From the Kitchen Table: The Duffys - Ainsley Earhardt: "God Has Redeemed Me In Every Situation"

Episode Date: December 18, 2021

This week, Sean & Rachel bring Co-Host of FOX & Friends Ainsley Earhardt to the Kitchen Table to discuss some of her favorite traditions named in their new book, All-American Christmas. Ainsley shares why she is more excited than usual for Christmas this year and emphasizes the importance of instilling faith in Jesus in her child, especially around the holidays. Follow Sean and Rachel on Twitter: @SeanDuffyWI & @RCamposDuffy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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So you can look and feel good about gifting and wearing them. Shop your wishlist 25% off at Mijeri.com today. Hey, everyone. Welcome to From the Kitchen Table. I'm your host, Sean Duffy, along with my co-host for the podcast, but also my partner in life, Rachel Campos Duffy. Thank you, Sean. And we're back here for more conversations from our kitchen table. And today we have such a special guest, Sean. She is, of course, a colleague of mine on Fox and Friends. She's also, by the way, a New York Times bestselling author. She's also a contributor to our book, All-American Christmas. But more importantly, she's our friend. And she's one of the sweetest, nicest people at Fox News. And that, of course, is Ainsley Earhart. Ainsley, welcome to From the Kitchen Table. Thank you so much. Y'all are such a wonderful

couple. And I am so proud of y'all. And you're such role models to so many men and women around the country. Thank you for everything that y'all do, and you're amazing. Thank you, Ainsley. You know, I want to just say before we get started, I want to talk about your Christmas experience in South Carolina. And now, but before I do that, you know, a lot of people, I travel around the country, sometimes doing diners, sometimes doing speeches, and people always ask me what everyone's like, and everyone wants to

know what Ainsley is like. Could she really be that nice? Could she really? That ray of sunshine all the time? Exactly. And I always say, absolutely. What you see with Ainsley is what you get. And I'll tell you, you probably don't remember because you're so sweet to so many people, but I had a really bad day a few years ago and I was on what was supposed to be a really fun vacation with my husband. And as we were driving from the airport to our hotel, I got some really terrible news. Ainsley, you know what that is. And the first text message with support and telling me to, you know, it's all going to be OK. Hang in there. To hang in there was from Ainsley Earhart.

And that says a lot about who you are and what you are to so many people and colleagues and friends. So I just want to tell you that I love you, Ainsley. I think you're a wonderful human. I really appreciate you saying that. And thank you, Sean. You know, y'all are Christians and you know that it's not me. It's just Christ changed my life when I was 21 years old. And I really just, he directs my path now. And I always think about him constantly. And so I just want to share the light of Christ with other people. And I'm really happy.

I'm really happy. I've gone through ups and downs in life, but God has redeemed me in every single situation. And I'm grateful for the life that I have. You know, we, we all three share these amazing careers and I couldn't have done that without God directing my path. And I have nothing to complain about because God's been so good to me. And no, I want to talk to you about Christmas, but we're talking about God. We're talking about Christ's birth. And I think what so many of our viewers like and what we love about the network is that you share your faith. It's very much a part of who you are and you don't hide it from viewers.

You share it on air. And our network lets us do that. And the network says, yes, we love that about Ainsley and other Christians who aren't afraid of their faith. And I don't think every business, every network allows that with their talent, but Fox does. And I think it's a really great sign of the kind of company that we all work for. And again, talking about God and Christ and the birth of Christ, let's talk Christmas. And we appreciate you participating in our book. What do you tell us? Give us some insight and you give it in the book a little bit, but tell us on our podcast, how Ainsley Earhart celebrates Christmas. Are you in New York? Are you going back to South Carolina?

What does the week look like as you're doing Christmas? So I've always been in South Carolina for Christmas, even when I moved around the country. But then I got to New York and I started anchoring or filling in on Fox and Friends. And when the regular host would leave, they would ask me to fill in. So I was always spending Christmas, you know, anchoring Fox and Friends in New York. And New York is so special during Christmas. And I loved it. I miss being with my family, but I always found a way to see them eventually. And then I became a mother and started anchoring Fox and Friends. And I am able to take off now at Christmas. And so I have Santa Claus and celebrate that with my daughter. And we usually do that in South Carolina with the

cousins. This year, we're going to spend the whole weekend with the cousins. I'm going to stay with my brother and my sister-in-law, and they have three little boys. So Hayden will wake up, and Santa would have come the night before, Christmas Eve, and we'll go downstairs and see all the gifts together after we go to church on Friday night. So I'm really excited about this year because it's really, it's, you know, y'all have older kids and kids all over, you know, all ages, but this Hayden is six years old now. So now she gets it. She understands it. So this is going to be a very special Christmas. And my nephews are twins. They're five years old. And then my, the third nephew was just born in March. So he, he doesn't understand it obviously, but, um, my, our traditions have been Christmas is my mom's favorite holiday.

