Sean Hannity has officially joined the long legacy of right-wing royalty resettling their fortunes along the coast of Palm Beach, Florida. Naturally, the Fox News host’s new $5.3 million property sits less than three miles from Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, which once served as the former president’s “winter White House” but is now his permanent residence.
Hannity’s two-story townhouse rests in the gated community of Sloans Curve and has a private pool with ocean views. Hannity, 59, will certainly blend in with the locals. A stronghold for America’s bitter and aging aristocrats, Palm Beach served as the Trump campaign’s ground zero in 2016. Support was so enthusiastic in the town that there were two all-female pro-Trump groups with a significant presence in Palm Beach alone. One has to wonder if Hannity will bring another pro-Trump woman along with him. Hannity and Ainsley Earhardt, a Fox & Friends cohost, reportedly spent part of the 2020 coronavirus lockdown together, with Earhardt filming her Fox show out of the basement in Hannity’s Long Island mansion.
Aside from being home to Trump, “Billionaire’s Row” also serves as a go-to refuge for many other members of the conservative elite: Rudy Giuliani once simultaneously owned two condos in the town and continues to own one; Ann Coulter has lived there; and it’s where Roger Ailes and Rush Limbaugh chose to spend their final moments on earth, as they both died inside their multimillion-dollar Palm Beach homes.
Hannity’s relocation to the area could mean the reunification of two close friends. During Trump’s presidency, Hannity often spoke on the phone with him––arguably too often, as being on the receiving end of the president’s stresses reportedly led to the Fox host excessively vaping to deal with their near-daily calls. But based on Hannity’s interview Monday with Trump, he is clearly still enamored with the former president. During the segment, which was Trump’s first in-person TV interview since begrudgingly relinquishing America’s reins to Joe Biden, Hannity proved himself a loyal subject once again. “I know a lot of people that are around you every day. This is what they’re all telling me: You’re working as hard as you did when you were in the White House, except you play a little golf more,” remarked Hannity in an apparent question. “You’re keeping an insane schedule, seven days a week. You really don’t stop!”
For Hannity, who struggled to find his footing after Trump left office, the Monday night love fest was a ratings winner. Though, as CNN’s Brianna Keilar noted, ”we’ve heard these hits before.” The former president’s appearance on ”Sean Hannity’s propaganda hour,” she said, was more like a ”mean-girl group chat.”
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