{"id":4173452,"date":"2023-03-05T17:00:25","date_gmt":"2023-03-05T22:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/?p=4173452"},"modified":"2023-03-29T09:10:55","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T13:10:55","slug":"who-is-kellyanne-conway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/who-is-kellyanne-conway-4173452\/","title":{"rendered":"Kellyanne Conway: 5 Things To Know About President Trump&#8217;s Former Counselor Divorcing Husband After 22 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Kellyanne Conway and her husband George confirmed they are divorcing after 22 years of marriage, and the pair said the decision is &#8216;amicable&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-1\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kellyanne Conway and George Conway wed in 2001 and share four kids together<\/li>\n<li>The couple confirmed they are divorcing in March 2023<\/li>\n<li>Kellyanne is best known for her work as a former White House consultant for President Donald Trump<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-2\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/kellyanne-conway\/\"  ><strong>Kellyanne Conway<\/strong><\/a> is divorcing her husband <strong>George Conway\u00a0<\/strong>after a 22 year marriage. The separated exes issued a statement about the split via Instagram on Saturday, Mar. 4 after reports began swirling that they ere ending their marriage. \u201cWe are in the final stages of an amicable divorce,\u201d the statement began \u201cWe married more than two decades ago, cherish the many happy years (and four corgies) we\u2019ve shared, and above all else, our four incredible children, who remain the heartbeat of our family and our top priority,&#8221; they also said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-3\">The move comes three years after\u00a0the <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/who-is-kellyanne-conway-4173452\/\"  data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\"  >controversial political<\/a> consultant stepped away from her at the White House. The 56-year-old confirmed she was stepping away from her role as counselor to President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong>. &#8220;This is completely my choice and my voice. In time, I will announce future plans. For now, and for my beloved children, it will be less drama, more mama,&#8221; she said to <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/kellyanne-conway-white-house\/2020\/08\/23\/6c26e18a-e5a7-11ea-bc79-834454439a44_story.html\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  target=\"_blank\"  ><em>The Washington Post<\/em><\/a>. She went on to explain that she and her husband <strong>George Conway<\/strong>, 56, are focused on their kids as the new school year approaches. &#8220;Our four children are teens and tweens starting a new academic year in the middle school high school that will be conducted remotely from home for at least a few months,&#8221; she went on. &#8220;As millions of parents nationwide know, kids &#8216;doing school from home&#8217; requires a level of attention and vigilance that is as unusual as these times,&#8221; she also said. Learn more about Kellyanne Conway below.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>She&#8217;s has four kids with ex George Conway.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-4\">Kellyanne married her estranged husband George Conway, who is an attorney, in 2001. The pair were originally introduced by <strong>Ann Coulter<\/strong> after George had seen Kellyanne on as a political commentator on television. The frmer couple have four children together, including twins <strong>Claudia<\/strong> and <strong>George IV<\/strong>, 15, <strong>Charlotte<\/strong>, 11, and <strong>Vanessa<\/strong>, 10. Eldest daughter Claudia has developed a following on video platform TikTok where she&#8217;s <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2020\/07\/02\/who-is-claudia-conway-kellyanne-daughter\/\"  >criticized President Trump<\/a>. For his part, George also had a big announcement on Aug. 22 &#8212; he announced he was stepping back from anti-Trump GOP group he helped create, The Lincoln Project. On March 4, 2023, Kellyanne and George confirmed they are divorcing.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4173466\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4173466\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4173466\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/kellyanne-conway-5-things-mega-embed.jpg?resize=620%2C413\" alt=\"Kellyanne Conway\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4173466\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kellyanne Conway is seen at the White House. (MEGA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>She worked for President Donald Trump.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-5\">Kellyanne began working for Donald Trump as far back as 2001, when she began doing private polls for him as he considered potentially running to become the Governor of New York. She later became his campaign manager in 2016, and after Donald was elected president, accepted the role of Counselor to the President. Notably, Kellyanne was the first woman to manage a winning Presidential campaign. She announced that she was stepping down from the high-ranking advisor position on Sunday, Aug. 23. &#8220;So I\u2019m withdrawing from\u00a0 @ProjectLincoln to devote more time to family matters. And I\u2019ll be taking a Twitter hiatus. Needless to say, I continue to support the Lincoln Project and its mission. Passionately,&#8221; he wrote on his Twitter page.