Don Jr cozies up to Kimberly Guilfoyle at a high school leadership summit

Donald Trump Jr cozied up to Kimberly Guilfoyle in a photo he shared on Instagram just hours after she confirmed she’s leaving Fox News.

‘Amazing time tonight at the @turningpointusa High School Leadership Summit. Amazing crowd with incredible speakers,’ Don Jr wrote in the Instagram post. 

Don Jr was seen with his arm wrapped around Guilfoyle’s waist as the pair flashed huge smiles for the cameras. 

Another photo shows them holding hands in the air as they stand on stage during the Washinton, DC, event. 

Earlier on Tuesday, Guilfoyle shared a two-part tweet that said leaving Fox News was a ‘bitter-sweet’ decision.

  

Donald Trump Jr cozied up to Kimberly Guilfoyle in a photo he shared on Instagram just hours after she confirmed she’s leaving Fox News. Don Jr was seen with his arm wrapped around Guilfoyle’s waist as the pair flashed huge smiles for the cameras

'Amazing time tonight at the @turningpointusa High School Leadership Summit. Amazing crowd with incredible speakers,' Don Jr wrote in the Instagram post. Another photo shows them holding hands in the air as they stand on stage during the Washinton, DC, event

‘Amazing time tonight at the @turningpointusa High School Leadership Summit. Amazing crowd with incredible speakers,’ Don Jr wrote in the Instagram post. Another photo shows them holding hands in the air as they stand on stage during the Washinton, DC, event

‘Today I have a bitter-sweet announcement. I’ve decided to leave Fox News Channel and dedicate myself full time to joining America First as Vice Chairwoman, campaigning across the country and firmly standing with President Trump.’

She continued: ‘I will miss my Fox family. I thank Fox for the opportunities it has provided me. I thank all the talented producers, staff, and above all I thank the best fans out there.’

Her personal announcement came four days after Fox News revealed that Guilfoyle no longer worked for the network.

‘Fox News has parted ways with Kimberly Guilfoyle,’ a Fox News spokesperson said on Friday.

Earlier on Tuesday, Guilfoyle shared a two-part tweet that said leaving Fox News was a 'bitter-sweet' decision 

Earlier on Tuesday, Guilfoyle shared a two-part tweet that said leaving Fox News was a ‘bitter-sweet’ decision 

Her personal announcement came four days after Fox News revealed that Guilfoyle no longer worked for the network. Guilfoyle will be joining America First as Vice Chairwoman, 'campaigning across the country and firmly standing with President Trump'

Her personal announcement came four days after Fox News revealed that Guilfoyle no longer worked for the network. Guilfoyle will be joining America First as Vice Chairwoman, ‘campaigning across the country and firmly standing with President Trump’

At the time, a source told DailyMail.com that Guilfoyle will not be appearing in The Five nor would she be given the chance to say goodbye after 12 years with the network.

Katie Pavlich filled in for Guilfoyle on Friday.

Huff Post had reported earlier on Friday that three sources claimed Guilfoyle was not leaving the cable news network ‘voluntarily,’ and that her team was busy working out the details of her separation package. 

Sources close to both Guilfoyle and her boyfriend Donald Trump Jr denied those claims at the time, saying it was her choice to exit Fox News and begin a new job at America First.

Kimberly Guilfoyle

The news that Guilfoyle would be leaving Fox News and taking a job with America First comes four months after she started dating Don Jr (pictured together)

The news that Guilfoyle would be leaving Fox News and taking a job with America First comes four months after she started dating Don Jr (pictured together)

The news that Guilfoyle would be leaving Fox News and taking a job with America First comes four months after she started dating Don Jr. 

Guilfoyle had long been one of Fox News’ most loyal and dedicated employees.

She was often one of the first and most vocal supporters of any co-worker or boss who is maligned in the press, having publicly gone to bat for both Roger Ailes and Bill O’Reilly at times when few supported the men. 

Those two were eventually let go by the network, and with the departure of Megyn Kelly, Greta Van Susteren and Gretchen Carlson, Guilfoyle became one of the most senior female members of the Fox News family.

In the past few months however, she has been getting more and more press for her life outside the office thanks to her relationship with Don Jr. 

It is a relationship that Guilfoyle believes could land her in the role of first lady, a position she has some experience in after her first husband Gavin Newsom served as mayor of San Francisco.

She said in an interview with Breitbart Radio that she believes Don Jr has a future in politics, and that she is so happy to have ‘finally got it right this time’ with her new boyfriend.

Guilfoyle called Don Jr ‘the number one up-and-coming political figure on the right,’ and said that he ‘is the base’.

Guilfoyle has been one of Fox News' most loyal employees for the past 12 years

Guilfoyle has been one of Fox News’ most loyal employees for the past 12 years

‘He has a compelling political voice, he is incredibly bright. I have seen him at these different rallies,’ explained Guilfoyle.

‘He is a person that people can understand, he’s very approachable. He is very relatable with his background and his interests.’

Most importantly, Guilfoyle said, is the fact that Don Jr is a man of the people.

‘He actually puts the time in and the effort to understand the base, because he is the base,’ said the former host.

‘He gets out there and actually talks to the real people, the men and women who have been left behind in this country.’

There is a chance that Don Jr could in fact get himself on the ballot for the election this November.

The seventh district of New York, which encompasses parts of Brooklyn and Manhattan, has no Republican set to run in the race for a seat in the US House of Representatives.

The political calendar released by the New York State Board of Elections reveals that a vacancy can be filled in a race up until September 19, and since no Republicans ran in the primary that spot could be open for Don Jr.

And Guilfoyle is very good on the campaign trail, as Newsom learned almost 20 years ago when he won his race for mayor.

She continued to support him during his time in office too, with appearances on a number of high-profile programs.

She said in an interview with Breitbart Radio that she believes Don Jr has a future in politics, and that she is so happy to have 'finally got it right this time' with her new boyfriend

She said in an interview with Breitbart Radio that she believes Don Jr has a future in politics, and that she is so happy to have ‘finally got it right this time’ with her new boyfriend

Former five: Guilfoyle called Don Jr 'the number one up-and-coming political figure on the right,' and said that he 'is the base'

Former five: Guilfoyle called Don Jr ‘the number one up-and-coming political figure on the right,’ and said that he ‘is the base’

In fact, her remarks about Don Jr were incredibly similar to ones she made back in 2004 about Newsom during an appearance on Charlie Rose. 

‘He was very much interested in public service and had a keen mind just in term of the political issues of the time,’ Guilfoyle said at the time.

‘I knew that he had the vision, the discipline and, as it turns out, the courage to be in politics and to do the right thing so I’m really happy it worked out.’

That interview quickly turned into a counseling session however, with the pair discussing their bi-coastal lifestyles and the fact that they barely saw one another due to their careers.

Two years later they were divorced.

Don Jr and his wife Vanessa are currently in the process of divorcing. 

The couple has five children, and Guilfoyle has an 11-year-old son from her second marriage to Eric Villency. 



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