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FOX News Media Signs Caitlyn Jenner to Contributor Role
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- FOX News Media has signed Caitlyn Jenner as a contributor, announced its CEO Suzanne Scott. Jenner, a television personality,
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[{"type":"text","content":" NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nFOX News Media has signed Caitlyn Jenner as a contributor, announced its CEO Suzanne Scott. Jenner, a television personality, Olympic gold medalist, motivational speaker, entrepreneur, and former California gubernatorial candidate, will offer commentary and analysis across FOX News Channel (FNC) programming and various FOX News Media platforms. Jenner’s first appearance will be on tonight’s Hannity at 9 PM/ET.\n\nIn making the announcement, Scott said: “Caitlyn’s story is an inspiration to us all. She is a trailblazer in the LGBTQ+ community and her illustrious career spans a variety of fields that will be a tremendous asset for our audience.”\n\nJenner added, “I am humbled by this unique opportunity to speak directly to FOX News Media’s millions of viewers about a range of issues that are important to the American people.”\n\nOne of the most beloved athletes in the world, Jenner is a celebrated Olympian and gold medal-winning decathlete. In the 1976 Summer Olympic Games in Montreal, Jenner captured the gold and set a new world record of 8,634 points in the decathlon, becoming an American hero and pop culture phenomenon. Jenner’s first place finish was also widely viewed as a symbolic victory for the U.S. over the Soviet Union, its Cold War enemy. Jenner later received the James E. Sullivan Award as the top amateur athlete in the United States and was featured on the Wheaties cereal box, one of the sports world’s most impressive honors. A native of Mount Kisco, New York, Jenner graduated from Graceland College in Lamoni, Iowa, having attended on a football scholarship, but an injury prompted a return to track and field. Jenner took up the decathlon and only one year later qualified for the 1972 Olympic team, placing third at the trials and tenth at the Munich Games.\n\nIn an interview with ABC’s Diane Sawyer, Jenner publicly came out as transgender and identifies as female, now known as Caitlyn. With an iconic cover of Vanity Fair, Caitlyn Jenner was unveiled to the world. She has since used her platform as the most famous transgender woman in the world to better the lives of the trans community, establishing The Caitlyn Jenner Foundation. The foundation promotes equality and combats discrimination by providing grants to organizations that improve the lives of transgender people, including youth, as...