Shepard Smith Gay: Bio, Age, Wife, Partner, Boyfriend, CNBC, FOX and Net Worth

Shepard Smith Biography

Shepard Smith is an American Journalist and Broadcaster who was born and brought-up in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Currently, he works at NBC News and CNBC in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey as an Anchor and Executive Editor of “The News with Shepard Smith” and as the CNBC’s Chief General News Anchor and Chief Breaking General News Anchor. Prior to joining the NBC and CNBC news team, he worked at Fox News Channel as a Chief News Anchor and Managing Editor of the breaking news division.

Shepard anchored the news program “Shepard Smith Reporting,” “The FOX Report” and “Studio B”. He also worked for FOX News as the Edge Correspondent in Los Angeles, California, known for covered a range of stories for the FOX affiliate news service, including the crash of TWA Flight 800 and the Oklahoma City bombing. He also worked at WSVN-TV (FOX) in Miami, the former WCPX-TV (CBS) in Orlando, WBBH-TV (NBC) in Fort Myers, and WJHG-TV (NBC) in Panama City.

Shepard Smith Age

Smith is 57 years old as of 2021, he was born on 14 January 1964 in Holly Springs, Mississippi, United States of America. He celebrates his birthday on 14th January every year and his birth sign is Capricorn.

Shepard Smith Height

Shepard stands at a height of 5 feet 7 inches (1.70 meters).

Shepard Smith Weight

Smith Weighs 159 lbs (72 kg).

Shepard Smith Education

Shepard went to Marshall Academy, a K–12 private school in Holly Springs. He then attended the University of Mississippi. In Mississippi, he majored in journalism but left two credits away from graduation. He frequently returns to the university during college football season and delivered the university’s annual commencement address on May 10, 2008.

Shepard Smith Family, Parents and Siblings

Smith was born to Dora Ellen Anderson and David Shepard Smith Sr., in Holly Springs, Mississippi. His mother served as an English teacher, while his father as a cotton merchant. His parents split when he was in high school and he moved to Florida with his mother. He has not shared any information about his siblings. We will update this section once this information is available.

Shepard Smith Wife

Shepard was previously married to his then wife Virginia Donald, his University of Mississippi classmate. The couple tied the knot in 1987 and in 1993, they divorced and they had no children together.

Shepard Smith Gay, Partner and Boyfriend

Smith is openly as he came out in 2017, and he is currently in a relationship with his boyfriend and partner Gio Graziano. In May 2017 during the Fox News program, he delivered a 15-minute emotional speech in which he celebrated the life and legacy of Roger Ailes.

During the speech he spoke publicly about his boyfriend where he said that he together with his partner, Gio went to a party at his amazingly beautiful home overlooking West Point, he said, he will man the turret if anybody gets near this place. The pair had not attended a work function the two of them together before.

As they arrived, Roger and his son and Beth greeted them on a glorious day. Beth took Shepard’s partner by him and gave him a tour of the estate. They never met. She and Roger treated Gio and Shepard like family. It was a signal to their Fox team and to everyone else that their relationship is a good thing, respect it. Roger had and he did.’

In 2017, during an April 21 speech at Ole Miss’ Meek School of Journalism Smith said that for his college years especially the first two decades of his career, he didn’t hide his sexuality so much as he just controlled clear of the issue entirely. He poured himself into his work because he was unprepared to deal with the consequences.

Shepard Smith Net Worth

Smith has an estimated net worth of $25 million dollars as of 2021. This includes his assets, money and income. His primary source of income is his career as a Journalist and Broadcaster. Through his various sources of income, he has been able to accumulate a good fortune but prefers to lead a modest lifestyle.

