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Biography of Jesse Watters
| Date of Birth: | 1978, July-9 |
|---|---|
| Years: | 42 years |
| Nation of birth: | United States of America |
| Height: | 6 feet 1 inch |
| Name | Jesse Watters |
| birth name | Jesse Watters |
| nick’s name | jesse |
| Dad | stephen watters |
| Nationality | American |
| Place of birth / city | United States of America |
| ethnicity | White |
| Profession | television personality |
| Working for | foxnews |
| Net worth | $1 million |
| Salary | Unknown |
| eye color | Brown |
| Hair color | Brown |
| face color | fair |
| Famous for | Political humorist, commentator |
| subject with | Emma DiGiovine |
| Married | Yes |
| Married to | Noelle Watters |
| Kids | Ellie Watters and Sophie Watters |
| Divorce | Noelle Watters |
| Education | Trinity College (2001) |
| tv show | Watters World |
Jesse Watters is a renowned political humorist, commentator, and personality. He is best known as an American critic on Fox News Channel. He previously appeared on the former political talk show called The O’Reilly Factor . Watters is also famous for his show, Watters World . Regarding his personal life, Watters was accused of cheating on his wife in 2017. For this reason, his wife filed for divorce after sharing two twins.
Early life and education of Jesse Watters
Watters was born on July 9, 1978 , he was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania under the birth sign Cancer. He is the son of Stephen Watters and Anne Watters who he made proud of with his hard work and dedication.
According to his bio, he was raised by his parents in the Germantown and later East Falls neighborhoods. Watters attended William Penn Charter School. Later, he along with his family moved to London Island in New York.
Watters earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut.
Jesse Watters’ career
Watters made his professional debut on the Fox News Show called Outnumbered on June 11, 2014. He occasionally appears as a guest co-host on that show.
Watters currently serves as the host of Watters’ World and co-host of The Five on Fox News Channel. He joined the network in 2002 as a production assistant. He made his debut on the show on November 20, 2015. He is characterized as an ambush journalist during that time.
Watters was criticized for a segment on Watters’ World in October 2016, which was highly regarded as racist towards Asian Americans.
In April 2017, Watters joined The Five as a co-host. He came under scrutiny for making what critics called a lewd gesture at Ivanka Trump and commenting on the way she was speaking into a microphone. He announced that she would be “taking a vacation” for the rest of the week amid calls to fire her, the day after Watters made the comments.
Jesse Watters Net Worth and Salary
Jesse Watters has been doing great, and he’s been making good money and salary too. According to some sources, he has an incredible net worth of $1 million, and this shows how successful he has been in his career.
Watters is quite tall as he has a height of 6 feet 1 inch.
Personal life and affairs of Jesse Watters
Jesse Watters is married with two children. He married his girlfriend, Noelle Inguagiato Watters after an affair for several years. The couple is blessed with a twin daughter Ellie Watters and Sophie Watters who was born in 2011.
Watters currently lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with his beautiful wife and children. He enjoys both his lifestyle and his work.
Their relationship is going pretty well until his wife filed for divorce in October 2017. His wife accused him of cheating on her with a 25-year-old associate producer, Emma DiGiovine . Watters confirmed his relationship with DiGiovine shortly after the divorce from his wife. According to some sources, Watters and DiGiovine are still dating, however he has yet to confirm it.
disputes
Chinatown segment
Watters was criticized for calling Asian Americans racist in a segment on “Watters World.” He asked Chinese Americans “if they knew karate if he should bow before greeting them or if they stole their watches.”
Due to his words, Watters was heavily criticized by many personalities and associations, including the Association of Asian American Journalists, which issued a statement:
“We should go way beyond tired, racist stereotypes and target an ethnic group to humiliate and objectify them on the basis of their race.”
In 2016, Watters tweeted a non-apology statement,
”My man-on-the-street interviews are meant to be taken as a joke and I’m sorry if anyone was offended. … As a political humorist, the Chinatown segment was meant to be a light piece, as all Watters World segments are.
Comments from Ivanka Trump
Two days after joining The Five in 2017, Watters made an on-air comment about Ivanka Trump for which he was heavily criticized.
After the clip from the show went viral, Watters stated:
“During the break, we were commenting on Ivanka’s voice and how it was low and steady and resonates like a smooth jazz radio DJ… This was in no way a joke about anything else.”
Age, body measurements and other information about Jesse Watters
- Age: As of 2019, Jesse Watters is 40 years old.
- Birth sign: cancer
- Height: He is 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) tall.