And so she decorates the house. We have, she pulls out the Christmas, Christmas, you know, spode Christmas China that y'all have seen a million times with the Christmas tree on it. And she pulls out her nice things. And we have a big dinner and she cooks for everyone. And she's done that in the past. She, she had a stroke about four years ago, so she's not able to do it anymore. So we all kind of do it for her. But it's because it's so special to her and because it's Christ's birthday, it's special

to me. And it's just my favorite time of the year. It's chaotic and it's crazy. And this week, especially because we're all preparing for the final week, final two weeks of Christmas, getting Christmas cards and buying presents and making sure you didn't forget anyone and checking off the list, trying to buy early because of the supply chain crisis right now. But in the grand scheme of things, it's not about all of the gifts. It's about Christ and his birthday. And that in and of itself is such a reason to celebrate. Absolutely. And we try,

just like you do, to be, you know, keep it fun, right? Because that's one of the great things about being a Christian and having all these traditions is our Christian traditions are just really fun. And I really have an appreciation for it. Ainsley, because I grew up in as a military brat. I lived in a Muslim, a Muslim country for a while. And I lived in Turkey. And while the Turkish people love Americans and they loved Christmas. I don't think they had anything quite as joyous as Christmas. And so they just loved being invited to our home and experience it.

And so it was really interesting to see Christmas through the eyes of another faith. So it is great that how, how fun it is. But it is sometimes hard with all the hoopla and everything going on and Santa Claus and gifts to, you know, keep the reason for the season in mind for kids. And so my question to you is, how do you make that real and tangible for your family or for your, especially for your daughter? Like, how do you make sure that she really truly understands the reason? Because now she's six. I mean, she's, as you said, at an age that she can understand all these things. You know, she goes to a Christian school.

She goes to a Catholic school. And I just watched her Christmas pageant about 45 minutes ago. And I, all the moms are writing and texting me. We go to the best school. I'm in tears because I think about my daughter being raised in New York City and it seems daunting and all my family says, how can you do this? But I love New York and I know that God sent me here as you can hear like the trucks.

Yeah, this is what we live with. And my daughter sleeps through the night, believe it or not, with ambulances and trucks and fire. It's crazy. But I love this city because I know that Christ has me here to, so that we can be a beacon of light in a, you know, in a dark world oftentimes. And she is at this great school and they just did the Christmas pageant and they had Mary and Joseph, they had the manger scene. They, you know, they had some of the girls were dressed up as animals. It was really sweet. And my daughter was dressed up as an angel and all the angels were singing on the rafters. They were standing up on the top and it was just beautiful. And I thought she has Christ in the city and we go to church every Sunday.

If we can't make it like during COVID, we couldn't, we would watch it on, we would get under the blankets on the sofa or in the bed and watch it on TV or on the computer. And so she's just surrounded with it. I play Christian music or Christmas music in my house. I have speakers in every room, those little Sonos speakers and tucked behind chairs so that she is always listening to praise and worship in some capacity or Christmas carols or hymns. And so we talk about Christ all the time. And she knows a lot of Christian songs. And we belt it out in the car when we're driving out to Long Island.

So she's surrounded with it. And we read the Bible. And every night we read three books. We read two regular books and one Jesus book. And you know how our children are there. They can manipulate us. They know how to talk us into staying up a little later by saying, mama, just one more Jesus book. But we do make sure I want this house to be an oasis.