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-instagram\">\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B6aE1L8pZsA\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B6aE1L8pZsA\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\"  style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\"  target=\"_blank\"  > <\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display:block;height:50px;margin:0 auto 12px;width:50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color:#3897f0;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:550;line-height:18px\"> View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center;margin-bottom: 24px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 224px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 144px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-6\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B6aE1L8pZsA\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\"  style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\"  target=\"_blank\"  >A post shared by CLAUDIA CONWAY (@claudiamconway)<\/a> on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2019-12-23T07:59:34+00:00\">Dec 22, 2019 at 11:59pm PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-7\"><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h2><strong>She&#8217;s from New Jersey.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-8\">She was born Kellyanne Fitzpatrick on January 20, 1967 in Atco, New Jersey to mother Diane, who worked at a bank, and father John, who owned a trucking company. Her parents divorced when she was 3-years-old and she was primarily raised by her mother and maternal family. The future White House staffer later went on to graduate from the Catholic St. Joseph High School in 1985.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So I\u2019m withdrawing from <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProjectLincoln?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"  target=\"_blank\"  >@ProjectLincoln<\/a> to devote more time to family matters. And I\u2019ll be taking a Twitter hiatus. <\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-9\">Needless to say, I continue to support the Lincoln Project and its mission. Passionately.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-10\">&mdash; George Conway\ud83c\udf3b (@gtconway3d) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gtconway3d\/status\/1297719430697426946?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"  target=\"_blank\"  >August 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-11\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>She&#8217;s a lawyer.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-12\">After earning her high school diploma, Kellyanne pursued her postsecondary studies at Trinity College in Washington, D.C. where she was also a member of the Phi Beta Kappa sorority. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, going on to attend George Washington University&#8217;s Law School and getting her Juris Doctor.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>She was a victim of sexual assault.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-13\">\u201cI feel very empathetic, frankly, for victims of sexual assault and sexual harassment and rape. I\u2019m a victim of sexual assault,\u201d Kellyanne confessed in a 2018 interview with <em><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/videos\/politics\/2018\/09\/30\/kellyanne-conway-victim-sexual-assault-tapper-intv-sotu-vpx.cnn\"  target=\"_blank\"  >CNN<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>when discussing the testimonies of <strong>Christine Blasey Ford<\/strong> and <strong>Brett Kavanaugh<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kellyanne Conway and her husband George confirmed they are divorcing after 22 years of marriage, and the pair said the decision is &#8216;amicable&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":164676479,"featured_media":4173457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exclude_post_from_river":false,"_cr_original_post":"","_cr_replace_post_id":"","_cr_replacing_post_id":"","mt_seo_title":"Who Is Kellyanne Conway? -- 5 Things About The Political Advisor","mt_seo_description":"Learn more about Kellyanne Conway, who is divorcing husband George Conway after a 22 year marriage.","_pmc_canonical_override":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2020-08-24T03:48:26Z","apple_news_api_id":"22aa639d-656c-450c-93e9-007a5c5c6465","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2023-03-05T23:42:24Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQ==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AIqpjnWVsRQyT6QB6XFxkZQ","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[378005365,378005377],"tags":[378002378,378006171],"_post-options":[378006328],"coauthors":[378006887],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/kellyanne-conway-5-things-mega-ftr.jpg?fit=620%2C349","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pc8i1J-hvHK","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4173452"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/164676479"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4173452"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4173452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5062971,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4173452\/revisions\/5062971"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4173457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4173452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4173452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4173452"},{"taxonomy":"_post-options","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/_post-options?post=4173452"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=4173452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}