fraud theories in the 2016 elections.

He was over-enthusiastic about the Republican Presidential candidate, Donald Trump. This host had switched his positions on the WikiLeaks incident.

Sean Hannity had repeatedly raised doubts about Obama’s citizenship. He spread false rumors about Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential elections.

In 2016, rumors had surfaced that he and his boss would be leaving Fox News. Rumors of a split-up with his wife of 23 years also went wild in 2016.

It has also been claimed in 2008 that Sean Hannity is bisexual and has had sex with his male friend Hal Turner.

Sean Hannity has been labeled as a Hard-hearted hypocrite by many. He has also been criticized often for his ways of presentation and journalism.

Sean is also at war with the other political figures and audience over Twitter.

Fox News was accused of reporting hoax news of the coronavirus pandemic in papers signed by 74 journalists.

And Sean Hannity is one of the 74 journalists who signed on it criticizing for spreading the hoax news.

Updates on Sean Hannity

There was news that he disappeared from Twitter and there was also news that he faced a barrage of ridicule for swiftly backtracking on the insistence but later that story was not true.

Body Size: Height, Weight

Sean Hannity has a fair complexion. His height is 6 feet and weighs 80 kg.

He has brown eyes and light hair.

Social Media

Sean Hannity has over 4.15 million followers on Facebook, over 5.8 million on Twitter, and more than 1.7M followers on Instagram.

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