I want it to be filled with happiness. I don't want yelling in my house. I don't, you know, I am a disciplinarian. I don't let her, she's such a great child. She's really, all you have to do is raise your voice a little bit and she cries. She calls it my dark voice if I'm disciplining her. But I only get to that point if she's really not listening. But I just want her to be happy. And like, I like how you said it, Rachel, that it's just it's such a joyous occasion and so happy and that your parents, friends and Turkey wanted to be surrounded by Christians. So we just try to focus on Christ in all things. And even she had a tummy ache one night and she said, mama, this was probably a year ago when she was five, four or five. So mama, I need you to say prayers for me right now. My tummy hurts. Please just ask God. And I thought that is the sweetest thing. Even though I was so sad, she was hurting. I was so happy that it's sinking in and it's resonating with her. And one night she said, Mama, I want to make sure I'm going to heaven and

I want to accept Jesus as my Lord and Savior. And I videotaped it and we were lying in my bed watching a show or something. It was like a Friday night. We didn't have anything to do. So I let her stay up a little bit later and she was lying on the pillows above my head, kind of like over me. And I was scratching her legs and we're just snuggling. And she, we started talking about Christ and she asked if she could accept Jesus. And I thought, oh my gosh, this is amazing. That was, that was, she was five years old. That was December when she was five. So that was a year ago. It is amazing. The capacity for children, the spiritual capacity, the spiritual depths that children can can bring and also how they're they remind us of what's important. I love that you said that you have. Is it a niece? Who's the baby that that just was born? They have three boys, Rachel. It's three boys. You're crying for a girl, but this little boy.

Yes, he's so cute. He looks like a linebacker. Sean, you'll appreciate it. My dad is like so excited that he finally might have an athlete in the family. I was going to tell you, you better be careful because us Catholics are pretty good

about getting your kids into our school and maybe doing a little conversion. So you can watch out. I know. I know. Listen, I love the Catholic Church. We grew up in the Episcopal and Lutheran Church. They're very similar.

Yes, the liturgy. Yeah. You could go to our churches and you would know the whole service. But yeah, Hayden's in the Catholic school and I am so happy. She loves. I don't care if you're Catholic or Protestant. We all are going to the same place. We believe in Jesus.

That's right. Absolutely. We are born in the same place. We believe in Jesus. That's right. Absolutely. We're all in the same family. So your little nephew as a baby is such a great reminder around Christmas time. I love having babies at Christmas time because they do remind us of the baby Jesus. That's true.

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on your street, right. That used to have like an annual party all the time. Yes. Yes. You remember that from the book. So on my parents' street, my parents live about 20 minutes outside of the city of Columbia, South Carolina, which is the capital. And we went to church downtown. And a lot of our friends are downtown, just because the university is downtown. And when I went to the university, my dad went there, my brother went there. We I bought a house there, just a small house when I worked for the local TV station after college, downtown. So, downtown is kind of where everything's happening. So, my brother has a house downtown. So, now when I go home, instead of going to my parents' house, we all stay at my brother's house. And it's in the center of everything. So, I think that's why we love it. And their church, they change churches. They go to a Presbyterian church now. My whole family does. And so, the church is down the street. So we're doing Christmas Eve service at their church on Friday night.

Then we go back to my brother's house on Friday night. And he sells medical devices. So a lot of his doctors and a lot of their friends and some of my high school friends are coming over. And we'll have cocktails and just visit. And it's such a fun. Southerners are so fun. Y'all know. Y'all are Midwesterners. It's like the, cocktails and just visit. And it's such a fun. Southerners are so fun. Y'all know y'all are Midwesterners. It's like the heartland and the South. They're just fun,

good people. And they know it's important. Yeah. They go to church and then they come home and they have cocktails and have fun. I mean, it's love it. The kids are running around. Everything's surrounded by family. And then Saturday morning, we'll have Santa. And then everyone's coming over to my brother's house. The immediate family and husbands and wives and boyfriends, girlfriends, that kind of thing are coming over. And my aunt and my dad's first cousin, my aunt was married to my dad's brother and my dad's brother passed away from cancer. So Linda is such a big part of our life. So she comes over and then Ernest, who's my dad's first cousin, will come over and we're having a big meal. And because my mom is such a great chef and I am not,

we just hired a local restaurant, our favorite steakhouse. They're going to come over and cook for us and serve. So we don't have to do the cleanup and all of that, which is really nice. Sounds awesome. I'm so excited. I love that Ainsley, because I get stuck oftentimes with the cleanup in my house. Rachel is a great cook. She's a great cook. Really? I'm horrible. I clean, but I mean, I clean up after, but he'll take the bulk of the dishes.

