Caitlyn Jenner has discovered a brand new tv gig.
The previous Olympian and actuality TV star is becoming a member of Fox Information this week as a contributor, the conservative tv channel introduced. She’ll make her first look Thursday on “Hannity” and is anticipated to supply commentary and evaluation throughout numerous Fox Information packages transferring ahead.
In an announcement saying the hiring, Fox Information CEO Suzanne Scott referred to as Jenner “an inspiration to us all,” including, “She is a trailblazer within the LGBTQ+ group and her illustrious profession spans quite a lot of fields that might be an incredible asset for our viewers.”
Jenner, in the meantime, mentioned in an announcement that she was “humbled by this distinctive alternative to talk on to Fox Information Media’s hundreds of thousands of viewers a few vary of points which can be essential to the American folks.”
It’s unclear whether or not Fox Information meant for Jenner’s hiring to coincide with the Transgender Day of Visibility, noticed March 31. Jenner got here out as trans in an April 2015 interview on “20/20,” and appeared on the quilt of Self-importance Truthful as her genuine self later that yr.
As quite a few shops identified, nonetheless, the announcement comes as Fox Information has devoted important airtime to Florida’s “Don’t Say Homosexual” invoice and, particularly, Disney’s said opposition to that laws after important backlash.
Jenner has been outspoken about her conservative politics for a while, although her views have usually put her at odds with different members of the LGBTQ group.
She ran for California governor in final yr’s recall election that would have ousted Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. Nonetheless, she received simply 1% of the vote after Californians opted to not recall Newsom.
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