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The Fox News Network has provided a big update on the status of one of its most popular hosts, Kayleigh McEnany.
On Thursday, the panel of “Outnumbered,” which McEnany co-hosts, announced she has given birth to her second child, a son. Nash Gilmartin was born on Tuesday, Nov. 29, joining 3-year-old daughter Blake. McEnany made an announcement on Twitter.
Resist the Mainstream reported that McEnany’s co-hosts also announced and celebrated the birth:
As the panel celebrated the newborn, co-host Emily Compagno quoted James 1:17, saying, “every good and perfect gift from above, coming down from the Father of the Heavenly lights.” The segment showed a photograph of McEnany holding baby Nash while kissing his forehead with her husband, Sean Gilmartin, kissing hers. A separate photograph showed Blake sitting crisscrossed on the floor with her new brother.
.@GilmartinSean & I are thrilled to announce the birth of our son, Nash! What a truly joyful time. God has blessed us immensely! pic.twitter.com/HOGh5jsFPP
— Kayleigh McEnany (@kayleighmcenany) December 1, 2022
She announced her pregnancy on the show in June.
“My husband, @GilmartinSean, and I are THRILLED to announce that I am almost 4 months pregnant with our second child, making Baby Blake a big sister. God has given us another incredible blessing,” the former Trump White House press secretary tweeted at the time. “Thank you to @FoxNews @OutnumberedFNC for allowing me to share this wonderful news!”
Welcome Nash, @kayleighmcenany's new baby boy! #BabyBlake is a big sisterpic.twitter.com/6f0QAYQ1Dv
— Patriot News Alerts (@pxn45) December 2, 2022
My husband, @GilmartinSean, and I are THRILLED to announce that I am almost 4 months pregnant with our second child, making Baby Blake a big sister. God has given us another incredible blessing!
Thank you to @FoxNews @OutnumberedFNC for allowing me to share this wonderful news! pic.twitter.com/X6e09sghct
— Kayleigh McEnany (@kayleighmcenany) June 16, 2022
McEnany and her Fox News co-hosts have been dominating the ratings in the cable news industry for months, while the network itself has been the leader for years.
In late November, the show broke into the top 20 programs in all of cable television this week, besting every program on rival networks CNN and MSNBC.
Several other Fox News programs were also in the top 20, with Tucker Carlson’s nightly offering at No. 4.
Here was the viewership breakdown per ShowBuzzDaily:
COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME ESPN
SPORTSCENTER 12AM L ESPN
COLL FTBL COUNTDOWN L ESPN 7:00 PM
TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL
JERSEY SHORE: FAM VACA S5B MTV
FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL
PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN
SPORTSCENTER EARLY L ESPN
SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL
NFL GAMEDAY KO PRE-KICK NFL NETWORK
JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL
NFL GAMEDAY KO SHOWCASE NFL NETWORK
HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL
AROUND THE HORN ESPN
SPORTSCENTER 12AM L ESPN
AMERICA REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL
INMATE TO ROOMMATE A&E NETWORK
OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL
AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL
FAULKNER FOCUS, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL
Prior to the release of the viewership data, McEnany went viral again as she rebuked a patently false claim from two-time failed Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams regarding fetal heart tones.
“There is no such thing as a heartbeat at six weeks. It is a manufactured sound designed to convince people that men have the right to take control of a woman’s body,” Abrams said this week during a campaign event at the Ray Charles Performing Arts Center in Atlanta.
“I believe that abortion is a medical decision, not a political decision. Arbitrary politically-defined timelines are deeply problematic because they ignore the reality of medical and physiological issues,” she added in a clip tweeted by the Republican National Committee, which also accused Abrams of supporting no limits on abortion.
McEnany responded to Abrams during a segment on Outnumbered, where she serves as a primary co-host.
“Stacey Abrams said there’s ‘no such thing as a heartbeat at 6 weeks. It is a manufactured sound designed to convince people that men have the right to take control of a woman’s body’ – She is wrong! I heard my baby’s heartbeat at my 1st OBGYN appointment. It was not manufactured!” she tweeted along with the show segment.
In addition to drawing in more overall viewers, ‘Outnumbered’ also topped competitors in the 25-54 age demographic in early August, which is sought after most by advertisers.
“‘Outnumbered’ got almost three times as many viewers as CNN’s ‘Inside Politics’ and did more than triple MSNBC’s show in the timeslot, Andrea Mitchell Reports, which continues to hemorrhage viewers,” Slay News reported on Tuesday, citing Monday’s viewership figures. “McEnany’s daytime show also crushed some of CNN’s primetime lineup, beating Don Lemon 1.768M to 649K.”