I take the lead in the cleanup. So that is a great idea. It's like, listen, bring someone in. But your mom was such a great cook and baker growing up. Oh my gosh, Rachel. She's the best. And she takes pride in that. I don't know if your mom was like this great cook and baker growing up. Oh my gosh, Rachel. She's the best. And she takes pride in that. I don't know if your mom was like this or Sean, your mom,

but when company walks in the house, if y'all walked in, she would say, what can I cook for you? I have this, I have that. Are you sure you don't want anything? Are you sure you don't want anything? She wants you to eat her food because it's delicious. But she, I mean, she was, you know,

mayonnaise and sour cream and butter. And she is, everything's home cooked. And so now that she, I mean, she was, you know, mayonnaise and sour cream and butter and she is, everything's home cooked. And so now that she can't cook, she, she understands what's going on. She can't speak very well and she's in a wheelchair, but her nurse, Maggie is part of our family and Maggie will be there a little bit too. And we, by the grace of God, you know, I have this great job and we're able to give my mom a nurse and some care and be able to do some things that we never would have been able to do without Fox. So, isn't that a blessing? Yes, it is such a blessing because caretaking for someone who's in, you know, either elderly or has had a medical issue, it is hard. We did it as a family for a year. And then I went home every weekend for a year

with Hayden too. And my mom was in a hospital in Charlotte, North Carolina. So one of our friends gave us their, they had a house that they used to live in and they were trying to sell it. They let us live in that house, which was, I mean, rent free, which was such a blessing. And then mom was getting rehab and OT, all of that stuff she had to do to learn to speak again and try to learn to walk again. And so dad was living there. It was just really hard. And Maggie came into our life and our nurses, our doctors, I can't say enough good about

them. They are really just almost angels living here on earth. They saved my mom's life and helped us in so many ways. And now Maggie is a part of our family. Basically, she basically lives in the, my mom has a little apartment down in the basement. Now we converted the, the basement into an apartment for her because she can't go up and down the stairs. So, um, just, you know, it's, she's great. She understands what's going on and she loves her grandbabies. So it'll be a really special Christmas.

You know what I think is really cool, Ainsley, is because I think, you know, we know a lot of people and I know a lot of parents who have tried to instill the faith in their kids and the traditions with their kids. But those traditions always don't get passed. And sometimes the kids don't follow kind of what their parents taught them and the same faith and belief that they had. It's got to be such a blessing and a joy for your mom to see that even though she can't do Christmas like she did when you were a little girl, that her kids have embraced what she passed to them. And she's having the same Christmas, though she doesn't have to do what the kids are putting together for her. And I think if you look at rewards in life as parents to see the faith that her kids have in the way they celebrate Christmas, she knows that she passed that on. And I think as a parent myself and you

as a parent, that gives us pretty great joy that we've actually, you did a good job, mom. Thank you. Right. That's kind of the philosophy of what they give us. Yeah, it does sound like that. It sounds like you guys are really doing it up and really following that tradition that she kind of instilled about loving Christmas and really, you know, making that such a special time of year. What would be your Christmas message to all of our listeners, to America? I know we've been through so much in the last two years and so many, part of why we want to do the book Ainsley is so many of our traditions were disrupted. And even some of our religious liberties were taken away. We saw our churches closed.

And I think that's why people are really excited this year. I think people are going, you know what, I want to I'm not going to let anyone disrupt my traditions again. And I often tell this story, Ainsley, that I've met many priests who have apologized to their parishioners and said, I did it. I closed my church because the government told me to do that. But I've learned my lesson and I'm sorry I did that. And I will never close my church doors again because that's when people needed God the most. And so I think that part of the reason this book is doing so well is that it is a celebration of Christian traditions of family and love and so much of what our American culture is about, which is ultimately a Christian heritage.

And so I guess my question to you is in the midst of all of this that's happening to our country right now, and you know it more than anybody because of the job you have, what's your Christmas message to America? My Christmas message is to always remember that Christ goes before us, that God goes before us, and he is walking with us on this earth. And you have to believe in him and believe in the true, like you said, the reason for the season. And Jesus will change your life. And he was born. It is such a, I love birthdays because I always say, my mom told me this.