Shepard Smith Facts and Measurements

Here are some interesting facts and body measurements you should know about him

Shepard Smith Wiki

• Full Names: David Shepard Smith Jr.
• Popular As: Shepard Smith
• Gender: Male
• Occupation/Profession: Journalist and Broadcaster
• Nationality: American
• Race/Ethnicity: Not Available
• Religion: Not Known
• Sexual Orientation: Gay

Shepard Smith Birthday

• Age/How Old?: 57 years (2021)
• Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
• Date of Birth: 14 January 1964
• Place of Birth: Holly Springs, Mississippi, United States of America
• Birthday: 14th January

Shepard Smith Body Measurements

• Body Measurements: Not Available
• Height/How Tall?: 5 feet 7 inches (1.70 meters)
• Weight: 159 lbs (72 kg)
• Eye Color: Dark Brown
• Hair Color: Dark Brown
• Shoe Size: Not Available

Shepard Smith Family and Relationship

• Father (Dad): David Shepard Smith Sr.
• Mother: Dora Ellen Anderson
• Siblings (Brothers and Sisters): Not Known
• Marital Status: Dating
• Partner/Boyfriend/Gay: Gio Graziano
• Children: None

Shepard Smith Net Worth and Salary

• Net Worth: $25 Million
• Salary: $10 Million
• Source of Income: Journalist and Broadcaster

Shepard Smith House and Cars

• Place of living: Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA
• Cars: Car Brand to be Updated

Shepard Smith Leaving Fox News

On October 11, 2019, Fox News anchor Shepard a frequent target of President Trump’s attacks, stepped down after clashing with some of the network’s primetime stars. Shepard stated that recently he asked the company to allow him to leave FOX News and begin a new chapter.

After requesting that he stayed, they graciously obliged. Smith said in a statement that the opportunities afforded this guy from small-town Mississippi have been many. Smith said that it has been an honor and a privilege to report the news each day to their loyal audience in context and with perspective, without fear or favor.

He worked with the most talented, dedicated and focused professionals he knew and he is proud to have anchored their work each day he said that he will deeply miss them. During his Friday afternoon show, Smith announced his decision “to leave Fox News and begin a new chapter,” after increasingly clashing with the network’s prime-time opinion hosts.

Shepard Smith Fox News

Smith started his first TV contract with WJHG-TV in Panama City Beach, Florida, in 1986. He functioned as a reporter for WBBH-TV in Fort Myers, reporter/anchor in Miami with WSVN, and as a reporter at WCPX-TV (presently WKMG-TV) in Orlando. In Los Angeles, California, he was a journalist for A Current Affair. He joined the Fox News Channel at its origin in 1996.

Smith has been doled out to cover many significant reports during his career. In 1997, he gave an account of the passing and memorial service of Diana, Princess of Wales. In November 2000, he was sent to Florida to cover the presidential polling form tallying contention. In 2001, he made a trip to Terre Haute, Indiana, to be one of the media observers to the execution of Timothy McVeigh. In late August 2005, he spent barely seven days in New Orleans, Louisiana, to give news provides details regarding the occasions and consequences of Hurricane Katrina.

The Fox Report with Shepard Smith was positioned third among U.S. link news projects, and Smith tied for second (alongside Dan Rather and Peter Jennings) as the most believed anchorperson on both systems and link news in a 2003 TV Guide survey. Notwithstanding anchoring Fox News Channel’s lead news program, Smith additionally anchors most prime time news introductions gave by Fox News to the broadcast Fox telecom company.

On November 19, 2007, The New York Times announced that Smith had marked a three-year contract giving him between US$7 million and US$8 million every year. This agreement set him in a similar compensation alliance as Brian Williams of NBC and Charles Gibson of ABC. He recharged his agreement with Fox on October 26, 2010, for an additional three years.

On September 12, 2013, Smith and Fox News reported that, alongside another multi-year restoration of his agreement, his job in Fox News would move. He would turn into the overseeing manager of Fox News’ new breaking news division and the host of Shepard Smith Reporting. Both Studio B and The Fox Report were eliminated, and in October 2013 Shepard Smith Reporting started airing in the 3 p.m. ET scheduled opening.

