Jesse Watters – Fox News Political Commentator

Jesse Watters is an American political commentator who works for the Fox News Channel. He is well known for his conservative views on political matters. He also frequently appears in The O’Reilly Factor, a political talk show. He is also the co-host of the round-table series The Five.

Jesse is famous for his man-of-the-street interviews which were a part of his show “Watters’ World”. Those segments were the highlight of the show. He was also the focus of the media due to his affair with co-worker DiGiovone while still being married to his wife Noelle Watters, which caused a lot of controversies.

Net Worth, Earnings from Fox

As of 2018, Jesse Watters Net worth is $1  million. He makes most of his earnings from work as a political commentator for Fox News. He makes additional money from his work on other shows like The Five and Watters’ World.

Though we don’t know how much Jesse earns from Fox, a political commentator normally makes $102,260 in a year in the US. So we can expect that he earns a similar amount of money from Fox in a year.

Jesse also receives a good amount of money from the various TV shows he hosts. He has hosted TV shows like Watters’ World, Outnumbered and The Five. He was paid thousands of dollars for each show. He is also the producer of the political talk show The O’Reilly Factor.

Jesse owns a lovely house in Long Island, New York. His house is three stories and looks like a castle. The house has 12 exterior windows and just a door, just like in Trump’s Mexican Wall. The house looks stunning as well.

Jesse Watters’ house on Long Island.
Image source: Fox

Married Life, Affair with Colleague

Jesse is married to Noelle Inguagiato Watters. They have given birth to twin daughters. But it was revealed in 2018 that Noelle had actually filed for divorce against Jesse way back in October 2017.

Jesse Watters and wife Noelle Watters.
Image Source: Hollywood Life

Allegedly the reason behind the breakup was Jesse’s affair with the producer of his show, Emma DiGiovine. After the divorce was filed, Jesse informed Fox about his affair. As a result, DiGiovine was transferred to the show The Ingraham Angle.

Jesse Watters and Emma DiGiovine.
Image source: YouTube

Jesse and Noelle’s divorce is set to be finalized soon. Meanwhile, Emma and Jesse continue to date each other.

Career Summary

Jesse started working for Fox News right after he left college as a production assistant. He slowly moved up the ranks and appeared on the show Outnumbered in 2014. He then got his own monthly news segment Watters’ World. He is also the co-host of The Five.

Scandals

In his tenure as a political commentator, Jesse has been involved in a fair share of controversies. The first one occurred when he kept asking Chinese Americans questions about Karate in a segment known as Chinatown segment. These drew criticism from press and people alike as it was considered racist towards Asian Americans.

The other controversy took place in 2017 when it was alleged that Jesse made sexist comments towards Ivanka Trump, daughter of Donald Trump when he said that the way she speaks to the microphone looks good. Watters denied that it was a sexist comment and said that he just meant it as a joke.

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