And so I say it on air. I'm so glad you were born. And I am so glad Jesus Christ was born because without him, we would have nothing, literally nothing. And it says that in the Bible and nothing is darkness and evil. So he is our hope and he is our light. He is our salvation. He is everything to us. And so I love the fact that we're celebrating his birthday. And when people die and go to heaven, it's hard for the people that are left behind. But for the people that get to celebrate Christmas, imagine what the birthday party is like on December 25th in heaven.

I mean, I can't even imagine. They're celebrating the man who died on the cross for all of us. So it is such a special time of year because without him, we would be nothing. And so that's what I'm instilling in my daughter. And that's what you're instilling in your children. I mean, your kids are just from Evita all the way down to, is Evita your oldest? Yeah. Okay. Valentina's the youngest. And Evita comes on Fox. And I know you're so proud of her.

Sean, to your point, when you see her on air, I can't imagine what you feel. But that's because of what you two did in raising her in the faith and raising her with values and to have a moral compass. And when she's on, as a parent myself, I'm not only joyful to interview her, but I think about how you guys must feel. And I'm grateful that there are Christian families like yours. And people will ask me, you know, do you want more kids? Yes. I would love to have as many kids as y'all have. That would bring me such joy. Is that going to happen for me? It's probably not in my plan. I would have had to start a long time ago, But to know that you've given this world nine amazing Christian women and men that will change the lives of so many people and change generations to come.

So that has to, I mean, do you think about, I'm sure you think about that. One of my best friends, Cindy, was dating this guy in college, and he came from a big family, and she was with him at a Christmas celebration. And the grandfather, the patriarch, pulls her aside and says, Cindy, come here and put his arm around her shoulders and says, look at this room. Everyone was opening presents. It was joyful. It was fun. A huge room full of grandkids.

And he said he looked at his wife and he pointed to his wife. He said the two of us did all of this. Our love, all of this. Isn't that sweet? That's so sweet. You know, I don't know if you know, Ainsley, but Sean is the 10th of 11 kids. Really? Yes, he is. And so I always tell his mom, his mom's name is Carol. I always tell Carol, I'm glad you kept going. We'll be back with much more after this. It's really not important to me

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Edward Jones, we do money differently. Visit edwardjones.ca slash different. Can I just ask you a quick little interview question? Yeah. How did y'all decide? I know y'all are Catholic and I think it's beautiful to just let God determine your path for your family. I think that is just so sweet and beautiful, but how, um, how did y'all decide? Was this Sean's idea? Was it your idea, Rachel? Or y'all just were, we never thought we'd have nine kids. It honest to God. It was

that we, I, I, I'll just say I was not on birth control and we, and we just always said whatever God wants. And we were always open. I would, I was always a little more nervous when I would get pregnant. I'd be like, Oh my God, here we go. Like they always seem to come at like what I, what I thought was an inconvenient time. So he announced he was running for Congress and like two weeks later, I'm like, oh my God, guess what, I'm pregnant. And he was like, oh, too late, here we go. And then the most interesting was the last one

when I knew I was gonna have Valentina and then a few minutes down the road, I found out my doctor called me and said, listen, it's about 99% certain that she's going to have down. So I'm like, are you sure? And they're like, listen, we got your blood test. We've done these tests. It's like 99.9%.

So I called. I said there's a chance. Yeah, there's a small chance you won't have down. I called up Sean. I said, hey, are you sitting down? And I was like a little bit stressed out. Cause it was not just, it was a heart problem plus down. So I sat, he said he was in DC. I called him and he, I said, are you sitting down? He's like, yeah.

And I said, listen, I have to tell you something. It's kind of heavy. You know, looks like the baby is going to have downs. And Sean said, Oh, is that all you're calling me about? I'm like, yeah. And he's like, everyone we know as a child with Down's says it's the best thing that ever happened to their family. And so we just, that was it. That was so sweet. And you know, Ainsley, I just think that it can be,

to have a lot of kids can be hard. It's financially, I mean, they're not cheap as you know, and every parent knows kids aren't cheap. And, you know, I was a DA and Rachel's a stay at home mom. And we're, you know, we got five and six kids and, you know, I ran for Congress. It was just the two of us. And you know what, every, every, we were open to life. And when God gave us a baby, we were, you know, like, oh, okay, here we go again. And each baby came with a little gift of something. We say in Spain, it comes with every baby. In Spain, there's a saying that says every baby comes with a loaf of bread under their

