Kaitlan Collins | Biography | Youth | Career | Personal life | Friends

Kaitlan Collins is a White House correspondent for CNN and she is one of the youngest reporters the network has ever hired in 40 years of service. Prior to joining CNN, she worked as a White House correspondent for “The Daily Caller.”

For the record, at some point in her life, she was barred from attending the Trump Administration press conference because she asked “Donald Trump” inappropriate questions about Russian President Vladimir Putin. Read more to know the situation.

WHO IS KAITLAN COLLINS?

Kaitlan Collins is an American journalist born April 7, 1993 in Prattville, Alabama, USA. Talking about her education, she graduated from “Prattville High School” and then went to “University of Alabama”. In May 2014, Collins graduated with a “Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Political Science.”

In June 2014, she was hired as an entertainment reporter by a news site called “The Daily Caller” in Washington. After working for them for a few years, in 2017 she became the “White House Correspondent” for “CNN”. In addition, she traveled halfway around the world with the current President of the United States of America, Donald Trump.

Prior to her success with The Daily Caller and CNN, she was a freelance blogger. Additionally, she has written several articles for various newspapers and other websites.

THE PERSONAL LIFE OF KAITLAN COLLINS

Several dating sites have confirmed that Kaitlan is dating Will Douglas. But now the pair have stopped posting photos together, and they are not seen together. However, that might not be true and chances are they still maintain a healthy relationship.

Also, there’s a photo of her with Douglas on Instagram from 2015. So, it’s hard to speculate on anything at this point. Also, it seems that Douglas is a private person and he hasn’t shared any photos in public either. However, we have the info that he is one of the founders of ‘ Crimson Care Pharmacy Group ‘ which he founded in 2015 in Texas.

And just for notice, as there is nothing on the web about his mother, we know his father is a senior mortgage banker, “Jeff Collins”. Talking about her siblings, she has three, her sister Lena and her two brothers Cole and Brayden

KAITLAN COLLINS’ CONTROVERSIAL TWEET

In 2011, during her college years, she posted an offensive tweet using the word “Fag.” And in another, she said she would never share a room with a “lesbian.” It all came to light in 2018, and some of his Twitter followers were furious about it.

Additionally, his job was at stake after the tweet was discovered. however, she apologized for her immature language . Although most people forgave him, some of them were personally offended.

She said ‘ When I was in college I used ignorant language in a few tweets to my friends: ‘It was immature, but it doesn’t represent how I feel at all. I regret it and I apologize . ‘

KAITLAN COLLINS BANNED FROM WHITE HOUSE PRESS CONFERENCE

In July 2018, Collins was banned from the White House press conference because of his inappropriate questions to President Donald Trump. Additionally, authorities say she screamed and refused to leave the scene after the act.

To be specific, she targeted former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen in connection with Vladimir Putin, the Russian President. Senior White House officials later told him that such questions were inappropriate for the venue.

However, she won support from CNN as they said the ‘ban’ was unnecessary and called it ‘inappropriate, weak and irrational’. Additionally, she had the backing of “Fox News” president “Jay Wallace” as well . He said journalists have the right to ask any questions they want, and there are no such rules.

ACHIEVEMENTS OF KAITLAN COLLINS

In 2018, Collins managed to make it to Mediate’s 50 Most Influential People list alongside Trevor Noah, Jake Tapper, and Rachel Maddow. Additionally, in January 2019, she was named “Crain’s NewsPro’s 12 to Watch” in TV News. And recently, she was named one of ” Forbes Magazine’s under 30s. “