In November 2017, as Fox News has Smith exposed the supposed Uranium One outrage, irritating watchers who recommended he should work for CNN or MSNBC. Fox News primetime have Sean Hannity, who had days sooner portrayed Uranium One as one of the “greatest outrages in American history,” later called Smith “dumbfounded”, while Smith expressed, “I hear it, that a portion of our sentiment programmings is there carefully to be engaging. I get that. I don’t work there. I wouldn’t work there.” Through 2019, no proof of bad behavior has been found following four years of charges encompassing Uranium One.

Shepard, Fox News anchor sharply criticized the Trump administration following the revelation that President Donald Trump’s lawyers told the special counsel that Trump “dictated” a misleading statement put out by the White House last summer concerning his son, Donald Trump Jr.’s, meeting with a Russian lawyer in Trump Tower.

Jay Sekulow, Trump lawyer said repeatedly last July that the president had no involvement in the drafting of the initial statement, which claimed the June 2016 meeting primarily consisted of a discussion about the adoption of Russian children and included no mention of the Kremlin-connected lawyer’s offer to provide dirt on former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

Shepard Smith Political Affiliation

Shepard Smith of Fox News explains the changes in the media industry … is getting pre-empted by the most popular political drama in America.

Smith is disengaged by politics.  He said that he gets it that some of their opinion programmings are there strictly to be entertaining. He gets that he doesn’t work there. He wouldn’t work there and he doesn’t want to sit around and yell at each other and talk about their philosophy and his philosophy. Shepard said that it sounds horrible to him.  He cites his values growing up that you don’t talk about your money, you don’t talk about your politics, and you don’t talk about your sex. Right now, everyone wants to talk about those things, and he is not one of them. Not going to do it.

Shepard Smith Political Party

Shepard admitted in the interview that he is an unusual anchor for current day Fox News because he has resisted delving into opinion programming, which has driven ratings on the network’s nightly line up. Smith does not really like American politics, he said and prefers to stick to facts on his show instead of fostering a program that relies heavily on opinionated analysis from the pun.

Frequently Asked Questions Shepard Smith

Who is Shepard Smith?

Shepard Smith is an American Journalist and Broadcaster. Currently, he works at NBC News and CNBC in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey as an Anchor and Executive Editor of “The News with Shepard Smith” and as the CNBC’s Chief General News Anchor and Chief Breaking General News Anchor. Prior to joining the NBC and CNBC news team, he worked at Fox News Channel as a Chief News Anchor and Managing Editor of the breaking news division.

How old is Shepard Smith?

Smith is 57 years old as of 2021, he was born on 14 January 1964 in Holly Springs, Mississippi, United States of America. His birth sign is Capricorn.

How tall is Shepard Smith?

Shepard stands at a height of 5 feet 7 inches (1.70 meters).

Is Shepard Smith married?

No, he was previously married to his then wife Virginia Donald, his University of Mississippi classmate. The couple tied the knot in 1987 and in 1993, they divorced and they had no children together. However, he is openly as he came out in 2017, and he is currently in a relationship with his boyfriend and partner Gio Graziano.

How much is Shepard Smith worth?

Smith has an estimated net worth of $25 million dollars as of 2021. This includes his assets, money and income. His primary source of income is his career as a Journalist and Broadcaster.

How much does Shepard Smith make?

Shepard is estimated to receive an annual average salary of $10 million, from his career as a Journalist and Broadcaster working at NBC News and CNBC in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey as an Anchor and Executive Editor of “The News with Shepard Smith” and as the CNBC’s Chief General News Anchor and Chief Breaking General News Anchor.

What happened to Shepard Smith?

During his Friday afternoon show, Smith announced his decision “to leave Fox News and begin a new chapter,” after increasingly clashing with the network’s prime-time opinion hosts.

Where does Smith live?

He is a resident of Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA, we shall upload pictures of his house as soon as we have them.

Is Shepard dead or alive?

He is alive and in good health. There have been no reports of him being sick or having related issues.

Where is Smith now?

Shepard is still pursuing his career in journalism. He is currently working at NBC News and CNBC in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey as an Anchor and Executive Editor of “The News with Shepard Smith” and as the CNBC’s Chief General News Anchor and Chief Breaking General News Anchor.

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