arms. And sure enough, someone- God took care of us as we were open to life every single time. And it's a little joke that we're sharing with you between the two of us, Rachel and I, but really we were like, we can't believe what he has done to take care of us to make sure we can, you know, you know, pay for the kids and support them emotionally. A really cool thing. I kind of make one other thing. You keep saying, I love, I love when you're talking about your voice and the, the, the, the nice mama voice. And sometimes when you get a little deeper, it's like, well, you know, and we'll maybe cry a little bit. That's not in

a house of nine. There's a little more yelling that goes on. Yeah, there's a lot. I was like, I wish our house was as peaceful as Ainsley. And plus, I'm Latin. And like, you know, we just kind of, if you're Latin, Italian, Spaniards, we just kind of naturally yell a little more. I'm a little more white. I'm a little more Muslim.

You know what? It depends on the child because my brother, and I'm not saying anything I don't, we don't laugh about in our house now. Whoa, he was a challenge. So when dad came home from a job that he hated, he was a coach before and that's his grandfather name. He loved coaching. So the best mood all the time when he came home. But then he had three kids and he wanted to put us through college because he put himself through college. So he would come home and he just wasn't, he didn't love his job, but he was, he worked, he was a workhorse. Oh my gosh. So sometimes he would come home and he had a long day and then he walks in the door. My mom's like, well,

Trent got in trouble again at school. So then dad has to deal with that. So there was a lot of yelling. I finally went to my brother's room and I said to Trent, I said, if you don't care that this affects you and you're willing, you get, you're going to get a spanking and you're going to get ground. You're going to be grounded. If you don't care about you, what about the rest of us? Because when dad comes home and he has to deal with you, then you put the whole family in turmoil. So just be good. Just do the right thing. Stop lying and stop getting in trouble. And, you know, whoa, he was a mess. He was a mess, but now he's a great dad and a wonderful husband. And I'm so proud of him, but I understand. They all have different personalities. Oh God, they are all different. One kid can fill the whole house into turmoil.

It's like mom and dad are not angry at the one. So we're angry at all of them. And I always say, and I know you got to go, but I always say when you have a family our size, you know, nine kids, 11 people, no one is all happy at the same time. It doesn't matter if you're on vacation, if you're doing the family photo, if you're at the theater. It doesn't matter. Like, there's always somebody who's not in a good mood. So anyway, when I'm with you, Ainsley, I'm always in a good mood. I'll tell you, you are a light.

You're a light to your family. It's very clear. You're a good daughter. I loved hearing what you're doing to take care of your parents because that is, by the way, a commandment from God as well. Um, but also you are a light, um, at Fox news, everybody who knows you from the makeup and hair people to the people who do the security in our building, um, to all of your, your, your colleagues and the guests that encounter you, everybody feels God's light through you. It is just who you are. You have been called to do that. And I think you're right. You're meant to be in New York to bring light to a very dark place

and you're doing it. And I have to tell you, it's an honor to know you. It's an honor to call you a friend. It's an honor to call you a sister in Christ. And you're just an amazing human. And I'm really blessed that you are part of our book. So I just want to say I love both of you. I'm really proud of you. And you are such role models, as I said before. But y'all are a great couple. And I wanted what y'all have.

I did when I was a little girl. And I am just so proud that through it all, y'all have stuck by each other's side. And you have helped each other. And I'm very happy proud that through it all, y'all have stuck by each other's side and you have helped each other. And I'm very happy and in a relationship now. But I wanted the kind of marriage that you had and that you have. And I am just so honored and blessed to watch it from afar and to see the support that y'all have. And Rachel, I know the job is demanding. I know that you were there for Sean when he was in Congress and going back and forth to Washington.

I know that you were there for Sean when he was in Congress and going back and forth to Washington. And now, Sean, you're stepping up to the plate to be there for Rachel when she's traveling and going all over the country for Fox. So y'all are such a team and your children see that and everyone around the world because of Fox sees that now. So thank you for being role models and being just a torch for Christ. I love you both. And I'm such fans and friends with y'all. And I am so glad you live close to us now. So we've got to get together for dinner and just celebrate all of God's many blessings. And Merry Christmas, by the way. Merry Christmas to you too, both. All right. Thank you so much, Ainsley, for joining us at the kitchen table. We've enjoyed the conversation. And if you did too,

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